# Josiah Queen’s ‘Damascus Road’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top Christian Albums

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/josiah-queens-damascus-road-debuts-at-no-1-on-top-christian-albums/
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:29:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T08:50:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/josiah-queen-damascus-road-number-1-top-christian-albums-1236373907/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- *Damascus Road* debuts at No. 1 with 27,000 units.
- It is Josiah Queen’s third consecutive annual chart-topper.
- Eight album tracks place on Hot Christian Songs.

## Summary

Josiah Queen’s *Damascus Road* debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart, giving the 23-year-old singer his third chart-topper. Its first-week performance matters because it is the strongest Christian album debut on the Billboard 200 this year and Queen has achieved No. 1 starts in three consecutive years.

The album earned 27,000 equivalent units from 23 to 29 October, opening at No. 4 on Americana/Folk Albums and No. 16 on the Billboard 200. It is Queen’s third studio album in three years, following *Mt. Zion* and *The Prodigal*, which also debuted at No. 1 on Top Christian Albums. Eight tracks from the new album enter Hot Christian Songs; “Demons” remains at No. 2 with 2.6 million streams and a radio audience of 3.2 million.

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