List of Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart number ones from the 2020s
The Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart is a music chart based on sales of albums of Contemporary Christian and gospel music in the UK. It is compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), with each week's number one being announced on Mondays on their official website.[1] The chart was launched on 11 March 2013 in partnership with Christian child development charity Compassion UK[2] – the album at number one on the first chart was Zion by Hillsong United.[3] The band's record label, Hillsong Music UK, remarked that they were "thrilled to be part of the launch of the first Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart in the UK".[3] The event launching the chart was hosted by David Grant, and featured Martin Smith of Delirious? and the London Community Gospel Choir.[4] The previous year, 600 new Christian music albums had been released in the UK.[5]
Number ones
[edit]No. | nth album to top the Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart |
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re | Return of an album to number one |
Contents |
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No. | Artist[a] | Album[a] | Record label[b] | Reached number one (for the week ending)[a] |
Weeks at number one (Total weeks at number one)[a] |
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2020 | |||||
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 2 January 2020 | 14 |
91 | Rend Collective | Choose to Worship | CCMG | 9 April 2020 | 1 |
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 16 April 2020 | 5 (34) |
re | Kanye West | Jesus Is King | Def Jam | 21 May 2020 | 1 (7) |
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 28 May 2020 | 26 (60) |
92 | Andrea Bocelli | Believe | Decca | 26 November 2020 | 10 |
2021 | |||||
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 4 February 2021 | 9 (69) |
93 | NF | Clouds | NF Real Music | 8 April 2021 | 9 |
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 10 June 2021 | 13 (82) |
94 | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 9 September 2021 | 73 |
2023 | |||||
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 2 February 2023 | 1 (83) |
re | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 9 February 2023 | 2 (75) |
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 23 February 2023 | 8 (91) |
95 | NF | Hope | NF Real Music | 20 April 2023 | 31 |
re | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 23 November 2023 | 3 (78) |
re | NF | Hope | NF Real Music | 14 December 2023 | 1 |
re | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 21 December 2023 | 24 (102) |
2024 | |||||
96 | Poor Clares of Arundel | My Peace I Give You | Decca | 6 June 2024 | 1 |
re | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 13 June 2024 | 2 (104) |
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 27 June 2024 | 1 (92) |
re | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 4 July 2024 | 2 (106) |
re | NF | The Search | NF Real Music | 18 July 2024 | 2 (94) |
re | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 1 August 2024 | 5 (111) |
Broadcast
[edit]The chart is aired on Christian radio stations Premier Christian Radio on Tuesday afternoons at 5 pm, and on UCB UK on Thursday evenings at 10 pm and Sunday evenings at 6 pm.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Top 20". (2013) Official Charts Company.
- ^ "New UK Christian and gospel album chart". (11 March 2013) Christianity Today.
- ^ a b Pakinkis, Tom. (11 March 2013) "Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart – first Top 20 revealed". Music Week.
- ^ Pakinkis, Tom. (5 March 2013) "UK's first Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart to be unveiled next week". Music Week.
- ^ Ferrol, Natalie. (11 March 2013) "Christian and Gospel Album Chart Launched". MOBO.
- ^ "2013 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "2014 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "2015 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
External links
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