{{Short description|Number one album in Christian music in the United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
'''Top Christian Albums''' is a weekly chart published in [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] magazine that ranks the best-performing [[Christian music|Christian albums]] in the United States. Like the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the data is compiled by [[Nielsen Soundscan]] based on each album's weekly physical and [[digital distribution|digital]] sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard Charts Legend |url=https://www.billboard.com/p/billboard-charts-legend |access-date=November 10, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs".<ref name="March 29, 1980">{{Cite magazine |date=March 29, 1980 |title=Best Selling Inspirational LPs |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-03-29.pdf |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |via=AmericanRadioHistory}}</ref> The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 16, 2003 |title=Bad Boys |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2003/BB-2003-08-16.pdf |page=58 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |quote=Note that we have streamlined the name of the latter album list, dropping the word 'Contemporary.' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |via=AmericanRadioHistory}}</ref> The first number-one album was [[Candle (band)|Candle]]'s ''[[Music Machine (Candle album)|Music Machine]]''.<ref name="March 29, 1980" /> [[Amy Grant]]'s ''[[Age to Age]]'', released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=Amy Grant {{!}} Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/amy-grant-mn0000024944/biography |access-date=November 11, 2019 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
The current number-one album on the chart is ''[[Child of God II]]'' by [[Forrest Frank]].<ref name="CurrentWeek">{{Cite magazine |date=2026-05-30 |title=Top Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums/2026-05-30/ |access-date=2026-05-31 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
== Artist milestones == {{col-start}} {{col-2}}
=== Most number-one albums === {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1";" |- ! scope=col | Artist ! scope=col | {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! scope=col class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 17 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="chamy">{{Cite magazine |last=Asker |first=Jim |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Michael W. Smith Returns to Hot Christian Songs Chart: Music Can 'Transform a Life on Every Level' |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/michael-w-smith-returns-hot-christian-songs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703150949/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8099914/michael-w-smith-returns-hot-christian-songs |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Michael|W. Smith}} | 16 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="MWS">{{Cite magazine |title=Michael W. Smith Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/michael-w-smith/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[MercyMe]] | 12 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="MM">{{Cite magazine |title=MercyMe Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mercyme/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 2, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Steven|Curtis Chapman}} | rowspan="3"| 9 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="SCC">{{Cite magazine |title=Steven Curtis Chapman Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/steven-curtis-chapman/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Passion Conferences|Passion]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Passion Conferences Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Lecrae]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=LeCrae Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lecrae/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=September 2, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong United (band)|Hillsong United]] | rowspan="4" | 8 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hilsong United Chapman Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-united/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Chris|Tomlin}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Chris Tomlin Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-tomlin/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Casting Crowns]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="CC">{{Cite magazine |title=Casting Crowns Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/casting-crowns/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=September 8, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Elevation Worship]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Elevation Worship Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Elevation-worship/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Third Day]] | rowspan="5"| 7 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Third Day Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/third-day/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Newsboys]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Newsboys Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/newsboys/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Jeremy|Camp}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Jeremy Camp Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeremy-camp/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong Worship]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hillsong Worship Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-worship/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[TobyMac]] | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Asker |first=Jim |title='Heaven' Makes Seven No. 1 Albums for tobyMac on Top Christian Albums Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tobymac-number-one-christian-albums-heaven-on-my-mind-1235926250/ |date=March 19, 2025 |access-date=January 22, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- <!-- Upcoming (Keep to Top 10 and draws): |- ! scope="row"| [[Needtobreathe]] |6 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Needtobreathe Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/needtobreathe/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=September 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Phil Wickham]] |4 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Phil Wickham Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Phil-Wickham/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=August 31, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Lauren Daigle]] |4 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Lauren Daigle Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=September 21, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ----> |} {{col-2}}
