Number one album in Christian music in the United States
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]
^"Bad Boys"(PDF). Billboard. August 16, 2003. p. 58. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory. Note that we have streamlined the name of the latter album list, dropping the word 'Contemporary.'
Number one album in Christian music in the United States
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]
^"Bad Boys"(PDF). Billboard. August 16, 2003. p. 58. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory. Note that we have streamlined the name of the latter album list, dropping the word 'Contemporary.'