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 II by Forrest Frank.
Artist milestones
Most number-one albums Artist 17 16 MercyMe 12 9 Passion Lecrae Hillsong United 8 Casting Crowns Elevation Worship Third Day 7 Newsboys Hillsong Worship TobyMac
Most cumulative weeks at number one Artist 333 121 112 Kanye West 106 Forrest Frank 92 Forrest Frank No. 1 albums: Child of God (37 weeks): Child of God II (54 weeks): 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 98 2021–24 Donda 85 1982–84 Age to Age 68 1986–88 Morning Like This 61 1984–85 Straight Ahead Forrest Frank 54 2025–26 Child of God II dc Talk 38 1993–94 Free at Last Switchfoot 38 2004–05 The Beautiful Letdown Forrest Frank 37 2024–25 Child of God 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 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 Forrest Frank 29 2026 Child of God II 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 September 19, 2026 Artist Album 1 Skillet 643 Awake 2 594 How Can It Be 3 Hillsong United 562 Zion 4 540 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection 5 Elevation Worship 505 Here as in Heaven 6 NF 389 Mansion 7 Skillet 477 Unleashed 8 464 Precious Memories Collection 9 Hillsong Worship 454 Let There Be Light 10 MercyMe 446 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe 11 Flyleaf 431 Flyleaf 12 NF 422 Therapy Session 13 418 Look Up Child 14 Zach Williams 394 Chain Breaker 15 381 The Collection 16 Kanye West 359 Jesus Is King 17 Elevation Worship 332 Graves into Gardens 18 326 Voice of Truth: The Ultimate Collection 19 Zach Williams 320 Rescue Story 20 315 Elvis: Ultimate Gospel 21 For King & Country 308 Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. 22 Hillsong Worship 300 There Is More 23 CeCe Winans 287 Believe for It 24 286 Age to Age 25 tobyMac 285 This Is Not a Test 26 Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music 280 Old Church Basement 27 For King & Country 268 Burn the Ships 28 Kanye West 263 Donda 29 257 More Than Wonderful 30 255 Only Jesus 31 237 Hymns Just for You 32 MercyMe 230 Lifer 33 Anne Wilson 228 My Jesus 34 212 Hills and Valleys 35 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. He repeated the achievement on July 26, 2025.
Number ones
See also Hot Christian Songs Top Holiday Albums Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart (UK)
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