Billboard Christmas Holiday charts

Billboard magazine only charted Christmas singles and albums along with the other popular non-holiday records until the 1958 holiday season when they published their first section that surveys only Christmas music.

Billboard magazine's first annual "Christmas Records" charts from November 30, 1963.

An increase of Christmas records began charting Billboard in 1957. The popular music surveys charted 9 Christmas singles, including the debut of the Bobby Helms' standard "Jingle Bell Rock" (Top 100 Sides #6).[1] Gene Autry's newly recorded version of his 1949 original "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"[2] made the Top 100 Sides at #70.[3] The Best Selling Pop LP's had 11 seasonal albums chart including the debut of Elvis' Christmas Album that topped the survey for 3 weeks.

Bing Crosby's all-time best-selling single[4] "White Christmas" returned to the Top 40 again in 1957 at #34. His holiday classic has charted Billboard's surveys almost annually since it first spent 11 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on their Best Selling Retail Records chart beginning Oct. 31, 1942[5] It reached the top spot again in 1945 for two more weeks and made its 14th #1 week on December 28, 1946.[6] Crosby's "Silent Night" (Top 100 Sides #54) and "Silver Bells" (Top 100 Sides #78) also made the Top 100 Sides in 1957. All 3 of these titles are included on his Merry Christmas which returned to #1 in January 1958 after charting Billboard's album surveys since its debut in 1945.

Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks

On November 24, 1958, the magazine published Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks. Described as the records played most frequently by disk jockeys each Christmas season, according to a survey made by The Billboard, the section consisted of 3 top 10 lists charting the top Holiday Singles, LP Albums and for the only time on Billboard's Christmas/Holiday surveys, EP Albums. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" was the #1 single, Percy Faith's 1954 Music of Christmas[7] was the #1 LP and Pat Boone's 1957 Merry Christmas[8] was the #1 EP. [9] A Holiday survey would not be published again until the annual Christmas Records section is launched in 1963.

Seven holiday singles charted on the first year of Billboard's Hot 100 in 1958 including the debut of "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (Hot 100 #1 for 4 weeks)[10] and Harry Simeone's "Little Drummer Boy" (Hot 100 #13).[11] Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" returned to the charts at #35. Eight holiday albums charted on Billboard's Best-Selling LP's survey in 1958 including the debut of Johnny Mathis' Merry Christmas that peaked at #3 on December 27.[12] Mitch Miller & The Gang's first holiday album Christmas Sing Along with Mitch peaked at #1 on January 8, 1959. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" made its first Hot 100 appearance in 1959 at #59. Perry Como debuted his second Christmas album Season's Greetings from Perry Como on The Billboard's TOP LP'S on January 8, 1960 peaking at #22.[13]

The 1960 Hot 100 had 10 holiday singles including the debut of an annual charting of Brenda Lee's standard "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (Hot 100 #14)[14] and the return of Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" (Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks #2, Hot 100 #80).[15] Bing Crosby's "Silent Night" (Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks #8, Hot 100 #54) also returned in 1960 and the flip side "Adeste Fidelis" (Hot 100 #45) also from his 1945 Merry Christmas album made its first charting.[16] Bobby Helms returned to the Hot 100 at #36 in 1960 with the start of an annual charting of "Jingle Bell Rock". Harry Simeone's "Little Drummer Boy" and "The Chipmunk Song" re-charted the Hot 100 every year after their initial release just as Christmas Sing Along with Mitch and Johnny Mathis' Merry Christmas album had on Billboard's Best-Selling LPs chart. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" returned to the Hot 100 in 1961 at #12[17] and in 1962 at #38.

Billboard's TOP LP's charted 21 holiday albums in 1962. Mitch Miller's Gang peaked at #1 again with their latest Christmas album Holiday Sing Along with Mitch.[18] Bing Crosby returned with Merry Christmas (Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks #3, Top Mono LP's #46) and debuted his latest I Wish You a Merry Christmas (Top Mono LP's #50).[19] The 1962 Hot 100 had 12 seasonal singles including new releases like The 4 Seasons' "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Hot 100 #23) and re-charting holiday standards like Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" (Hot 100 #65). Billboard debuted their first annual Christmas Records charts the following year.

