The Top Christian Albums chart is a record chart compiled by Billboard magazine, ranking the week's 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]
During the decade, 204 albums reached the top of the chart. Lauren Daigle was the most-successful artist of the decade. Three albums by her topped the chart for 71 weeks during the 2010s. Look Up Child (2018) topped the year end charts of 2018 and 2019, while How Can It Be (2015) was the most successful album of the decade.
† | Best-performing album of respective years |
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‡ | Best-performing album of the decade |
The following artists have spent at least ten weeks atop the chart, with at least three albums:
Artist | Wks. | Al. | Albums (Weeks) | Ref. |
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Lauren Daigle | 71 | 3 |
| [14] |
WOW series | 43 | 7 |
| [15] |
MercyMe | 42 | 6 |
| [16] |
Casting Crowns | 34 | 4 |
| [17] |
Skillet | 21 | 4 |
| [18] |
Chris Tomlin | 17 | 5 | [19] | |
Hillsong United | 19 | 6 | [20] | |
tobyMac | 14 | 4 |
| [21] |
Lecrae | 12 | 7 |
| [22] |
The following albums have spent at least ten weeks atop the chart throughout the decade:
Album | Wks. | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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Look Up Child | 54 | Lauren Daigle | [23] |
I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe | 19 | MercyMe | [24] |
Hymns That Are Important to Us | 18 | Joey + Rory | [25] |
WOW Hits 2014 | 14 | WOW series | [26] |
Come to the Well | Casting Crowns | [27] | |
Until the Whole World Hears | 12 | [28] | |
How Can It Be | Lauren Daigle | [29] |
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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. 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.
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