Top Christian Albums
Introduction '''Top Christian Albums''' is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs". The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles. The first number-one album was Candle's ''Music Machine''. Amy Grant's ''Age to Age'', released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the chart.The current number-one album on the chart is ''Donda'' by Kanye West.
Artist milestones === Most number-one albums === Artist    17   16  MercyMe 12   9  Passion  Lecrae  Hillsong United 8    Casting Crowns  Third Day 7  Newsboys    Hillsong Worship  Elevation Worship === Most cumulative weeks at number one === Artist    333   121   112  Kanye West 104   86   79  Carman 64  Steven Curtis Chapman 62  Casting Crowns 61  MercyMe 60  P.O.D. 54   dc Talk 53  Switchfoot 48  Petra 44
Album milestones ===Most cumulative weeks at number one===The following albums have spent at least 30 cumulative weeks atop the chart: Artist  Years Album   102 2018–23 ''Look Up Child''  Kanye West 96 2021–24 ''Donda''   85 1982–84 ''Age to Age''   68 1986–88  ''Morning Like This''   61 1984–85 ''Straight Ahead''  dc Talk 38 1993–94 ''Free at Last''  Switchfoot 38 2004–05 ''The Beautiful Letdown''   36 1985–86 ''Unguarded''   36 1985–86 ''Lead Me On''   35 1997–98 ''You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs''  P.O.D. 35 2001–02 ''Satellite''  Carman 34 1989–90 ''Revival In the Land'' ===Most consecutive weeks at number one===The following albums have spent at least 25 consecutive weeks atop the chart: Artist  Years Album   85 1982–84 ''Age to Age''   61 1984–85 ''Straight Ahead''  40 1986–87 ''Morning Like This''   37 2018–19 ''Look Up Child''   36 1985–86 ''Unguarded''   35 1997–98 ''You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs''   28 1988–89 ''Lead Me On''   25 1987–88 ''The Collection'' ===Most weeks on the chart===The following albums have spent at least 200 weeks on the chart:+KeyAlbum currently charting, as of Issue February 17, 2024  Artist  Album  1 Skillet 508 ''Awake''   2 Hillsong United 480 ''Zion''   3  462 ''How Can It Be''   4 NF 446 ''Mansion''   5  416 ''How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection''   6 Elevation Worship 409 ''Here as in Heaven''   7 NF 407 ''Therapy Session''   8 Skillet 390 ''Unleashed''   9  381 ''The Collection''  10 Zach Williams 367 ''Chain Breaker''   11 Hillsong Worship 366 ''Let There Be Light''   12  347 ''Precious Memories Collection''   13  314 ''Elvis: Ultimate Gospel''  14 MercyMe 311 ''I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe''   15 For King & Country 308 ''Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.'' 16  286 ''Age to Age''  17 tobyMac 285 ''This Is Not a Test''  18  283 ''Look Up Child''   19 Hillsong Worship 280 ''There Is More''  20 For King & Country 268 ''Burn the Ships''  21  257 ''More Than Wonderful''  22  237 ''Hymns Just for You''  23 MercyMe 228 ''Lifer''   24 Zach Williams 226 ''Rescue Story''    25 Kanye West 224 ''Jesus Is King''  26  212 ''Hills and Valleys''  27 Skillet 207 ''Comatose''
Number ones
See also * Christian Songs* Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart
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