=== Most cumulative weeks at number one === {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope=col | Artist ! scope=col | {{abbr|Wks.|Weeks at number one}} ! scope=col class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 333 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="chamy" /> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Lauren|Daigle}} | 121 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Lauren Daigle Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Sandi|Patti}} | 112 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Sandi Patty Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/sandi-patty/chart-history |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Kanye West]] | 106 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Kanye West Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kanye-west/chart-history/ill/|access-date=February 29, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Michael|W. Smith}} | 86 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="MWS" /> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Kirk|Franklin}} | 79 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Kirk Franklin Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kirk-franklin/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Forrest Frank]] | 74 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>[[Forrest Frank]] No. 1 albums: * ''[[Child of God (album)|Child of God]]'' (37 weeks): {{Cite magazine |date=2025-08-30 | title=Top Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums/2025-08-30 |access-date=2025-08-26 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} * ''[[Child of God II]]'' (37 weeks): {{Cite magazine |date=2026-02-25 | title=Top Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums/2026-05-02 |access-date=2026-04-29 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Carman (singer)|Carman]] | 64 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Carmen Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/carman/chart-history/ILL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112031009/https://www.billboard.com/music/carman/chart-history/ILL |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] | 62 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="SCC" /> |- ! scope="row"| [[Casting Crowns]] | 61 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="CC" /> |- ! scope="row"| [[MercyMe]] | 60 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="MM" /> |- ! scope="row"| [[P.O.D.]] | 54 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=P.O.D. Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pod/chart-history/ILL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109201904/https://www.billboard.com/music/pod/chart-history/ILL |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2019 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[dc Talk]] | 53 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=dc Talk Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dc-talk/chart-history/ILL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112025446/https://www.billboard.com/music/dc-talk/chart-history/ILL |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Switchfoot]] | 48 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Switchfoot Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/switchfoot/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Petra (band)|Petra]] | 44 | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Petra Chart History: Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/petra/chart-history/ILL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017125948/https://www.billboard.com/music/petra/chart-history/ILL |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |} {{col-end}}
==Album milestones== {{col-start}} {{col-2}}
===Most cumulative weeks at number one=== The following albums have spent at least 30 cumulative weeks atop the chart: {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope=col | Artist ! scope=col | {{abbr|Wks.|Weeks at number one}} ! scope=col | Years ! scope=col | Album ! scope=col class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Lauren|Daigle}} | 102 | 2018–23 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Look Up Child]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=April 11, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Kanye West]] | 98 | 2021–24 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Donda]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Kanye West – Donda |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kanye-west/chart-history/ill/|access-date=February 29, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 85 | 1982–84 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Age to Age]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="AgetoAge">{{Cite magazine |title=Amy Grant – Age to Age |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Sandi|Patty}} | 68 | 1986–88 | style="text-align: left;"| ''Morning Like This'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Sandi Patty – Morning Like This |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sandi-patty/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 61 | 1984–85 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album)|Straight Ahead]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Amy Grant – Straight Ahead |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[dc Talk]] | 38 | 1993–94 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Free at Last (DC Talk album)|Free at Last]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=dc Talk – Free at Last |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dc-talk/chart-history/ILL/song/195459 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111185938/https://www.billboard.com/music/dc-talk/chart-history/ILL/song/195459 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Switchfoot]] | 38 | 2004–05 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[The Beautiful Letdown]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Switchfoot – The Beautiful Letdown |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/switchfoot/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Forrest Frank]] | 40 | 2025-26 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Child of God II]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="Forrest Frank2">{{Cite magazine |date=2026-05-30 | title=Top Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums/2026-05-30 |access-date=2026-05-31 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Forrest Frank]] | 37 | 2024-25 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Child of God (album)|Child of God]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="Forrest Frank">{{Cite magazine |date=2025-08-30 | title=Top Christian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums/2025-08-30 |access-date=2025-08-26 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 36 | 1985–86 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Unguarded (Amy Grant album)|Unguarded]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Amy Grant – Unguarded |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 36 | 1988–89 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Lead Me On (Amy Grant album)|Lead Me On]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Amy Grant – Lead Me On |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|LeAnn|Rimes}} | 35 | 1997–98 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=LeAnn Rimes – You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[P.O.D.]] | 35 | 2001–02 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Satellite (P.O.D. album)|Satellite]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=P.O.D. – Satellite |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pod/chart-history/ILL/song/409671 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109193522/https://www.billboard.com/music/pod/chart-history/ILL/song/409671 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[Carman (singer)|Carman]] | 34 | 1989–90 | style="text-align: left;"| ''Revival In the Land'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Carman ��� Revival In the Land |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/carman/chart-history/ILL/song/327528 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111191315/https://www.billboard.com/music/carman/chart-history/ILL/song/327528 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |} {{col-2}}