Best Bets for Christmas

Beginning with the issue dated November 30, 1963, Billboard magazine no longer charted Christmas albums or singles on its existing music charts. For the next 10 years, these titles could only be found in their new annual best-selling Christmas Records section (retitled Billboard Top Christmas Sellers in 1965[20] and then Billboard Best Bets for Christmas in 1966[21] through 1973).[upper-alpha 1] The 5-position survey ranking of top-selling Christmas Singles[lower-alpha 1] and Christmas LP's[lower-alpha 2] ran for 3–5 weeks each holiday season expanding in size as sales activity increased.[23]

The Andy Williams Christmas Album was the first number one album and his version of "White Christmas" from the same album was the first number one single, both peaking at No. 1 for the 5 week entirety of the section run in 1963.[24] The chart size increased each holiday season until peaking at 38 singles and 117 LPS in 1967.[25] Beginning in 1971, the Best Bets for Christmas only ran 2–3 weeks a year and listed significantly less titles with the singles chart only having 3 positions on December 18 of that year.[26]

Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas (LPs #2) spent 39 weeks on the LP survey from 1963-1973, more than any other album at the time. Harry Simeone's album The Little Drummer Boy (LPs #1)[27] and Nat King Cole's album The Christmas Song (LPs #1) tie at second, both charting 35 weeks between 1963 and 1973. Crosby's Merry Christmas, Cole's The Christmas Song and Johnny Mathis' Merry Christmas (LPs #2) spent more than 25 weeks in the top 10. The Andy Williams Christmas Album spent the most time on top of the chart at 9 inconsecutive weeks between 1963 and 1965. Andy Williams follow up, Merry Christmas spent 3 inconsecutive weeks at number one from 1966-1969.[28][29] Barbara Streisand's 1967 A Christmas Album topped the second most with 6 weeks[30] and Harry Simeone's The Little Drummer Boy album comes in 3rd with 4 weeks at number one on the Best Bets For Christmas album chart.[31][32]

Harry Simeone's "The Little Drummer Boy" single peaked at #1 for 10 weeks between 1964-1968, the most of any title on Billboard's Christmas 45 rpm single surveys. His hit and 1960's "Please Come Home For Christmas" by Charles Brown (45's #1) spent more time than any other single in the top 10 of the Best Bets for Christmas survey at 33 weeks. Both, along with Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" (45's #1), Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (45's #1) and Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" (45's #1) spent more than 30 weeks each on the Christmas singles survey between 1963 and 1973. Andy William's "White Christmas" and 1967's "Snoopy's Christmas" by The Royal Guardsmen topped the chart 5 times each tying both for the second most weeks at #1 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart.

The Carpenters "Merry Christmas, Darling" was #1 on the singles chart the most during the 1970s with 3 weeks.[33] Second is the Jackson 5's "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town' which topped the survey twice that decade.[34] Both debuted on the Best Bets For Christmas in 1970.[35] The Jackson 5 Christmas Album topped the album chart the most in the 70's with 3 weeks.[36] 1971's A Partridge Family Christmas Card[37] and Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas[38] tie for second with each peaking at #1 for 2 weeks.

Titles on these Christmas surveys did not appear on Billboard's other charts until 1973 when "Please Daddy" by John Denver (Hot 100 #69,[39] Hot Country Singles #69)[40] and "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard (Hot 100 #28,[41] Hot Country Singles #1)[42] both peaked at #7[43][44] on the Best Selling Christmas Singles chart as well as appearing on the Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles chart.[upper-alpha 2] Holiday albums only charted the Best Bets for Christmas that year. Many singles and albums have re-charted over the years, but hundreds of titles only appeared in these best-seller sections that are unavailable on Billboard's website. The charts are extensively researched in Joel Whitburn's Christmas in the Charts 1920-2004 that contain statistics on every Christmas single and album that charted all of Billboard's music surveys.[46]

