Top Gospel Albums

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]

History

Date range Title
January 30, 1965[2] — July 10, 1965[3] Hot Spiritual LP's
October 6, 1973[4] — March 1, 1980[5] Best Selling Gospel LPs
April 5, 1980[6] — September 1984[7] Best Selling Spiritual LPs
October 1984[8] — March 1990[9] Top Spiritual Albums
April 1990[10][11] — present[12] Top Gospel Albums

Album milestones

Most cumulative weeks at number one

List of albums with ten or more weeks at number one, showing year released.

Album Wks. Year Artist Ref.
Donda 137 2021 Kanye West [13]
Jesus Is King 67 2019 [13]
It Remains to Be Seen 53 1993 The Mississippi Mass Choir [14]
The Nu Nation Project 49 1998 Kirk Franklin [15]
The Mississippi Mass Choir 46 1988 The Mississippi Mass Choir [16]
God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation 43 1997 Kirk Franklin [15]
Thirsty 39 2007 Marvin Sapp [17]
Is My Living in Vain 37 1980 The Clark Sisters [18]
Live in London and More... 2001 Donnie McClurkin [19]
Kirk Franklin and the Family 36 1993 Kirk Franklin [15]
Love Alive III 34 1984 Walter Hawkins [20]
Hero 2005 Kirk Franklin [15]
Live in Chicago 33 1988 Shirley Caesar with Reverend Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers [21]
Mountain High...Valley Low 32 1999 Yolanda Adams [22]
The Sound 2008 Mary Mary [23]
Whatcha Lookin' 4 30 1996 Kirk Franklin [15]
Best Days 2012 Tamela Mann [24]
There is Hope 29 1986 Reverend Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers [25]
The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin 2002 Kirk Franklin [15]
My Mind is Made Up 27 1991 Reverend Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers [26]
The Preacher's Wife 26 1996 Whitney Houston [27]
Heart. Passion. Pursuit. 24 2017 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Here I Am 23 2010 Marvin Sapp [17]
Rough Side of the Mountain 28 1983 Rev. F.C. Barnes & Rev. Janice Brown [29][30]
Dedicated 21 1985 Nicholas [31]
One Way 20 2016 Tamela Mann [24]
Love Alive IV 19 1990 Walter Hawkins [32]
We Walk By Faith 1992 Rev. John P. Kee & the New Life Community Choir [33]
Hello Fear 2011 Kirk Franklin [15]
More Than This 2024 CeCe Winans [34]
It's Gonna Rain 18 1982 Reverend Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers [35]
We Sing Praises 17 1983 Sandra Crouch and Friends [36]
Blessed 1985 The Williams Brothers [37]
Soul Survivor 1987 Al Green [38]
It Remains to Be Seen... 1993 The Mississippi Mass Choir [39]
Old Church Basement 2021 Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music [40]
Love Alive 16 1976 Walter Hawkins & the Love Center Choir [41]
Losing My Religion 2015 Kirk Franklin [15]
Live with the Mississippi Mass Choir 15 1990 Reverend James Moore with the Mississippi Mass Choir [42]
The Live Experience 1995 Helen Baylor [43]
Pages of Life - Chapters I & II 1998 Fred Hammond [44]
WOW Gospel 2004 2004 Various Artists [45]
Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs 2005 Donnie McClurkin [19]
Psalms 14 1984 The Richard Smallwood Singers [46]
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism 13 1987 Aretha Franklin [47]
Incredible 2002 Mary Mary [23]
Rehab 2010 Lecrae [48]
Long Live Love 2019 Kirk Franklin [15]
Somethin' 'Bout Love 12 2004 Fred Hammond [44]
Phenomenon 11 1991 The Rance Allen Group [49]
Different Lifestyles 1991 BeBe & CeCe Winans [50]
Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas 1995 Kirk Franklin [15]
Gravity 2012 Lecrae [48]
Alabaster Box 10 1999 CeCe Winans [34]
Donnie McClurkin... Again 2003 Donnie McClurkin [19]
WOW Gospel 2016 2016 Various Artists [45]
Hiding Place 2018 Tori Kelly [51]

