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.
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.
Number-ones +Key Best-performing album of respective years Best-performing album of the decade Issue dateNumber ones:
Album Artist(s) Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns 2 223 Speaking Louder Than Before 1 Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns 2 224 Downtown Church 1 Awake Skillet 1 225 Tonight tobyMac 4 226 Passion: Awakening Passion 1 Tonight tobyMac 3 Awake Skillet 2 Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns 1 Awake Skillet 1 227 The Generous Mr. Lovewell MercyMe 1 228 The Light Meets the Dark Tenth Avenue North 1 The Generous Mr. Lovewell MercyMe 5 229 Between Two Worlds Trip Lee 1 230 A Beautiful Exchange Hillsong Live 1 Awake Skillet 1 231 Born Again Newsboys 2 232 My Paper Heart (Deluxe Version) 4 233 We Cry Out: The Worship Project 1 234 Love God. Love People. The London Sessions 1 235 Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place Anberlin 1 236 Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Disciple 1 237 We Cry Out: The Worship Project 1 238 Rehab Lecrae 1 239 WOW Hits 2011 Various artists 2 240 Move Third Day 2 241 WOW Hits 2011 Various artists 1 242 Ø (Disambiguation) Underoath 1 243 And If Our God Is for Us... 3 WOW Hits 2011 Various artists 3 And If Our God Is for Us... 2 Rehab Lecrae 1 244 Leaving Eden 1 WOW Hits 2011 Various artists 1 245 Until We Have Faces Red 2 246 Aftermath Hillsong United 2 247 Hundred More Years 1 248 Passion: Here For You Passion 1 249 Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns 6 Awake Skillet 1 Hundred More Years 1 Born Again Newsboys 1 250 One True God NewSong 1 251 Blacklight Tedashii 2 Awake Skillet 1 252 This Is the Christ Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1 253 Leveler August Burns Red 3 254 10,000 Reasons Matt Redman 1 Awake Skillet 1 255 God Is Able Hillsong Live 1 256 Young Love 3 257 Dying To Live PRo 1 258 Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns 2 259 Dead Throne The Devil Wears Prada 1 260 The Reckoning needtobreathe 1 261 Vice Verses Switchfoot 2 262 WOW Hits 2012 Various artists 1 263 Come to the Well Casting Crowns 4 WOW Hits 2012 Various artists 1 Come to the Well Casting Crowns 7 264 Give Us Rest David Crowder Band 1 265 Joyful Noise Soundtrack 1 266 Where I Find You 2 267 Move Third Day 1 268 Live in Miami (Welcome to the Aftermath) Hillsong United 1 Come to the Well Casting Crowns 1 269 Believer Kutless 1 270 Now Fireflight 1 271 Passion: White Flag Passion 1 272 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2012 Edition Maranatha Praise Band 1 273 Gold 1 Come to the Well Casting Crowns 1 274 The Good Life Trip Lee 1 275 The End Is Where We Begin Thousand Foot Krutch 1 276 Blessings 3 277 Ten Stories MewithoutYou 1 278 The Hurt & the Healer MercyMe 1 279 Immortal For Today 1 The Hurt & the Healer MercyMe 1 280 Courageous Soundtrack 1 The Hurt & the Healer MercyMe 2 281 Live: Cornerstone Hillsong United 1 282 Murdered Love P.O.D. 1 283 Weight & Glory KB 1 284 God's Not Dead Newsboys 1 285 10,000 Reasons 2 286 Jesus at the Center: Live Israel & New Breed 1 287 The Struggle Tenth Avenue North 1 288 Eye on It tobyMac 1 289 Gravity Lecrae 2 Eye on It tobyMac 1 290 WOW Hits 2013 Various artists 3 291 Vital Anberlin 1 Come to the Well Casting Crowns 1 292 New Horizons Flyleaf 1 293 Miracle Third Day 2 WOW Hits 2013 Various artists 7 294 Burning Lights 3 295 A Messenger 1 296 Release the Panic Red 1 297 Reckless 1 298 Nothing Is Wasted