Christmas music surveys were not published after the December 22, 1973 Best Bets For Christmas until the section continues in 1983 retitled Christmas Hits. Billboard sporadically provided a section entitled New Christmas Selections from 1974 until 1976 that alphabetically listed titles of holiday record albums and singles. From 1974 until 1982, the magazine reverted back to only charting seasonal hits on their weekly popular music surveys such as the Eagles' 1978 cover of "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Hot 100 #18)[47] and Dan Fogelberg's 1980 "Same Old Lang Syne" (Hot 100 #9,[48] Adult Contemporary #8)[49] as well as LPs and tapes like John Denver's 1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas (Top LPs & Tapes #14)[50] and Kenny Rogers' 1981 Christmas (Top LPs & Tapes #34,[51] Top Country LPs #10).[52]

Christmas Hits

After 9 years, Billboard began publishing the best-selling Christmas Album and Single chart survey section again under the title Christmas Hits on December 17, 1983. The top 10 charts ran for two weeks each holiday season for the next 3 years[53] then returned in 1987 as a 30 position album only chart. Unlike the Best Bets For Christmas, Christmas Hits would often also chart Billboard's other music surveys such as Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's 1984 Once Upon A Christmas (Top 200 Albums #31, Top Country Albums #12)[54] and 1985's Alabama Christmas (Top 200 Albums #75, Top Country Albums #8)[55] which both peaked at #1 on the Christmas Hits album survey.[56]

Kenny Roger's 1981 Christmas was number one on the album chart for the first two weeks of the Christmas Hits survey. A Very Special Christmas spent the most weeks at the top of the album chart during the 1980s with 3 consecutive weeks starting December 12, 1987.[57][58] Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album (Christmas Hits #2) and 1978's Christmas Portrait by The Carpenters (Christmas Hits #2) charted all 13 weeks of the Christmas Hits album chart. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's Once Upon a Christmas, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song (Christmas Hits #5) and 1984's Mannheim Steamroller Christmas (Christmas Hits #2) tie for second most times on the chart during the eighties with 11 weeks each.[59] Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song and Elvis's Christmas Album spent more than 40 weeks each on the Best Bets for Christmas and Christmas Hits surveys, more weeks than other LP during the entire holiday album chart run at the time.[60][61]

Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" returned to the top of the singles chart for the first week of the Christmas Hits survey. His hit has charted the most with 37 total weeks during the entire Christmas singles survey run. Bobby Helms comes in second with "Jingle Bell Rock" charting a total of 36 weeks. Harry Simeone's "Little Drummer Boy", Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Christmas", Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" and Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas " also charted over 30 weeks during the entirety of the Christmas singles survey. All 6 of these records peaked at #1 over the duration of Billboard's Christmas singles charts.

Elmo 'N Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" spent the most weeks at top of the Christmas Hits singles chart during the 1980s with 3 consecutive weeks starting December 24, 1983.[62] It was also the only single that crossed over charting the Hot Country Singles chart at #92 in 1984. Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Hot 100 #13) reached number 6 on Billboard's Hot Singles Sales chart in 1984 and had sold an estimated 2.5 million copies in the U.S. by January 1985,[63] but did not appear on Billboard's Christmas Hits best selling singles survey.[upper-alpha 3]

Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town" had peaked at #1 when Billboard published their last Christmas Hits single survey on December 28, 1985.[65] An alphabetical listing of Christmas singles would be featured in the magazine's "Reviews and Previews" section, but a seasonal album chart would be the only Christmas survey published until the introduction of Holiday Songs in 2001. For the next 25 years, best-sellers like 1989's "This One's For The Children" by New Kids On The Block (Hot 100 #7,[66] Adult Contemporary #7,[67] Hot Black Singles #55)[68] and 1993's "Let It Snow" by Boyz II Men Featuring Brian McKnight (Hot 100 #32,[69] Hot R&B Singles #17)[70] were only surveyed on the weekly charts until Billboard began surveying best selling Christmas songs in 2010 on the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart and also on the Holiday 100 beginning the following year.

