List of Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart number ones from the 2020s

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The Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart is a music chart based on sales of albums of Contemporary Christian and gospel music in the UK. It is compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), with each week's number one being announced on Mondays on their official website. [1] The chart was launched on 11 March 2013 in partnership with Christian child development charity Compassion UK [2] – the album at number one on the first chart was Zion by Hillsong United. [3] The band's record label, Hillsong Music UK, remarked that they were "thrilled to be part of the launch of the first Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart in the UK". [3] The event launching the chart was hosted by David Grant, and featured Martin Smith of Delirious? and the London Community Gospel Choir. [4] The previous year, 600 new Christian music albums had been released in the UK. [5]

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Number ones

Key
No.nth album to top the Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart
reReturn of an album to number one
Contents
No.Artist [lower-alpha 1] Album [lower-alpha 1] Record label [lower-alpha 2] Reached number one
(for the week ending) [lower-alpha 1] 		Weeks at
number one
(Total weeks
at number one) [lower-alpha 1]
2020
re NF The Search NF Real Music2 January 202014
91 Rend Collective Choose to Worship CCMG 9 April 20201
re NF The Search NF Real Music16 April 20205 (34)
re Kanye West Jesus Is King Def Jam 21 May 20201 (7)
re NF The Search NF Real Music28 May 202026 (60)
92 Andrea Bocelli Believe Decca 26 November 202010
2021
re NF The Search NF Real Music4 February 20219 (69)
93 NF Clouds NF Real Music8 April 20219
re NF The Search NF Real Music10 June 202113 (82)
94 Kanye West Donda Def Jam 9 September 202173
2023
re NF The Search NF Real Music2 February 20231 (83)
re Kanye West Donda Def Jam 9 February 20232 (75)
re NF The Search NF Real Music23 February 20238 (91)
95 NF Hope NF Real Music20 April 202331
re Kanye West Donda Def Jam 23 November 20233 (78)
re NF Hope NF Real Music14 December 20231
re Kanye West Donda Def Jam 21 December 202321 (99)
  1. 1 2 3 4 The artist, song, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the OCC. [6] [7] [8]
  2. ↑ The record labels are those given by the OCC. [9]

Broadcast

The chart is aired on Christian radio stations Premier Christian Radio on Tuesday afternoons at 5 pm, and on UCB UK on Thursday evenings at 10 pm and Sunday evenings at 6 pm.

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References

  1. ↑ "Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Top 20". (2013) Official Charts Company.
  2. ↑ "New UK Christian and gospel album chart". (11 March 2013) Christianity Today.
  3. 1 2 Pakinkis, Tom. (11 March 2013) "Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart – first Top 20 revealed". Music Week.
  4. ↑ Pakinkis, Tom. (5 March 2013) "UK's first Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart to be unveiled next week". Music Week.
  5. ↑ Ferrol, Natalie. (11 March 2013) "Christian and Gospel Album Chart Launched". MOBO.
  6. ↑ "2013 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "2014 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "2015 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

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