Elevation Worship 1 299 Zion Hillsong United 2 300 Let the Future Begin Passion 2 301 Precious Memories Volume II 3 302 Heroes For Sale 1 Precious Memories Volume II 3 303 How Mercy Looks from Here 3 304We Won't Be Shaken 1 Precious Memories Volume II 2 305 Rise Skillet 6 306 Wrongdoers Norma Jean 1 Rise Skillet 2 307 Overcomer Mandisa 1 308 Tides Bethel Music 1 309 Restart Newsboys 1 310 8:18 The Devil Wears Prada 1 311 Your Grace Finds Me 1 312 We Are Young & Free Hillsong Young & Free 1 313 WOW Hits 2014 Various artists 1 314 Hurricane 1 WOW Hits 2014 Various artists 2 315 Church Clothes Vol. 2 Lecrae 1 WOW Hits 2014 Various artists 9 316 Fading West Switchfoot 2 317 Thrive Casting Crowns 4 Tides Live Bethel Music 1 318 100 KB 1 Thrive Casting Crowns 1 319 The Art of Celebration Rend Collective 1 320 Majestic 1 321 Hymns 1 322 Welcome to the New MercyMe 1 323 Rivers in the Wasteland Needtobreathe 1 324 You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic Bethel Music 1 325 Passion: Take It All Passion 1 Thrive Casting Crowns 1 Hymns 2 326 Neon Steeple Crowder 1 327 Unstoppable Love Jesus Culture 1 Neon Steeple Crowder 1 328 Welcome to the New MercyMe 1 329 Hope in Front of Me 1 330 No Other Name Hillsong Worship 2 Zion Hillsong United 1 331 Lowborn Anberlin 1 Zion Hillsong United 1 332 Time Stands Still Family Force 5 1 Zion Hillsong United 1 333 Anchor 1 334 Oxygen : Inhale Thousand Foot Krutch 1 335 Welcome to the New MercyMe 1 336 Anomaly Lecrae 3 337 WOW Hits 2015 Various artist 4 338 Love Ran Red Chris Tomlin 2 339 Cathedrals Tenth Avenue North 1 340 The Spirit of Christmas 1 341 Wake Up the Wonder Elevation Worship 1 342 The Spirit of Christmas 3 WOW Hits 2015 Various artists 3 343 This Is Living (EP) Hillsong Young & Free 1 344 Church Songs Vertical Church Band 1 345 We Will Not Be Shaken Bethel Music 1 346 I Will Follow 2 We Will Not Be Shaken Bethel Music 1 347 Of Beauty and Rage Red 1 348 Lead Us Back: Songs of Worship Third Day 2 349 Even So Come Passion 1 Lead Us Back: Songs of Worship Third Day 1 350 Mansion NF 1 351 Invader Rapture Ruckus 1 352 How Can It Be 1 353 Tomorrow We Live KB 1 354 Live Forever 1 355 Sound of the Saints Audio Adrenaline 1 356 Sing Along 3 1 357 You Were Never Alone Emery 1 358 Empires Hillsong United 3 359 Unbroken Praise Matt Redman 1 Empires Hillsong United 1 360 Found in Far Away Places August Burns Red 2 Empires Hillsong United 1 Majestic 1 361 Covered: Alive in Asia Israel & New Breed 2 362 This Is Not a Test tobyMac 2 363 As Family We Go Rend Collective 1 This Is Not a Test tobyMac 2 364 Marty for President Marty 1 365 Uncomfortable 1 366 Brave New World Amanda Cook 1 367 Walls Gateway Worship 1 368 WOW Hits 2016 Various artists 1 369 Open Heaven / River Wild Hillsong Worship 1 370 Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship 1 WOW Hits 2016 Various artists 1 Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship 1 371 Be One 1 Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship 4 372 MercyMe, It's Christmas! MercyMe 1 How Can It Be 1 373 Passion: Salvation's Tide Is Rising Passion 1 How Can It Be 1 374 Church Clothes 3 Lecrae 1 How Can It Be 2 375 Here as in Heaven Elevation Worship 1 376 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory 10 377 Therapy Session NF 1 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory 5 378 Every Nation Linda Conant & the Circuit Riders 1 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory 1 379 Exhale Thousand Foot Krutch 1 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory 1 380 