Amy Grant discography: History and Key Facts

American singer Amy Grant has released 20 studio albums (including five Christmas albums), 11 compilation albums, five live albums, and 84 singles. Considered to be one of the pioneers in the contemporary Christian music genre, Grant was also the first major Christian artist to successfully cross over into the mainstream.

Amy Grant has sold over 30 million albums worldwide throughout her career, making her the Best Selling Contemporary Christian artist of all time. She has 17 No. 1 albums on Billboard's Top Christian Albums, more than any other artists in history. She is also known as the "Queen of Christian Pop" and the "Queen of Christmas Music" by various media outlets. According to RIAA, she has sold 17 million certified albums in the United States while Billboard listed her as the 46th Top Christian Artist of the 2010s. Capitol Christian Music Group honored Grant with a special award in honor of one billion career global streams.

At the age of 15, Grant signed a record deal with Myrrh Records. A year later in 1977, she released her self-titled debut album, which sold over 50,000 copies in its first year, a high total at the time for a Christian artist. Her follow-up albums My Father's Eyes (1978) and Never Alone (1980) reached the No. 1 spot on the Christian Albums chart, and 1982's Age to Age became the first Christian album recorded by a solo artist to receive gold and platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was atop the Christian Albums chart for a record 85 weeks and was the only No. 1 album to be released for the entire year of 1983.

Grant first experienced mainstream success with 1985's Unguarded, which became the first Christian album to yield a top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100; the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. In 1986, she recorded her first No. 1 single on the Hot 100 with "The Next Time I Fall", a duet with Peter Cetera. Her 1988 album Lead Me On shipped with a gold certification, a first for a Christian album, but did not sell as well as Unguarded. However, it received substantial acclaim and is frequently ranked by critics as the best Christian album of all time.

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