Top Christian Albums

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 Child of God by Forrest Frank.

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

Artist	No.	Ref.
	17
	16
MercyMe	12
	9
Passion
Lecrae
Hillsong United	8
Casting Crowns
Elevation Worship
Third Day	7
Newsboys
Hillsong Worship

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Artist	Wks.	Ref.
	333
	121
	112
Kanye West	106
	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	Wks.	Years	Album	Ref.
	102	2018–23	Look Up Child
Kanye West	98	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	1988–89	Lead Me On
	35	1997–98	You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
P.O.D.	35	2001–02	Satellite
Forrest Frank	35	2024-25	Child of God
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	Wks.	Years	Album	Ref.
	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:

Key

Album currently charting, as of Issue April 12, 2025 No. Artist Wks. Album Ref. 1 Skillet 569 Awake Template:Dagger 2 Hillsong United 529 Zion Template:Dagger 3 522 How Can It Be Template:Dagger 4 NF 493 Mansion Template:Dagger 5 471 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Template:Dagger 6 Elevation Worship 456 Here as in Heaven Template:Dagger 7 Skillet 423 Unleashed Template:Dagger 8 NF 422 Therapy Session Template:Dagger 9 Hillsong Worship 419 Let There Be Light Template:Dagger 10 408 Precious Memories Collection Template:Dagger 11 Zach Williams 391 Chain Breaker Template:Dagger 12 381 The Collection 13 MercyMe 372 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe 14 Flyleaf 357 Flyleaf 15 344 Look Up Child 16 315 Elvis: Ultimate Gospel 17 For King & Country 308 Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. 18 Hillsong Worship 300 There Is More 19 286 Age to Age 20 tobyMac 285 This Is Not a Test 21 Kanye West 284 Jesus Is King 22 Zach Williams 283 Rescue Story 23 For King & Country 268 Burn the Ships 24 270 Voice of Truth: The Ultimate Collection 25 Elevation Worship 258 Graves into Gardens 26 257 More Than Wonderful 27 255 Only Jesus 28 237 Hymns Just for You 29 MercyMe 228 Lifer Template:Dagger 30 212 Hills and Valleys 31 CeCe Winans 212 Believe for It 32 Skillet 207 Comatose

Other achievements

• Forrest Frank became the first artist to replace himself at number one on the chart; Frank's album of Child of God II dethroned his album Child of God on May 24, 2025.

See also

• Hot Christian Songs
• Top Holiday Albums
• Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart (UK)