Everything Was Sound Silent Planet 1 381 Where the Light Shines Through Switchfoot 1 382 Hard Love Needtobreathe 1 383 Air for Free Relient K 1 384 Love Remains Hillary Scott and the Scott Family 1 385 Unleashed Skillet 3 386 One Sided War 1 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory 1 Unleashed Skillet 1 387 The Very Next Thing Casting Crowns 1 388 American Prodigal Crowder 1 389 Beautiful Surrender Jonathan David and Melissa Helser 1 390 WOW Hits 2017 Various artists 1 391 Let There Be Light Hillsong Worship 1 392 Never Lose Sight 1 How Can It Be 1 393 Tennessee Christmas 1 394 Full Of (Even More) Cheer Home Free 1 Tennessee Christmas 3 395 Behold: A Christmas Collection 1 WOW Hits 2017 Various artists 2 396 Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Praise Songs, 2017 Edition Various artists 2 397 Rise 1 How Can It Be 1 398 After All These Years Brian and Jenn Johnson 1 399 Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope 2 400 Worthy of Your Name Passion 1 401 The Shack: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Soundtrack 2 Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope 1 402 There Is a Cloud Elevation Worship 1 403 Identity 1 404 Lifer MercyMe 1 405 Starlight: Recorded Live On Tour Bethel Music 1 Lifer MercyMe 1 406 On My Side 1 Lifer MercyMe 3 407 Out of the Dark Mandisa 1 Lifer MercyMe 2 408 Wonder Hillsong United 4 Lifer MercyMe 2 Wonder Hillsong United 1 409 Every Mile Mattered 1 410 Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed 1 411 Love Has a Name Jesus Culture 1 How Can It Be 2 412 Mercury & Lightning 1 How Can It Be 2 413 All Things Work Together Lecrae 2 414 Phantom Anthem August Burns Red 1 415 Precious Memories Collection 1 416 Today We Rebel KB 1 417 Gone Red 1 Behold: A Christmas Collection 1 Precious Memories Collection 2 Behold: A Christmas Collection 3 Precious Memories Collection 5 418 Good News Rend Collective 1 419 Reckless Love 1 Precious Memories Collection 1 420 Therapy Session NF 2 421 Whole Heart Passion 1 422 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe MercyMe 1 Precious Memories Collection 1 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe MercyMe 1 423 Future 1 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe MercyMe 12 424 Let the Trap Say Amen Lecrae X Zaytoven 1 425 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe MercyMe 5 426 Living Hope 1 427 Where No One Stands Alone 2 How Can It Be 1 428 Living With a Fire Jesus Culture 1 429 Look Up Child 4 430 Burn the Ships for King & Country 1 431 The Elements tobyMac 1 Look Up Child 37 432 People Hillsong United 1 433 A Thousand More Thrive Worship 1 434 United Newsboys 1 Look Up Child 11 435 Victorious Skillet 1 Look Up Child 6 436 The Story's Not Over 1 Look Up Child 2 437 Awake Hillsong Worship 1 Look Up Child 1 438 Jesus Is King 7 Look Up Child 3
Statistics The following artists have spent at least ten weeks atop the chart, with at least three albums: Artist Albums (Weeks) 71 3 WOW series 43 7 MercyMe 42 6 Casting Crowns 34 4 Skillet 21 4 17 5 Hillsong United 19 6 tobyMac 14 4 Lecrae 12 7 The following albums have spent at least ten weeks atop the chart throughout the decade: Album Artist(s) Look Up Child 54 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe 19 MercyMe Hymns That Are Important to Us 18 Joey + Rory WOW Hits 2014 14 WOW series Come to the Well Casting Crowns Until the Whole World Hears 12 How Can It Be
See also List of Billboard Christian Songs number ones of the 2010s
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