Top Christian Albums
Number one album in Christian music in the United States
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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.[1] The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs".[2] The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles.[3] The first number-one album was Candle's Music Machine.[2] Amy Grant's Age to Age, released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the chart.[4]
The current number-one album on the chart is Child of God II by Forrest Frank.[5]
Artist milestones
Most number-one albums
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Most cumulative weeks at number one
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Album milestones
Most cumulative weeks at number oneThe following albums have spent at least 30 cumulative weeks atop the chart:
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Most consecutive weeks at number oneThe following albums have spent at least 25 consecutive weeks atop the chart:
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Most weeks on the chart
The following albums have spent at least 200 weeks on the chart:
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.