===Most consecutive weeks at number one=== The following albums have spent at least 25 consecutive weeks atop the chart: {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope=col | Artist ! scope=col | {{abbr|Wks.|Weeks at number one}} ! scope=col | Years ! scope=col | Album ! scope=col class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 85 | 1982–84 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Age to Age]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Darden |first=Bob |title=Amy Grant's Phenomenal Success |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-02-25.pdf |page=37 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |via=AmericanRadioHistory}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 61 | 1984–85 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album)|Straight Ahead]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Sandi|Patty}} | 40 | 1986–87 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Morning Like This]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Lauren|Daigle}} | 37 | 2018–19 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Look Up Child]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 36 | 1985–86 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Unguarded (Amy Grant album)|Unguarded]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|LeAnn|Rimes}} | 35 | 1997–98 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 28 | 1988–89 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[Lead Me On (Amy Grant album)|Lead Me On]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 25 | 1987–88 | style="text-align: left;"| ''[[The Collection (Amy Grant album)|The Collection]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| |} {{col-end}}
===Most weeks on the chart=== The following albums have spent at least 200 weeks on the chart: {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;" |+Key |Album currently charting, as of Issue May 30, 2026<ref name="CurrentWeek" /> {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope=col | {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! scope=col | Artist ! scope=col | {{abbr|Wks.|Weeks on the chart}} ! scope=col | Album ! scope=col class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 1 ! scope="row"| [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] | 626 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Awake (Skillet album)|Awake]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Skillet – Awake |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/skillet/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 2 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Lauren|Daigle}} | 576 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[How Can It Be (album)|How Can It Be]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Lauren Daigle Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 3 ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong United]] | 555 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Zion (Hillsong United album)|Zion]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hillsong United Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-united/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 4 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Chris|Tomlin}} | 525 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Chris Tomlin – How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-tomlin/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 5 ! scope="row"| [[Elevation Worship]] | 498 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Here as in Heaven]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Elevation Worship – Here As in Heaven |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/elevation-worship/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 6 ! scope="row"| [[NF (rapper)|NF]] | 489 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Mansion (album)|Mansion]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=NF – Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nf/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 11, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 7 ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong Worship]] | 464 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Let There Be Light (album)|Let There Be Light]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hillsong Worship – Let There Be Light |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-worship/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 8 ! scope="row"| [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] | 461 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Unleashed (Skillet album)|Unleashed]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Skillet – Unleashed |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/skillet/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 9 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Alan|Jackson}} | 454 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''Precious Memories Collection'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Alan Jackson – Precious Memories Collection |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alan-jackson/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 10 ! scope="row"| [[MercyMe]] | 428 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=MercyMe – I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mercyme/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 11 ! scope="row"| [[NF (rapper)|NF]] | 422 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Therapy Session]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=NF – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nf/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> |- | 12 ! scope="row"| [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]] | 414 | ''[[Flyleaf (album)|Flyleaf]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Flyleaf – Flyleaf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Flyleaf/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 13 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Lauren|Daigle}} | 401 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Look Up Child]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 14 ! scope="row"| [[Zach Williams (musician)|Zach Williams]] | 394 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Chain Breaker (album)|Chain Breaker]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Zach Williams – Chain Breaker |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/zach-williams/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 11, 2025}}</ref> |- | 15 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 381 | ''[[The Collection (Amy Grant album)|The Collection]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Amy Grant – The Collection |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 19, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 16 ! scope="row"| [[Kanye West]] | 342 | ''[[Jesus Is King]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Kanye West Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Kanye-West/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 17 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Elvis|Presley}} | 315 | ''Elvis: Ultimate Gospel'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Elvis Presley – Elvis: Ultimate Gospel |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 