Casting Crowns' The Altar and the Door (Provident-Integrity) has made The Billboard Top 200 albums of the year.

The band's third studio album was ranked No. 144 on the list. Besides The Altar and the Door, The Billboard Top 200 albums also featured Toby Mac's Portable Sounds (EMI CMG) at No. 185 and Alan Jackson's Precious Memories (EMI CMG) at No. 123.

According to Billboard, the top Christian albums in 2007 were WOW Hits 2007 (EMI CMG) by various artists, Flyleaf (EMI CMG) by Flyleaf, Precious Memories, The Altar and the Door and Portable Sounds.

The top gospel albums of the year were WOW Gospel 2007 (Provident-Integrity) by various artists; The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle (Universal Music Group Distribution) by Patti LaBelle; Songs for the Storm, Volume I (EMI CMG) by Kirk Franklin; Hero (Provident-Integrity) by Kirk Franklin and A Piece of My Passion (Central South Distribution) by Juanita Bynum.

For a complete list of The Billboard's top Christian and gospel albums of the year, visit www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/index.jsp.

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