Most cumulative weeks on chart

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

Album Wks. Artist Ref.
Playlist: The Very Best Of Marvin Sapp 543 Marvin Sapp [17]
Hello Fear 490 Kirk Franklin [15]
Best Days 489 Tamela Mann [24]
Grace 487 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Heart. Passion. Pursuit. 438 [28]
The Nu Nation Project 386 Kirk Franklin [15]
One Place Live 374 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
The Essential Kirk Franklin 367 Kirk Franklin [15]
Unstoppable 329 Koryn Hawthorne [52]
Jesus Is King 325 Kanye West [13]
Go Get It 286 Mary Mary [23]
Move Your Heart 259 Maverick City Music & UPPERROOM [40]
Believe for It 253 CeCe Winans [34]
The Best of Me 247 Yolanda Adams [22]
Old Church Basement 246 Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music [40]
The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin 238 Kirk Franklin [15]
God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation 230 [15]
Donda 229 Kanye West [13]
Jesus Is Born 212 Sunday Service [53]
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1 204 Maverick City Music [40]
One Way 200 Tamela Mann [24]
Love Alive 200 Walter Hawkins & the Love Center Choir [54]
Jesus is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me 198 James Cleveland & the Charles Fold Singers [55]
Love Alive II 193 Walter Hawkins & the Love Center Choir [56]
Rough Side of the Mountain 190 Rev. F.C. Barnes & Rev. Janice Brown [57][58]
Kingdom Book One 187 Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin [15]
Losing My Religion 183 Kirk Franklin [15]
Kirk Franklin and the Family 182 [15]
God Has Smiled on Me 177 James Cleveland & the Voices of Tabernacle [59]
It's a New Day 169 James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir [60]
The Preacher's Wife 169 Whitney Houston [27]
Amazing Grace 167 Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland [61]
Long Live Love 164 Kirk Franklin [15]
It Remains to Be Seen 156 Mississippi Mass Choir [62]
I Don't Feel Noways Tired 155 James Cleveland & the Salem Inspirational Choir [63]
Make Room 155 Jonathan McReynolds [64]
Dedicated 141 Nicholas [65]
Thirsty 141 Marvin Sapp [17]
The Best Of Fred Hammond 133 Fred Hammond [44]
Wonderful 131 Edwin Hawkins & the Edwin Hawkins Singers [66]
Thankful 123 Mary Mary [23]
Everyday Jesus 122 Anthony Brown & group therAPy [67]
Pages of Life - Chapters I & II 122 Fred Hammond [44]
As We Worship: Live 121 William McDowell [68]
Tramaine 117 Tramaine Hawkins [69]
Mary Mary 117 Mary Mary [23]
Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition 117 Maverick City Music [40]
The Essential Donnie Mcclurkin 117 Donnie McClurkin [19]
Jesus Christ is the Way 116 Walter Hawkins and the Family [70]
The Journey (Live) 114 Donnie McClurkin [19]
The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02 113 Maverick City Music [40]
Save the World 112 Yolanda Adams [22]
Live in Chicago 110 Shirley Caesar [71]
Hero 110 Kirk Franklin [15]
No Time to Lose 109 Andraé Crouch [72]
We Sing Praises 109 Sandra Crouch and Friends [73]
Live in London and More... 108 Donnie McClurkin [19]
Purpose By Design 106 Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ [44]
Give Me a Clean Heart 105 James Cleveland [74]
Greatest Hits 105 BeBe & CeCe Winans [34]
Alabaster Box 105 CeCe Winans [34]
Whatcha Lookin' 4 105 Kirk Franklin [15]
The Fight of My Life 105
Nothing But the Hits 105 Fred Hammond [44]
I'll Do His Will 104 James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir [75]
Adoration: Live in Atlanta 104 Richard Smallwood with Vision [76]
A Miracle in Harlem 104 Shirley Caesar [71]
WOW Gospel 1998 104 Various Artists [45]
Donnie McClurkin 104 Donnie McClurkin [19]
Donnie McClurkin... Again 104 [19]
Mountain High...Valley Low 104 Yolanda Adams [22]
The Spirit of David 104 Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ [44]
Live in Detroit 104 Vickie Winans [77]
Throne Room 104 CeCe Winans [34]
I Need You Now 104 Smokie Norful [78]
Nothing Without You 104 [78]
Somethin' 'Bout Love 104 Fred Hammond [44]
Alive in South Africa 104 Israel & New Breed [79]
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Part 2 104 Maverick City Music [40]
Awesome Wonder 103 Kurt Carr & the Kurt Carr Singers [80]
Bringing It All Together 103 Vickie Winans [77]
Live from Another Level 103 Israel & New Breed [79]
Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs 103 Donnie McClurkin [19]
20/85 The Experience 103 Hezekiah Walker & LFC [81]
Yolanda... Live in Washington 102 Yolanda Adams [22]
Believe 102 [22]
Gospel Greats 101 Aretha Franklin [82]
The Inner Court 101 Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ [44]
Alone in His Presence 101 CeCe Winans [34]
WOW Gospel 2004 101 Various Artists [45]
Show Up! 101 The New Life Community Choir featuring John P. Kee [83]
The Best of Yolanda Adams 100 Yolanda Adams [22]
Day By Day 100 [22]
After the Music Stops 100 Lecrae [48]

Number-one debuts

List of albums which have debuted at number-one.

