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 II by Forrest Frank.

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Album milestones

Most cumulative weeks at number one

The following albums have spent at least 30 cumulative weeks atop the chart:
ArtistYearsAlbum

1022018–23Look Up Child
Kanye West982021–24Donda

851982–84Age to Age
681986–88Morning Like This
611984–85Straight Ahead
dc Talk381993–94Free at Last
Switchfoot382004–05The Beautiful Letdown
Forrest Frank372024-25Child of God
361985–86Unguarded
361988–89Lead Me On
351997–98You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
P.O.D.352001–02Satellite
Carman341989–90Revival In the Land

Most consecutive weeks at number one

The following albums have spent at least 25 consecutive weeks atop the chart:
ArtistYearsAlbum
851982–84Age to Age
611984–85Straight Ahead
401986–87Morning Like This
372018–19Look Up Child
361985–86Unguarded
351997–98You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
281988–89Lead Me On
251987–88The Collection

Most weeks on the chart

The following albums have spent at least 200 weeks on the chart:
Album currently charting, as of Issue January 17, 2026

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