Josiah Queen leads Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart for the second time, debuting atop the Sept. 6-dated survey with Mt. Zion.
In its first week of release (Aug. 22-28), Mt. Zion earned 15,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate. That sum includes 6,000 in album sales.
The 22-year-old Florida native first ruled Top Christian Albums when The Prodigal, his debut album, launched atop the list in June 2024. The set has spent all but four of its 66 weeks on the chart in the top 10, and all in the top 20. Mt. Zion is his first album on an established label (F&L Music Group and Capitol Christian Music Group); The Prodigal was released independently.
Mt. Zion becomes Queen’s first entry on the all-genre Billboard 200, at No. 57. It also starts at No. 4 on Am