Top Gospel Albums

Billboard magazine chart

Top Gospel Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, ranking the popularity of gospel albums. As of Tuesday, January 31, 2017 (with the charts dated February 11, 2017), it uses the same multi-metric methodology developed for the Billboard 200, which incorporates traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).^[1]

The first number-one album was Rough Side of the Mountain by Rev. F.C. Barnes & Rev. Janice Brown on the chart dated November 26, 1983.^[2] The current number-one album on the chart is Donda by Kanye West.^[3]

Album milestones

Most cumulative weeks at number one

List of albums with ten or more weeks at number one.

Most cumulative weeks on chart

List of albums with 100 or more total weeks on the chart.

Number-one debuts

List of albums which have debuted at number-one.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Artist achievements

Most number-one albums

Artists with five or more number-one albums.

Other achievements

• Whitney Houston's The Preacher's Wife has the highest one week sales of any charting release on Top Gospel Albums, selling 330,000 units in the chart week dated January 4, 1997.^[64]
• Marvin Sapp's Here I Am (2010) was the highest-charting gospel album in the history of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, where it debuted at number 2, before the release of Jesus Is King (2019) by Kanye West. Prior to this, God’s Property From Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation debuted and peaked at number 3 on June 14, 1997.^[65]
• Kanye West made Billboard history with the release of Jesus Is King (2019), which topped Top Gospel Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums charts, Top Christian Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200 simultaneously.^[66]
• Kanye West has the highest one week sales — 309,000 (Donda) and 264,000 (Jesus Is King)^[67] — for a charting release on both Top Gospel Albums and Top Christian Albums, since both charts adopted a multi-metric methodology in February 2017.^[68]
• Kierra Sheard's Kierra (2020) ended Kanye's 6-month run at number-one with his album Jesus Is King.^[69]
• CeCe Winans has topped the Top Gospel Albums chart in five consecutive decades, earning her 10th number-one with More Than This (2024).^[70]

See also

• Hot Gospel Songs
• Top Christian Albums
• Top Holiday Albums

References

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55. "Chart History: Tina Campbell (Top Gospel Albums)", Billboard, retrieved February 18, 2024
56. "Top Gospel Albums". Billboard. July 18, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
57. "Chart History: VaShawn Mitchell (Top Gospel Albums)", Billboard, retrieved February 18, 2024
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61. Asker, Jim (September 6, 2019). "James Fortune's 'Dream Again' Debuts at No. 1 On Top Gospel Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2024 – via Billboard.com.
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63. "Top Gospel Albums". Billboard. June 1, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
64. Trust, Gary. "Ask Billboard: Happy 40th, Mariah! - Chart Beat". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
65. "Marvin Sapp Makes Gospel History On Billboard 200". Billboard. March 24, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
66. Law, Jeannie Ortega (November 8, 2019). "'Jesus Is King' makes Billboard history: tops 5 charts, dominates top 10 Christian, Gospel lists". Christian Post. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
67. Sisario, Ben (November 4, 2019). "Kanye West's 'Jesus Is King' Is No. 1". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
68. Asker, Jim (September 7, 2019). "Kanye West's 'Donda' Makes Historic Start on Billboard's Christian & Gospel Charts". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2024 – via Billboard.com.
69. Corrine, Amber (April 30, 2020). "Kierra Sheard dethrones Kanye's 6-month run on top of gospel chart". The Grio. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
70. Asker, Jim (May 7, 2024). "CeCe Winans Tops Gospel & Christian Album Charts With 'More Than This,' a 'Joyful Collection of Songs'". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

External links

• Current Top Gospel Albums