List of Billboard Top Christian Albums number ones of the 2010s explained

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.

Number-ones

Best-performing album of respective years
scope=row style="background-color:#7EFFF1" Best-performing album of the decade
scope=col scope=col Issue date[2] scope=col Albumscope=col Artist(s)scope=col
Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns2
223Speaking Louder Than Before1
Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns2
224Downtown Church1
AwakeSkillet1
225Tonightdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac4
226Passion1
Tonightdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac3
AwakeSkillet2
Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns1
AwakeSkillet1
227The Generous Mr. LovewellMercyMe1
228The Light Meets the DarkTenth Avenue North1
The Generous Mr. LovewellMercyMe5
229Between Two WorldsTrip Lee1
230A Beautiful ExchangeHillsong Live1
AwakeSkillet1
231Born AgainNewsboys2
232My Paper Heart (Deluxe Version)4
2331
234Love God. Love People. The London Sessions1
235Dark Is the Way, Light Is a PlaceAnberlin1
236Horseshoes and Hand GrenadesDisciple1
2371
238RehabLecrae1
239WOW Hits 2011Various artists2
240MoveThird Day2
241WOW Hits 2011Various artists1
242Ø (Disambiguation)Underoath1
243And If Our God Is for Us... 3
WOW Hits 2011Various artists3
And If Our God Is for Us... 2
RehabLecrae1
244Leaving Eden1
WOW Hits 2011Various artists1
245Until We Have FacesRed2
246AftermathHillsong United2
247Hundred More Years 1
248Passion1
249Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns6
AwakeSkillet1
Hundred More Years 1
Born AgainNewsboys1
250One True GodNewSong1
251BlacklightTedashii2
AwakeSkillet1
252This Is the ChristMormon Tabernacle Choir1
253LevelerAugust Burns Red3
25410,000 ReasonsMatt Redman1
AwakeSkillet1
255God Is AbleHillsong Live1
256Young Love3
257Dying To LivePRo1
258Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns2
259Dead ThroneThe Devil Wears Prada1
260The Reckoningneedtobreathe1
261Vice VersesSwitchfoot2
262WOW Hits 2012Various artists1
263Come to the Well Casting Crowns4
WOW Hits 2012Various artists1
Come to the Well Casting Crowns7
264Give Us Restdata-sort-value="Crowder, David" David Crowder Band1
265Joyful NoiseSoundtrack1
266Where I Find You2
267MoveThird Day1
268Live in Miami (Welcome to the Aftermath)Hillsong United1
Come to the Well Casting Crowns1
269BelieverKutless1
270NowFireflight1
271Passion1
272Top 25 Praise Songs: 2012 EditionMaranatha Praise Band1
273Gold1
Come to the Well Casting Crowns1
274The Good Lifedata-sort-value="Barefield, William Lee" Trip Lee1
275The End Is Where We BeginThousand Foot Krutch1
276Blessings3
277Ten StoriesMewithoutYou1
278The Hurt & the HealerMercyMe1
279ImmortalFor Today1
The Hurt & the HealerMercyMe1
280CourageousSoundtrack1
The Hurt & the HealerMercyMe2
281Live: CornerstoneHillsong United1
282Murdered LoveP.O.D.1
283Weight & GloryKB1
284God's Not DeadNewsboys1
28510,000 Reasons2
286Israel & New Breed1
287The StruggleTenth Avenue North1
288Eye on Itdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac1
289GravityLecrae2
Eye on Itdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac1
290WOW Hits 2013 Various artists3
291VitalAnberlin1
Come to the Well Casting Crowns1
292New HorizonsFlyleaf1
293MiracleThird Day2
WOW Hits 2013 Various artists7
294Burning Lights3
295A Messenger 1
296Release the PanicRed1
297Reckless1
298Nothing Is WastedElevation Worship1
299ZionHillsong United2
300Let the Future BeginPassion2
301Precious Memories Volume II3
302Heroes For Sale1
Precious Memories Volume II3
303How Mercy Looks from Here3
304We Won't Be Shaken1
Precious Memories Volume II2
305RiseSkillet6
306Wrongdoers1
RiseSkillet2
307OvercomerMandisa1
308Tides Bethel Music1
309RestartNewsboys1
310The Devil Wears Prada1
311Your Grace Finds Me1
312We Are Young & FreeHillsong Young & Free1
313WOW Hits 2014Various artists1
314Hurricane1
WOW Hits 2014Various artists2
315Church Clothes Vol. 2Lecrae1
WOW Hits 2014Various artists9
316Fading WestSwitchfoot2
317Thrive Casting Crowns4
Tides LiveBethel Music1
318 100KB1
Thrive Casting Crowns1
319The Art of CelebrationRend Collective1
320Majestic1
321Hymns1
322Welcome to the NewMercyMe1
323Rivers in the WastelandNeedtobreathe1
324Bethel Music1
325Passion1
Thrive Casting Crowns1
Hymns2
326Neon SteepleCrowder1
327Unstoppable LoveJesus Culture1
Neon SteepleCrowder1
328Welcome to the NewMercyMe1
329Hope in Front of Me1
330No Other NameHillsong Worship2
ZionHillsong United1
331LowbornAnberlin1
ZionHillsong United1
