MercyMe Discography
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). Almost There peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart. The band released Spoken For, their second studio album, in 2002; it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart and No. 41 on the Billboard 200. Its second single, "Word of God Speak", spent a record 23 weeks atop the Billboard Christian Songs chart. The album has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold over 550,000 copies. 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. "I Can Only Imagine" would peak at No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. Almost There was eventually certified triple Platinum by the RIAA, signifying shipments of over 3,000,000 copies, and has sold over 2.2 million copies in the United States.
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. Undone earned a Gold certification from the RIAA in December 2004 and has sold over 627,000 copies in the United States. 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. The band released Coming Up to Breathe, their fourth studio album, in 2006. 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. "Coming Up to Breathe" earned a Gold certification from the RIAA in 2007.
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., and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2010. 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. All three of its singles peaked at No. 1 on the Christian Songs chart, and the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA. 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. 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.
Albums
Independent albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Pleased to Meet You |
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| Traces of Rain |
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| Traces of Rain Volume II |
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| The Need |
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| The Worship Project |
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| Look |
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Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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| US |
US Christ |
CAN | |||
| Almost There |
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37 | 1 | — |
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| Spoken For |
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41 | 2 | — |
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| Undone |
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12 | 1 | — |
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| Coming Up to Breathe |
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13 | 1 | — |
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| All That Is Within Me |
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15 | 1 | — |
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| The Generous Mr. Lovewell |
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3 | 1 | — |
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| The Hurt & The Healer |
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7 | 1 | — | |
| Welcome to the New |
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4 | 1 | — |
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| Lifer |
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10 | 1 | 95 |
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| Inhale (Exhale) |
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78 | 3 | — | |
| Always Only Jesus |
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126 |
1 | — | |
Christmas albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Christ |
US Holiday | |||
| The Christmas Sessions |
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64 | 3 | 10 |
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| MercyMe, It's Christmas! |
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38 | 1 | 1 | |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US |
US Christ | ||||||||
| 10 |
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18 | 1 | ||||||
| Playlist: The Very Best of MercyMe |
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— | 25 | ||||||
| I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe |
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23 | 1 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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| US Video | |||
| Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow |
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| MercyMe Live |
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25 |
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Other albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Christ | |||||||||
| Coming Up to Breathe: Acoustic |
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22 | |||||||
| iTunes Originals |
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— | |||||||
| The Worship Sessions |
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33 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| US |
US AC |
US Christ |
US Christ Airplay |
US Christ AC | |||||
| "Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song)" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | Almost There | |||
| "I Can Only Imagine" | 71 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
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| "Spoken For" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | 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 | — | — | 1 | 1 | The Generous Mr. Lovewell | |||
| "Beautiful" | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||
| "Move" | 2011 | — | — | 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 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Flawless" | 2015 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Dear Younger Me" | 2016 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||
| "Even If" | 2017 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Lifer | |
| "Grace Got You" (featuring John Reuben) |
2018 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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| "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 | |||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| US Christ |
US Christ AC | |||
| "I See Love" (with Steven Curtis Chapman and Third Day) |
2004 | 21 | 25 | The Passion of the Christ: Songs |
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| US Christ |
US Christ Airplay |
US Christ AC |
US AC | ||||||
| "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 | — | — | — | The Generous Mr. Lovewell | ||||
| "Free" | — | — | — | ||||||
| "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 | |||||||||