Steven Curtis Chapman discography explained

Artist:Steven Curtis Chapman
Studio:17
Option Name:Holiday albums
Option:4
Compilation:3
Live:2
Video:3
Ep:1
Singles:82

American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman has released 17 studio albums and 82 singles, in addition to 4 holiday albums, 3 compilation albums, and 3 video releases. He has sold over 11 million albums, and 10 of his albums have been certified gold or platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1]

Chapman's first album, First Hand (1987), was released on Sparrow Records; although the album did not chart, three of its singles reached the top ten on the CCM Update Christian radio charts. Real Life Conversations (1988) became his first album to appear on the Billboard Christian Albums chart, and More to This Life (1989) was his first top ten album on the Christian Albums chart, also yielding four No. 1 singles on the CCM Update Adult Contemporary chart; it was certified gold by the RIAA in 2002, signifying sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.

Chapman would release five more studio albums in the 1990s, all of which reached the No. 1 position on the Christian Albums chart. For the Sake of the Call (1990), The Great Adventure (1992), and Signs of Life (1996) achieved gold certifications, while Heaven in the Real World (1994) and Speechless (1999) were certified platinum, signifying sales of over one million copies in the United States. He also recorded two other gold albums in the 1990s: the Christmas album The Music of Christmas (1995) and the compilation album Greatest Hits (1997). Chapman recorded 22 No. 1 singles on the Adult Contemporary chart in the 1990s, with "The Great Adventure" ranking as the No. 1 single on the 1990s decade-end Adult Contemporary chart.[2]

Chapman's next two albums, Declaration (2001) and All About Love (2003), were his highest-charting albums on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 14 and 12, respectively; they were both certified gold by the RIAA. In addition to All About Love, All Things New (2004), This Moment (2007), and Beauty Will Rise (2009) all reached the No. 1 position on the Christian Albums chart. He left Sparrow Records in 2012 and moved to Reunion Records,[3] where he has released two studio albums, The Glorious Unfolding (2014) and Worship and Believe (2016), as well as the Christmas album Joy (2012). He has also released two bluegrass albums through Cracker Barrel, with both charting at No. 1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[4]
US
Christ.

[5]
First Hand
Real Life Conversations
  • Released: April 1, 1988
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP
19
More to This Life
  • Released: October 5, 1989
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
2
For the Sake of the Call
  • Released: December 13, 1990
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
1
  • RIAA: Gold
The Great Adventure
  • Released: June 19, 1992
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
1
  • RIAA: Gold
Heaven in the Real World
  • Released: July 5, 1994
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
195 1
  • RIAA: Platinum
Signs of Life
  • Released: August 22, 1996
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
20 1
  • RIAA: Gold
Speechless
  • Released: June 3, 1999
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
31 1
  • RIAA: Platinum
Declaration
  • Released: September 13, 2001
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
14 2
  • RIAA: Gold
All About Love
  • Released: January 16, 2003
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
12 1
  • RIAA: Gold
All Things New
  • Released: September 9, 2004
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
22 1
This Moment
  • Released: October 23, 2007
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
47 1
Beauty Will Rise
  • Released: October 30, 2009
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
27 1
Re-creation
  • Released: August 5, 2011
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
43 2
The Glorious Unfolding
  • Released: September 27, 2013
  • Label: Reunion
  • Format: CD, digital download
27 2
Worship and Believe
  • Released: March 4, 2016
  • Label: Reunion
  • Format: CD, digital download
87 4
Still
  • Released: October 14, 2022
  • Label: Provident
  • Format: CD, digital download
4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Bluegrass albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
US
Christ.

US
Bluegrass
[7]
Deep Roots
  • Released: March 11, 2013
  • Label: Cracker Barrel, Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Format: CD, digital download
68 2 1
Deeper Roots: Where the Bluegrass Grows
  • Released: March 22, 2019
  • Label: Cracker Barrel, Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Format: CD, digital download
12 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
US
Christ.