1990s

Song Debut date Artist Ref.
Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas November 25, 1995 Kirk Franklin [15]
The Nu Nation Project October 17, 1998 Kirk Franklin [15]
The Preacher's Wife December 14, 1996 Whitney Houston [27]
Everlasting Love April 11, 1998 CeCe Winans [34]
Mountain High...Valley Low October 9, 1999 Yolanda Adams [22]

2000s

Song Debut date Artist Ref.
Love and Freedom September 16, 2000 BeBe [84]
Christmas with Yolanda Adams December 16, 2000 Yolanda Adams [22]
Believe December 22, 2001 Yolanda Adams [22]
Donnie McClurkin... Again March 22, 2003 Donnie McClurkin [19]
Incredible August 3, 2002 Mary Mary [23]
Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3 September 28, 2002 Fred Hammond [44]
Bringing It All Together May 24, 2003 Vickie Winans [85]
Throne Room September 27, 2003 CeCe Winans [34]
Smokie Norful: Limited Edition (EP) November 8, 2003 Smokie Norful [78]
Live from Another Level May 29, 2004 Israel & New Breed [79]
Somethin' 'Bout Love June 26, 2004 Fred Hammond [44]
Crossroads September 11, 2004 Deitrick Haddon [86]
I Owe You September 25, 2004 Kierra Sheard [87]
Nothing Without You October 23, 2004 Smokie Norful [78]
Mary Mary August 6, 2005 Mary Mary [23]
Day By Day September 17, 2005 Yolanda Adams [22]
Purified October 1, 2005 CeCe Winans [34]
Victory Live! June 10, 2006 Tye Tribbett & G.A. [88]
This Is Me July 15, 2006 Kierra Sheard [89]
Free to Worship October 21, 2006 Fred Hammond [44]
This Is Who I Am November 11, 2006 Kelly Price [90]
Kirk Franklin Presents: Songs for the Storm Vol. 1 November 25, 2006 Kirk Franklin [15]
The Best of Me May 26, 2007 Yolanda Adams [22]
Live – One Last Time April 28, 2007 The Clark Sisters [91]
Journey: Live in New York June 23, 2007 Richard Smallwood with Vision [92]
Thirsty July 21, 2007 Marvin Sapp [17]
A Deeper Level: Live September 22, 2007 Israel & New Breed [79]
Alone But Not Alone October 13, 2007 Marvin Winans [93]
Thy Kingdom Come April 19, 2008 CeCe Winans [34]
Stand Out May 24, 2008 Tye Tribbett & G.A. [88]
Rebel October 18, 2008 Lecrae [48]
The Sound November 8, 2008 Mary Mary [23]
Smokie Norful Live April 25, 2009 Smokie Norful [78]

