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MercyMe discography
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Lead singer Bart Millard and drummer Robby Shaffer performing at WinterJam 2008
Studio albums11
Compilation albums3
Singles28
Video albums2

The discography of MercyMe, an American Christian rock band, includes 11 studio albums, two compilation albums, two video albums, and 28 singles. MercyMe, formed in 1994, released six independent albums from 1995–2000 before signing with INO Records and releasing their major label debut album, Almost There (2001).[1] Almost There peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard 200[2] and No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.[3] The band released Spoken For, their second studio album, in 2002; it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Christian Albums[3] chart and No. 41 on the Billboard 200.[2] Its second single, "Word of God Speak", spent a record 23 weeks atop the Billboard Christian Songs chart.[4] The album has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[5] and has sold over 550,000 copies.[6] In 2003, mainstream radio interest in "I Can Only Imagine", the band's second single from Almost There, caused sales of the album to surge.[7] "I Can Only Imagine" would peak at No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.[8] Almost There was eventually certified triple Platinum by the RIAA, signifying shipments of over 3,000,000 copies,[5] and has sold over 2.2 million copies in the United States.[9]

In 2004, the band released their third album, Undone, which sold 55,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.[6] Undone earned a Gold certification from the RIAA in December 2004[5] and has sold over 627,000 copies in the United States.[9] Its three singles all peaked inside the top three on the Christian Songs chart, with two of them ("Here with Me" and "Homesick") crossing over to the Adult Contemporary chart.[8] The band released Coming Up to Breathe, their fourth studio album, in 2006.[9] The album debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart with 58,000 copies sold in its first week.[10] "Coming Up to Breathe" earned a Gold certification from the RIAA in 2007.[5]

All That Is Within Me, the band's fifth studio album, was released in 2007. It sold over 84,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.,[11] and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2010.[5] Their sixth studio album, The Generous Mr. Lovewell, was released in 2010 and sold 88,000 copies in its first week. It became their first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 3.[12] All three of its singles peaked at No. 1 on the Christian Songs chart,[13] and the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.[5] MercyMe's seventh studio album, The Hurt & The Healer, sold 33,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.[14] Their 2014 studio album, Welcome to the New, debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 26,000 copies in its first week.[15]

Albums

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Independent albums

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List of albums
Title Album details
Pleased to Meet You
Traces of Rain
Traces of Rain Volume II
  • Released: 1998[16]
  • Format: CD, cassette[17]
The Need
  • Released: May 1999[16]
  • Format: CD, cassette[17]
The Worship Project
  • Released: October 1999[16]
  • Format: CD
Look
  • Released: 2000[16]
  • Format: CD

Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2] 		US
Christ
[3] 		CAN
[18]
Almost There 37 1 —
Spoken For
  • Released: October 1, 2002[19]
  • Label: INO, Word
  • Format: CD, digital download
 41 2 —
Undone
  • Released: April 20, 2004[20]
  • Label: INO, Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download
 12 1 —
Coming Up to Breathe
  • Released: April 25, 2006[21]
  • Label: INO, Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
 13 1 —
All That Is Within Me
  • Released: November 20, 2007[22]
  • Label: INO, Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
 15 1 —
The Generous Mr. Lovewell
  • Released: May 4, 2010[23]
  • Label: INO, Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
 3 1 —
The Hurt & The Healer
  • Released: May 22, 2012[24]
  • Label: Fair Trade, Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
 7 1 —
Welcome to the New
  • Released: April 8, 2014[25]
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, digital download
 4 1 —
Lifer
  • Released: March 31, 2017[26]
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 10 1 95
Inhale (Exhale)
  • Released: April 30, 2021
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, digital download
 78 3 —
Always Only Jesus
  • Released: October 21, 2022
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 126
[27]		 1 —

Christmas albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2] 		US
Christ
[3] 		US
Holiday
[28]
The Christmas Sessions
  • Released: September 27, 2005[29]
  • Label: INO, Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download
 64 3 10
MercyMe, It's Christmas!
  • Released: October 9, 2015[30]
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, digital download
 38 1 1

Compilation albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[2] 		US
Christ
[3]
10
  • Released: April 7, 2009[31]
  • Label: INO, Columbia
  • Format: CD/DVD, digital download
 18 1
Playlist: The Very Best of MercyMe
  • Released: October 15, 2013[32]
  • Label: Fair Trade/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — 25
I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe
  • Released: March 2, 2018[33]
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, digital download
 23 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
Video
[34]
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
  • Released: November 19, 2002[35]
  • Label: INO
  • Format: DVD
 —
MercyMe Live
  • Released: September 14, 2004[36]
  • Label: INO, Epic
  • Format: DVD
 25
  • RIAA: Platinum[5]

