List of Billboard Top Christian Albums number ones of the 2020s

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Kanye West (pictured in 2009) has placed most weeks atop the chart in the 2020s with 99 weeks. Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (crop 2).jpg
Kanye West (pictured in 2009) has placed most weeks atop the chart in the 2020s with 99 weeks.

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]

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Number ones

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Wks.
January 4, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 1
January 11, 2020 Jesus Is King Kanye West 1
January 18, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 13
April 18, 2020 Guardians August Burns Red 1
April 25, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 3
May 16, 2020 Graves into Gardens Elevation Worship 1
May 23, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 5
June 27, 2020 Graves into Gardens Elevation Worship 1
July 4, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 6
August 15, 2020 Chris Tomlin & Friends Chris Tomlin 1
August 22, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 2
September 5, 2020 Restoration Lecrae 1
September 12, 2020 Out of Body Needtobreathe 1
September 19, 2020 Even the Devil Believes Stryper 1
September 26, 2020 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 1
October 3, 2020 The Path Fit for a King 1
October 10, 2020 My Gift Carrie Underwood 14
January 16, 2021 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 12
April 10, 2021 My Savior Carrie Underwood 5
May 15, 2021 Old Church Basement Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music 1
May 22, 2021 My Savior Carrie Underwood 1
May 29, 2021 Old Church Basement Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music 3
June 19, 2021 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 1
June 26, 2021 Milk & Honey Crowder 1
July 3, 2021 Old Church Basement Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music 1
July 10, 2021 Hymn of Heaven Phil Wickham 1
July 17, 2021 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 3
August 7, 2021 My Savior Carrie Underwood 1
August 14, 2021 Into the Mystery Needtobreathe 1
August 21, 2021 My Savior Carrie Underwood 1
August 28, 2021 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 1
September 4, 2021 Jesus People Danny Gokey 1
September 11, 2021 Donda Kanye West 14
December 18, 2021 My Gift Carrie Underwood 3
January 8, 2022 Donda Kanye West 11
March 26, 2022 What Are We Waiting For? For King & Country 1
April 2, 2022 Donda Kanye West 5
May 7, 2022 My Jesus Anne Wilson 1
May 14, 2022 Donda Kanye West 16
September 3, 2022 Life After Death Toby Mac 1
September 10, 2022 Healer Casting Crowns 1
September 17, 2022 Donda Kanye West 7
November 5, 2022 Always Only Jesus MercyMe 1
November 12, 2022 Donda Kanye West 4
December 10, 2022 Christmas Eve and Other Stories Trans-Siberian Orchestra 5
January 14, 2023 Donda Kanye West 7
March 4, 2023 My Story Your Glory Matthew West 1
March 11, 2023 Donda Kanye West 4
April 8, 2023 Look Up Child Lauren Daigle 2
April 22, 2023 Donda Kanye West 5
May 27, 2023 Lauren Daigle Lauren Daigle 1
June 3, 2023 Can You Imagine? Elevation Worship 1
June 10, 2023 Donda Kanye West 12
September 2, 2023I Believe Phil Wickham 1
September 9, 2023 Donda Kanye West 2
September 23, 2023 Lauren Daigle Lauren Daigle 1
September 30, 2023 Caves Needtobreathe 1
October 7, 2023 Donda Kanye West 2
October 21, 2023Seasons Natalie Grant 1
October 28, 2023 Donda Kanye West 1
November 4, 2023 Coat of Many Colors Brandon Lake 1
November 11, 2023The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02 Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine 3
December 2, 2023 Christmas Eve and Other Stories Trans-Siberian Orchestra 6
January 13, 2024 Donda Kanye West 8
March 9, 2024 Can You Imagine? Elevation Worship 8
May 4, 2024 Rebel Anne Wilson 1
May 11, 2024More Than This CeCe Winans 1
May 18, 2024 Rebel Anne Wilson 2
June 1, 2024Overflow: The AlbumTransformation Worship1
June 8, 2024The ProdigalJosiah Queen1
June 15, 2024The Exile Crowder 1
June 22, 2024 Can You Imagine? Elevation Worship 5
July 27, 2024When Wind Meets Fire Elevation Worship 2
August 10, 2024Child of God Forrest Frank 17

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