332Time Stands StillFamily Force 51
ZionHillsong United1
333Anchor 1
334 Thousand Foot Krutch1
335Welcome to the NewMercyMe1
336AnomalyLecrae3
337WOW Hits 2015 Various artist4
338Love Ran RedChris Tomlin2
339Cathedrals1
340The Spirit of Christmas1
341Wake Up the WonderElevation Worship1
342The Spirit of Christmas3
WOW Hits 2015 Various artists3
343This Is Living (EP)Hillsong Young & Free1
344Church SongsVertical Church Band1
345We Will Not Be ShakenBethel Music1
346I Will Follow2
We Will Not Be Shaken Bethel Music1
347Of Beauty and RageRed1
348Third Day2
349Even So ComePassion1
Third Day1
350Mansion1
351InvaderRapture Ruckus1
352How Can It Be 1
353Tomorrow We LiveKB1
354Live Forever1
355Sound of the Saints1
356Sing Along 31
357You Were Never AloneEmery1
358EmpiresHillsong United3
359Unbroken PraiseMatt Redman1
EmpiresHillsong United1
360Found in Far Away PlacesAugust Burns Red2
EmpiresHillsong United1
Majestic1
361data-sort-value="Houghten, Israel" 2
362This Is Not a Testdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac2
363As Family We GoRend Collective1
This Is Not a Testdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac2
364Marty for PresidentMarty1
365Uncomfortable1
366Brave New Worlddata-sort-value="Falk, Amanda" Amanda Cook1
367WallsGateway Worship1
368WOW Hits 2016Various artists1
369Open Heaven / River WildHillsong Worship1
3701
WOW Hits 2016Various artists1
Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship1
371Be One1
4
372MercyMe, It's Christmas!MercyMe1
How Can It Be 1
373Passion1
How Can It Be 1
374Church Clothes 3Lecrae1
How Can It Be 2
375Here as in HeavenElevation Worship1
376Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory10
377Therapy SessionNF1
Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory5
378Every NationLinda Conant & the Circuit Riders1
Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory1
379ExhaleThousand Foot Krutch1
Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory1
380Everything Was SoundSilent Planet1
381Where the Light Shines ThroughSwitchfoot1
382Hard LoveNeedtobreathe1
383Air for Free Relient K1
384Love Remainsdata-sort-value="Scott, Hillary" 1
385UnleashedSkillet3
386One Sided War1
Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory1
UnleashedSkillet1
387The Very Next Thing Casting Crowns1
388American ProdigalCrowder1
389Beautiful SurrenderJonathan David and Melissa Helser1
390WOW Hits 2017 Various artists1
391Let There Be LightHillsong Worship1
392Never Lose Sight1
How Can It Be 1
393Tennessee Christmas1
394Full Of (Even More) CheerHome Free1
Tennessee Christmas3
3951
WOW Hits 2017Various artists 2
396Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Praise Songs, 2017 EditionVarious artists 2
397Rise1
How Can It Be 1
398After All These YearsBrian and Jenn Johnson1
3992
400Worthy of Your NamePassion1
401The Shack: Music from and Inspired by the Motion PictureSoundtrack2
1
402There Is a CloudElevation Worship1
403Identity1
404LiferMercyMe1
405Starlight: Recorded Live On TourBethel Music1
LiferMercyMe1
406On My Side1
LiferMercyMe3
407Out of the DarkMandisa1
LiferMercyMe2
408WonderHillsong United4
LiferMercyMe2
WonderHillsong United1
409Every Mile Mattered1
410Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Birddata-sort-value="Mineo, Andy" Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed1
411Love Has a NameJesus Culture1
How Can It Be 2
412Mercury & Lightning1
How Can It Be 2
413All Things Work TogetherLecrae2
414Phantom AnthemAugust Burns Red1
415Precious Memories Collection1
416Today We RebelKB1
417GoneRed1
1
Precious Memories Collection2
3
Precious Memories Collection5
418Good NewsRend Collective1
419Reckless Love1
Precious Memories Collection1
420Therapy SessionNF2
421Whole HeartPassion1
422I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMeMercyMe1
Precious Memories Collection1
I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMeMercyMe1
423Future1
I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMeMercyMe12
424Let the Trap Say AmenLecrae X Zaytoven1
425I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMeMercyMe5
426Living Hope1
427Where No One Stands Alone2
How Can It Be 1
428Living With a FireJesus Culture1
429Look Up Child 4
430Burn the Shipsfor King & Country1
431The Elementsdata-sort-value="McKeehan, Toby" tobyMac1
Look Up Child 37
432PeopleHillsong United1
433A Thousand MoreThrive Worship1
434UnitedNewsboys1
Look Up Child 11
435VictoriousSkillet1
Look Up Child 6
436The Story's Not Over1
Look Up Child 2
437AwakeHillsong Worship1
Look Up Child 1
438Jesus Is King7
Look Up Child 3