Other albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Christ
[3]
Coming Up to Breathe: Acoustic
  • Released: January 30, 2007[37]
  • Label: INO, Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
 22
iTunes Originals
  • Released: March 18, 2008[38]
  • Label: INO, Columbia
  • Format: Digital download
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The Worship Sessions
  • Released: August 30, 2011[39]
  • Label: Fair Trade, Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
 33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[40] 		US
AC
[41] 		US
Christ
[13] 		US
Christ
Airplay
[42] 		US
Christ
AC
[43]
"Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song)" 2001 — — —[A] —[B] Almost There
"I Can Only Imagine" 71 5 1[C] —[D] —[E]
"Spoken For" 2002 — — —[F] —[G] Spoken For
"Word of God Speak" 2003 — — 1 1
"The Change Inside of Me" — — — —
"Here with Me" 2004 — 12 1 1 Undone
"Homesick" — 9 3 3
"In the Blink of an Eye" 2005 — — 1 1
"Joseph's Lullaby" — 33 1 1 The Christmas Sessions
"So Long Self" 2006 — 16 1 1 Coming Up to Breathe
"Hold Fast" — 27 3 3
"Bring the Rain" 2007 — — 1 1
"God with Us" — — 1 1 All That Is Within Me
"You Reign" 2008 — — 2 1
"Finally Home" 2009 — 16 3 2
"All of Creation" 2010 —[H] — 1 1 The Generous Mr. Lovewell
"Beautiful" — — 1 1
"Move" 2011 —[I] — 1 1
"The Hurt & The Healer" 2012 — — 1 1 The Hurt & The Healer
"You Are I Am" — — 3 2
"Shake" 2013 — — 6 9 8 Welcome to the New
"Greater" 2014 —[J] — 2 1 1
"Flawless" 2015 — — 2 1 1
"Dear Younger Me" 2016 — — 6 3 2
"Even If" 2017 —[K] — 1 1 1
  • RIAA: Platinum[5]
 Lifer
"Grace Got You"
(featuring John Reuben) 		2018 — — 3 1 1
"Best News Ever" — — 4 1 1
"Almost Home" 2019 — — 3 1 1 Inhale (Exhale)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" — — — 38 23 non-album single
"Hurry Up and Wait" 2020 — — 30 — — Inhale (Exhale)
"Say I Won't" — — 4 4 3
"On Our Way"
(featuring Sam Wesley) 		2021 — — 14 8 9
"Then Christ Came"
(solo or featuring Phil Wickham) 		2022 — — 3 1 5 Always Only Jesus
"To Not Worship You" 2023 — — 5 1 1
"Always Only Jesus" — — 33 32 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Christ
[13] 		US
Christ
AC
[43]
"I See Love"
(with Steven Curtis Chapman and Third Day) 		2004 21 25 The Passion of the Christ: Songs

Other charted songs

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List of charting songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Christ
[13] 		US
Christ
Airplay
[42] 		US
Christ
AC
[43] 		US
AC
[41]
"O Holy Night" 2004 24 22 — non-album release
"Silent Night" 2005 30 26 6 The Christmas Sessions
"The Little Drummer Boy" 10 10 —
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" 22 21 —
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 2006 9 9 34
"Gloria" 26 27 —
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" 37 35 25
"No More No Less" 2007 30 23 — Coming Up to Breathe
"This Life" 2010 —[L] — — The Generous Mr. Lovewell
"Free" —[M] — —
"Finish What He Started" 2014 33 — — — Welcome to the New
"Our Lullaby" 2015 49 37 16 — MercyMe, It's Christmas
"Go Tell It on the Mountain" 39 30 24 —
"Christmastime Again" 32 23 12 —
"Sleigh Ride" 2016 50 30 21 —
"Joy" 29 19 12 —
"Lifer" 2017 42 — — — Lifer
"Happy Dance" 35 — — —
"I Can Only Imagine (The Movie Session)" 2018 16 26 28 — I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

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Notes
  1. ^ "Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song)" was released before the Billboard Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts were created.
  2. ^ "Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song)" was released before the Billboard Christian AC Songs chart was created, but peaked at No. 27 on the Radio & Records Christian AC chart.[8]
  3. ^ "I Can Only Imagine" was released before the Billboard Christian Songs chart was created, but peaked at No. 1 in 2018.[13]
  4. ^ "I Can Only Imagine" was released before the Billboard Christian Airplay chart was created.
  5. ^ "I Can Only Imagine" was released before the Billboard Christian AC Songs chart was created, but peaked at No. 1 on the Radio & Records Christian AC chart.[8]
  6. ^ "Spoken For" was released before the Billboard Christian Songs and Christian Airplay Songs charts were created.
  7. ^ "Spoken For" was released before the Billboard Christian AC Songs chart was created, but peaked at No. 1 on the Radio & Records Christian AC chart.[8]
  8. ^ "All of Creation" did not appear on the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 11 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[44] It also peaked at No. 8 on the component Hot Singles Sales chart.[45]
  9. ^ "Move" did not appear on the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 20 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[46]
  10. ^ "Greater" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 14 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[47]
  11. ^ "Even If" did not appear on the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 20 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[48]
  12. ^ "This Life" did not enter the Hot Christian Songs or Christian Airplay charts, but peaked at No. 19 on Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[49]
  13. ^ "Free" did not enter the Hot Christian Songs or Christian Airplay charts, but peaked at No. 28 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[49]
Footnotes
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  25. ^ "Welcome to the New – MercyMe". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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  29. ^ "The Christmas Sessions – MercyMe". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  30. ^ "MercyMe, It's Christmas! – MercyMe". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  31. ^ "10 – MercyMe". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
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