Greatest Hits 85 4
  1. 1's, Vol. 1
  • Released: March 30, 2012
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
19
  1. 1's, Vol. 2
  • Released: February 8, 2013
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
43
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
US
Christ.

Safe in the Arms (EP)
  • Released: September 17, 2010
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: Digital download
30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Holiday albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
US
Christ.

US
Holiday
[8]
The Music of Christmas 61 2 7
All I Really Want for Christmas
  • Released: September 27, 2005
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
90 7 2
Joy
  • Released: October 12, 2012
  • Label: Reunion
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
185 7 13
Christmas Hymns
  • Released: October 9, 2015
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: CD, digital download
50
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
US
Christ.

The Live Adventure 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videos

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
Video
[9]
US
Christ

The Walk 2
The Videos
  • Released: February 26, 2002[11]
  • Label: Sparrow
  • Format: DVD, VHS
16
A Great Adventure: Live Solo Performances of Timeless Hits 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1987–2000

List of singles, with chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US Christ. AC
[13]
US Christ. CHR
[14]
"Weak Days"19872 6First Hand
"Hiding Place"6
"Tell Me"14
"Run Away"19884 8
"His Eyes"1 12Real Life Conversations
"Faithful Too"14
"For Who He Really Is"4 6
"My Turn Now"19891 3
"His Strength Is Perfect"10
"More to This Life"1 2More to This Life
"I Will Be Here"19901 10
"Love You With My Life"1 5
"Treasure Island"1 5
"Waiting for Lightning"6
"For the Sake of the Call"19911 3For the Sake of the Call
"When You Are a Soldier"12
"No Better Place"1 1
"Busy Man"1 3
"What Kind of Joy"1 11
"You Know Better"19926 15
"Real Life Medley"10 Non-album single
"The Great Adventure"1 3The Great Adventure
"Where We Belong"1 6
"Go There With You"19932 19
"That's Paradise"3 3
"Still Called Today" 1 20
"Heaven in the Real World"19941 1Heaven in the Real World
"King of the Jungle"1 1
"Remember Your Chains"20
"Dancing with the Dinosaur"19953 1
"The Mountain"6
"Heartbeat of Heaven"11 19
"Christmas is All in the Heart"1 The Music of Christmas
"Sometimes He Comes in the Clouds"19968 My Utmost for His Highest
"Lord of the Dance"2 2Signs of Life
"Signs of Life"2 2
"Let Us Pray"19971 5
"Free"1 6
"Not Home Yet"1 9Greatest Hits
"I Will Not Go Quietly"19981 7Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture The Apostle
"The Walk"6 Signs of Life
"Speechless"19991 2Speechless
"Dive"1 1
"Fingerprints of God"1
"Whatever"20003
"Great Expectations"1
"I Do Believe"3
"The Change"1 4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2001–present

List of singles, with chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
AC

[15]
US Christ.
[16]
US Christ. Airplay
[17]
US Christ. AC
[18]
"Live Out Loud"2001Declaration
"God Is God"
"See The Glory"2002
"Magnificent Obsession"
"Jesus Is Life"
"All About Love"All About Love
"How Do I Love Her"200327 7 7
"Moment Made for Worshipping"9 9
"All Things New"20048 8All Things New
"Much of You"5 5
"Believe Me Now" 200527 27
"Remembering You"22 9 7Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"All I Really Want For Christmas"36 2 2All I Really Want for Christmas
"Miracle of the Moment"20074 3This Moment
"Cinderella"200823 4 3
"Yours"7 3
"Heaven is the Face"20097 13Beauty Will Rise
"Beauty Will Rise"201039
"Do Everything"20113 1Re-creation
"Long Way Home"201215 18
"Christmas Time Again"1 1Joy
"Love Take Me Over"20134 3 3The Glorious Unfolding
"Glorious Unfolding"201418 16
"Something Beautiful"201519 14 14
"Amen"201623 17 20Worship and Believe
"One True God"27 20 27
"More Than Conquerers"201733
"Remember to Remember"201841 non-album single
"Do It Again"2024Non-Album-Single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As featured artist