2010s

Song Debut date Artist Ref.
Here I Am April 3, 2010 Marvin Sapp [17]
Refreshed by Fire October 2, 2010 Shekinah Glory Ministry [94]
Rehab October 16, 2010 Lecrae [48]
Fresh November 6, 2010 Tye Tribbett [88]
Church on the Moon February 12, 2011 Deitrick Haddon [86]
Hello Fear April 9, 2011 Kirk Franklin [15]
Angel & Chanelle June 18, 2011 Trin-i-tee 5:7 [95]
Promises August 6, 2011 Richard Smallwood with Vision [96]
YRM (Your Righteous Mind) August 27, 2011 Donald Lawrence & Co. [97]
Uncommon Me September 10, 2011 Isaac Carree [98]
The Awakening of Le'Andria Johnson September 24, 2011 Le'Andria Johnson [99]
Free November 5, 2011 Kierra Sheard [100]
Identity February 4, 2012 James Fortune & FIYA [101]
God, Love & Romance February 18, 2012 Fred Hammond [44]
I Win April 21, 2012 Marvin Sapp [17]
Go Get It May 26, 2012 Mary Mary [23]
Gravity September 22, 2012 Lecrae [48]
United Tenors: Hammond, Hollister, Roberson, Wilson April 13, 2013 Fred Hammond [44]
Reset July 13, 2013 Isaac Carree [102]
Greater Than August 24, 2013 Tye Tribbett [88]
R.E.D. (Restoring Everything Damaged) September 21, 2013 Deitrick Haddon [86]
20 Year Celebration - Vol. 1: Best For Last October 12, 2013 Donald Lawrence & Co. [97]
Church Clothes, Vol. 2 November 23, 2013 Lecrae [48]
Dear Future Me March 15, 2014 James Fortune & FIYA [103]
Deitrick Haddon's LXW May 10, 2014 Deitrick Haddon [86]
Graceland August 14, 2014 Kierra Sheard [104]
I Will Trust December 6, 2014 Fred Hammond [44]
Help 2.0 April 18, 2015 Erica Campbell [105]
It's Personal June 6, 2015 Tina Campbell [106]
You Shall Live June 20, 2015 Marvin Sapp [17]
Anthology: Live July 18, 2015 Richard Smallwood with Vision [107]
Covered: Alive in Asia August 15, 2015 Israel & New Breed [79]
One Place Live September 12, 2015 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Everyday Jesus August 8, 2015 Anthony Brown & group therAPy [67]
Life Music: Stage Two October 10, 2015 Jonathan McReynolds [64]
Masterpiece November 28, 2015 Deitrick Haddon [86]
The Journey (Live) September 10, 2016 Donnie McClurkin [19]
One Way October 1, 2016 Tamela Mann [24]
Worship Journal: Live October 22, 2016 Fred Hammond [44]
Secret Place: Live In South Africa November 26, 2016 VaShawn Mitchell [108]
Let Them Fall in Love February 25, 2017 CeCe Winans [34]
Dear Future Me July 15, 2017 James Fortune [109]
Love and Freedom August 5, 2017 Anita Wilson accompanied by the Company [110]
A Long Way from Sunday August 19, 2017 Anthony Brown & group therAPy [67]
The Maranda Curtis Experience (EP) August 26, 2017 Maranda Curtis [111]
Heart. Passion. Pursuit. September 16, 2017 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Close October 21, 2017 Marvin Sapp [17]
The Bloody Win November 4, 2017 Tye Tribbett [88]
Make Room March 24, 2018 Jonathan McReynolds [64]
Open Heaven: The Maranda Experience May 12, 2018 Maranda Curtis [111]
Unstoppable July 28, 2018 Koryn Hawthorne [52]
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings August 25, 2018 Aretha Franklin [82]
Heart. Passion. Pursuit.: Live at Passion City Church November 17, 2018 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Long Live Love June 15, 2019 Kirk Franklin [15]
Dream Again September 7, 2019 James Fortune [112]
I Made It Out September 28, 2019 John P. Kee [83]
2econd Wind: Ready November 2, 2019 Anthony Brown & group therAPy [67]
Jesus Is King November 9, 2019 Kanye West [13]

2020s

Song Debut date Artist Ref.
Kierra May 2, 2020 Kierra Sheard [113]
Royalty: Live at the Ryman October 10, 2020 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Move Your Heart February 13, 2021 Maverick City Music [40]
Old Church Basement May 15, 2021 Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music [40]
Feels Like Home, Vol. 1 March 13, 2021 Israel & New Breed [79]
Believe for It March 27, 2021 CeCe Winans [34]
Donda September 11, 2021 Kanye West [13]
The Mav Way: EP Vol. 1, The Maverick Way September 30, 2023 Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine [40]
Father's Day October 21, 2023 Kirk Franklin [15]
The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02 November 11, 2023 Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine [40]
More Than This May 11, 2024 CeCe Winans [34]
Overflow: The Album June 1, 2024 Transformation Worship [114]
Tasha August 9, 2025 Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]

Artist achievements

Most number-one albums

Artists with five or more number-one albums.

Artist No. Ref.
Kirk Franklin 14 [15]
James Cleveland 13 [115]
CeCe Winans 10 [34]
Fred Hammond [44]
Reverend Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers 7 [116]
Lecrae 6 [48]
Tasha Cobbs Leonard [28]
Walter Hawkins 5 [117]
Yolanda Adams [22]
Donnie McClurkin [19]
Mary Mary [23]
Marvin Sapp [17]
Deitrick Haddon [86]
Tye Tribbett [88]
Smokie Norful [78]

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.[118]
  • 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.[119]
  • 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.[120]
  • Kanye West has the highest one week sales — 309,000 (Donda) and 264,000 (Jesus Is King)[121] — for a charting release on both Top Gospel Albums and Top Christian Albums, since both charts adopted a multi-metric methodology in February 2017.[122]
  • Kierra Sheard's Kierra (2020) ended Kanye's 6-month run at number-one with his album Jesus Is King.[123]
  • CeCe Winans has topped the Top Gospel Albums chart in five consecutive decades, earning her 10th number-one with More Than This (2024).[124]

See also

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