18 ! scope="row"| [[Zach Williams (musician)|Zach Williams]] | 317 | ''[[Rescue Story]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Zach Williams – Rescue Story |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/zach-williams/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 11, 2025}}</ref> |- | 19 ! scope="row"| [[Elevation Worship]] | 315 | ''[[Graves into Gardens]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Elevation Worship – Graves into Gardens |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/elevation-worship/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 20 ! scope="row"| [[For King & Country (band)|For King & Country]] | 308 | ''[[Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=For King & Country – Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/for-king-country/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=August 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 21 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Casting|Crowns}} | 309 | ''Voice of Truth: The Ultimate Collection'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Casting Crowns – Voice of Truth: The Ultimate Collection |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Casting-Crowns/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 22 ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong Worship]] | 300 | ''[[There Is More]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hillsong Worship – There Is More |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Hillsong-Worship/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref> |- | 23 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Amy|Grant}} | 286 | ''[[Age to Age]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Amy Grant – Age to Age |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 4, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 24 ! scope="row" | [[tobyMac]] | 285 | ''[[This Is Not a Test (album)|This Is Not a Test]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=tobyMac – This Is Not a Test |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tobymac/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=August 17, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- |25 ! scope="row"| [[CeCe Winans]] | 270 | ''[[Believe for It (album)|Believe for It]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ce Ce Winans Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/CeCe-Winans/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 26 ! scope="row"| [[For King & Country (band)|For King & Country]] | 268 | ''[[Burn the Ships]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=For King & Country – Burn the Ships |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/for-king-country/chart-history/ill/|access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref> |- | 27 ! scope="row"| [[Elevation Worship]] and [[Maverick City Music]] | 263 | ''[[Old Church Basement]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Maverick City Music Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Maverick-City-Music/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 28 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Sandi|Patty}} | 257 | ''[[More Than Wonderful]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Sandi Patty – More than Wonderful |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sandi-patty/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 29 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Casting|Crowns}} | 255 | ''Only Jesus'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Casting Crowns – Only Jesus |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Casting-Crowns/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref> |- | 30 ! scope="row"| [[Kanye West]] | 246 | ''[[Donda]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanye West Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Kanye-West/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 31, 2026}}</ref> |- | 31 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Sandi|Patty}} | 237 | ''Hymns Just for You'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Sandi Patty – Hymns Just For You |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sandi-patty/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 32 ! scope="row"| [[MercyMe]] | 228 | style="background-color:#FFFF99 | ''[[Lifer (MercyMe album)|Lifer]]'' {{Dagger}} | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=MercyMe – Lifer |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mercyme/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=June 15, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | 33 ! scope="row"| {{Sortname|Tauren|Wells}} | 212 | ''[[Hills and Valleys]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Tauren Wells – Hills and Valleys |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tauren-wells/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> |- | 34 ! scope="row"| [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] | 207 | ''[[Comatose (album)|Comatose]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Skillet – Comatose |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/skillet/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=November 11, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- |} <!-- Upcoming (if an album has 175–180 weeks, it goes here): |- | 35 ! scope="row"| [[MercyMe]] | 187 | ''[[Welcome to the New]]'' | style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=MercyMe – Lifer |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mercyme/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=March 15, 2023 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref |- | 36 ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong United]] | 185 | ''[[Wonder (Hillsong United album)|Wonder]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hillsong United Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Hillsong-United/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref> |- | 37 ! scope="row"| [[Hillsong United]] | 178 | ''[[People (Hillsong United album)|People]]'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hillsong United Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Hillsong-United/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> |- | 38 ! scope="row"| [[Maverick City Music]] | 176 | ''The Maverick City Vol 03 Part 1'' | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Maverick City Music Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Maverick-City-Music/chart-history/ill/ |access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> ----> |}
== 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 (album)|Child of God]]'' on May 24, 2025. He repeated the achievement on July 26, 2025.
==Number ones== {{flatlist| * [[List of Billboard Top Inspirational Albums number-ones of the 1980s|1980s]] * [[List of Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums number ones of the 1990s|1990s]] * [[List of Billboard Top Christian Albums number ones of the 2000s|2000s]] * [[List of Billboard Top Christian Albums number ones of the 2010s|2010s]] * [[List of Billboard Top Christian Albums number ones of the 2020s|2020s]] }}
== See also == * [[Hot Christian Songs]] * [[Top Holiday Albums]] * [[Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart]] (UK)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-albums}}
{{Billboard Christian Charts}} {{Billboard charts}}
[[Category:Lists of number-one albums in the United States|Christian Albums]] [[Category:Contemporary Christian music albums]] [[Category:Christian record charts]]