1987–2000

List of singles as featured artist, with chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US Christ. AC
US Christ. CHR
"Listen to Our Hearts"
19924 A Friend Like U
"Faithful Friend"
19964 22Where I Stand
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2004–present

List of singles as featured artist, with chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US Christ.
US Christ. Airplay
US Christ. AC
"I See Love"
200421 25
"By His Wounds"
20078 8Glory Revealed
"Jesus, Firm Foundation"
201341 Jesus, Firm Foundation: Hymns of Worship
"Wonderful"
202118 4 3Wonderful (EP)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charting songs

List of songs, with chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Christ.

"Go Tell it on the Mountain"200517All I Really Want for Christmas
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"201232Joy
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"46
"Joy to the World"45
"Warrior"201550War Room (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)
"We Remember"201743non-album release
"The Great Adventure: 25th Anniversary Edition" 47
"Together (We'll Get Through This)" 202036

Notes

Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. News: Fairchild . Sue . It all begins with a song . . June 24, 2019 . March 15, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190624201608/http://www.sungazette.com/life/showcase/2018/03/it-all-begins-with-a-song/ . June 24, 2019 . live .
  2. Web site: Decade Chart Toppers . . June 24, 2019 . January 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000408140051/http://www.ccmmagazine.com/ccmmag/00jan/ccm_top100.html . April 8, 2000. unfit.
  3. Web site: Steven's New Joy: CCM star Steven Curtis Chapman switches labels; readies Christmas album . . June 24, 2019 . August 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190624201606/http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Stevens_New_Joy/49172/p1/ . June 24, 2019 . live .
  4. Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190510133325/https://www.billboard.com/music/steven-curtis-chapman/chart-history/billboard-200. May 10, 2019. live.
  5. Chart History: Christian Albums . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 23, 2019.
  6. Web site: Music . Stevencurtischapman.com . October 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028223344/https://stevencurtischapman.com/music/ . October 28, 2022 . live .
  7. Chart History: Bluegrass Albums. Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 23, 2019.
  8. Chart History: Holiday Album Sales. Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 23, 2019.
  9. Chart History: Music Video Sales . https://web.archive.org/web/20190809132305/https://www.billboard.com/music/steven-curtis-chapman/chart-history/music-video-sales. dead. August 9, 2019. Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 23, 2019.
  10. Book: Walk [VHS] - Steven Curtis Chapman . 8474002869 .
  11. Web site: Steven Curtis Chapman - The Videos . Amazon . June 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091117201326/http://www.amazon.com/Steven-Curtis-Chapman-Videos/dp/B000060MU1 . November 17, 2009 . live .
  12. Web site: Culver . Ross . Steven Curtis Chapman 'LIVE Solo' Project Hits May 10 . . June 24, 2019 . May 6, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507224601/https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/steven-curtis-chapman-live-solo-project-hits-may-10/ . May 7, 2019 . live .
  13. Book: Brothers . Jeffery Lee . Hot Hits: Adult Contemporary Charts 1978-2001 . 2003 . . 1-4107-3294-0 . 58–59.
  14. Book: Powell . Mark Allan . The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . March 2003 . Hendrickson Publishers . 1-56563-679-1 . 161 . registration .
  15. Chart History: Adult Contemporary . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 27, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190627121900/https://www.billboard.com/music/steven-curtis-chapman/chart-history/adult-contemporary . June 27, 2019 . live .
  16. Chart History: Christian Songs . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 21, 2019.
  17. Chart History: Christian Airplay . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . June 21, 2019.
  18. Chart History: Christian AC Songs . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . August 9, 2019.
  19. United States. Steven Curtis Chapman. June 22, 2019.