Statistics

The following artists have spent at least ten weeks atop the chart, with at least three albums:

scope=col Artistscope=col scope=col scope=col Albums (Weeks)scope=col class="unsortable"
713[3]
WOW series437[4]
MercyMe426[5]
Casting Crowns344[6]
Skillet214[7]
175[8]
Hillsong United196[9]
tobyMac144[10]
Lecrae127[11]
The following albums have spent at least ten weeks atop the chart throughout the decade:
scope=col Albumscope=col scope=col Artist(s)scope=col class="unsortable"
Look Up Child54[12]
I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe19MercyMe[13]
Hymns That Are Important to Us18Joey + Rory[14]
WOW Hits 201414WOW series[15]
Come to the WellCasting Crowns[16]
Until the Whole World Hears12[17]
How Can It Be[18]

See also

References

Notes
Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Billboard Charts Legend. Billboard. November 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031031911/https://www.billboard.com/p/billboard-charts-legend. October 31, 2019. live.
  2. Number ones:
  3. Lauren Daigle Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111015335/https://www.billboard.com/music/Lauren-Daigle/chart-history/ILL. November 11, 2019. live.
  4. Various artists Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016035313/https://www.billboard.com/music/various-artists/chart-history/ILL. October 16, 2019. live.
  5. MercyMe Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031231628/https://www.billboard.com/music/mercyme/chart-history/ILL. October 31, 2019. live.
  6. Casting Crowns History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031231902/https://www.billboard.com/music/casting-crowns/chart-history/ILL. October 31, 2019. live.
  7. Skillet Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010022903/https://www.billboard.com/music/skillet/chart-history/ILL. October 10, 2019. live.
  8. Chris Tomlin Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191023190653/https://www.billboard.com/music/chris-tomlin/chart-history/ILL. October 23, 2019. live.
  9. Hillsong United Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191101161055/https://www.billboard.com/music/Hillsong-United/chart-history/ILL. November 1, 2019. live.
  10. tobyMac Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031235301/https://www.billboard.com/music/tobymac/chart-history/ILL. October 31, 2019. live.
  11. Lecrae Chart History: Christian Albums. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191101021837/https://www.billboard.com/music/lecrae/chart-history/ILL. November 1, 2019. live.
  12. Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111015511/https://www.billboard.com/music/Lauren-Daigle/chart-history/ILL/song/1094923. November 11, 2019. live.
  13. MercyMe – I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111015402/https://www.billboard.com/music/mercyme/chart-history/ILL/song/1067229. November 11, 2019. live.
  14. Joey + Rory – Hymns That Are Important to Us. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111015346/https://www.billboard.com/music/joey-rory/chart-history/ILL/song/964326. November 11, 2019. live.
  15. Various artists – WOW Hits 2014. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111015338/https://www.billboard.com/music/various-artists/chart-history/ILL/song/797491. November 11, 2019. live.
  16. Casting Crowns – Come to the Well. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111022352/https://www.billboard.com/music/casting-crowns/chart-history/ILL/song/715664. November 11, 2019. live.
  17. Casting Crowns – Until the Whole World Hears. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111015429/https://www.billboard.com/music/casting-crowns/chart-history/ILL/song/630700. November 11, 2019. live.
  18. Lauren Daigle – How Can It Be. Billboard. November 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111022403/https://www.billboard.com/music/Lauren-Daigle/chart-history/ILL/song/886297. November 11, 2019. live.