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.
As of the issue dated August 1, 2020, the current number-one album is Look Up Child by Lauren Daigle.
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:| Artist | Years | Album | ||
| 85 | 1982–84 | Age to Age | ||
| 79 | 2018–20 | Look Up Child | ||
| 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 | |||
| P.O.D. | 35 | 2001–02 | Satellite | |
| Carmen | 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 | |||
| 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:| No. | Artist | Album | ||
| 1 | 381 | The Collection | ||
| 2 | Hillsong UNITED | 349 | Zion | |
| 3 | Skillet | 323 | Awake | |
| 4 | for KING & COUNTRY | 295 | Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. | |
| 5 | 286 | Age to Age | ||
| 6 | 277 | How Can It Be | ||
| 7 | NF | 261 | Mansion | |
| 8 | 257 | More than Wonderful | ||
| 9 | 257 | Elvis: Ulimate Gospel | ||
| 10 | 252 | How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection | ||
| 11 | tobyMac | 244 | This Is Not a Test | |
| 12 | 237 | Hymns Just For You | ||
| 13 | Elevation Worship | 233 | Here as in Heaven | |
| 14 | NF | 222 | Therapy Session | |
| 15 | Skillet | 207 | Unleashed | |
| 16 | Skillet | 206 | Comatose |
| Album currently charting, as of August 1, 2020 |