Top charting Christmas singles

The Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks, Christmas Records, Top Christmas Sellers. Best Bets For Christmas and Christmas Hits single surveys ran 53 weeks and charted 134 titles from 1958 until 1985. These are Billboard's top ranking Christmas 45 rpm record singles.[71][72][73][74][75][76][77]

Rank Single Artist Year
Rlsd.
Peak Date Peak
Pos.
Weeks Charted
Peak Top 10 Total
1 "The Little Drummer Boy"[78] Harry Simeone Chorale 1958[upper-alpha 4] 12/12/1964 1 10 34 35
2 "White Christmas"[80] Andy Williams 1963 11/30/1963 1 5 5 7
3 "Snoopy's Christmas"[81] The Royal Guardsmen 1967 12/2/1967 1 5 5 7
4 "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"[82] Elmo & Patsy 1979[upper-alpha 5] 12/24/1983 1 4 6 6
5 "White Christmas"[84] Bing Crosby 1947 11/24/1958 1 3 36 37
6 "Merry Christmas, Darling"[85] Carpenters 1970 12/26/1970 1 3 10 12
7 "The Christmas Song"[86] / "My Favorite Things"[upper-alpha 6][88] Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 1968 12/7/1968 1 3 4 4
8 "Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms 1957[upper-alpha 7] 12/20/1969 1 2 33 36
9 "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"[90] Nat King Cole 1956 12/13/1969 1 2 29 34
10 "Blue Christmas" [upper-alpha 8] [upper-alpha 9] Elvis Presley 1957 12/5/1964 1 2 25 34
11 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" / "Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year"[93] The Jackson 5 1970 12/19/1970 1 2 4 5
12 "Please Come Home For Christmas"[upper-alpha 10] Charles Brown[95] 1960 12/16/1972 1 1 33 35
13 "Jingle Bells"[96] The Singing Dogs[97] 1955 12/9/1972 1 1 11 11
14 "Sleep in Heavenly Sleep (Silent Night)"[98] Barbra Streisand 1966 12/24/1966 1 1 3 6
15 "Step Into Christmas"[99] Elton John 1973 12/15/1973 1 1 3 3
16 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Bruce Springsteen 1985[upper-alpha 11] 12/28/1985 1 1 2 2
17 "Merry Christmas Baby"[101] Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown 1947 12/7/1968 2 2 12 16
18 "The Little Drummer Boy"[102] Lou Rawls 1967 12/2/1967 2 2 6 7
19 "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"[103] Buck Owens 1965 12/2/1967 2 2 3 6
20 "Merry Christmas Baby"[104] Charles Brown 1962[upper-alpha 12] 12/22/1973 2 1 6 7
21 "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"[106] Elvis Presley 1966 12/10/1966 2 1 4 8
22 "Do You Hear What I Hear?"[107] Bing Crosby 1963 12/28/1963 2 1 3 4
23 "Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas"[108] The Staple Singers 1972 12/8/1973 2 1 2 3
24 "Little Becky's Christmas Wish"[109][110] Becky Lamb[111] 1967 12/30/1967 2 1 1 3
25 "Santa Claus and His Old Lady"[112] Cheech & Chong 1971 12/23/1972 3 3 6 7
26 "The Man with All the Toys"[113] The Beach Boys 1964 12/5/1964 3 2 3 4
27 "Silver Bells"[114] Earl Grant 1966 12/13/1969 3 1 13 16
28 "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"[115] Brenda Lee 1958 12/11/1965 3 1 12 24
29 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"[116] John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 1971 12/25/1971 3 1 10 10
30 "You're All I Want For Christmas" / "This Time Of The Year"[upper-alpha 13] Brook Benton[118] 1963 11/30/1963 3 1 5 6
31 "Christmas in Dixie"[upper-alpha 14][120] Alabama 1982 12/17/1983 3 1 4 4
32 "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"[121] / "Silent Night"[upper-alpha 15] The Temptations 1968 12/18/1971 3 1 3 6
33 "Little Saint Nick"[124] The Beach Boys 1963 12/28/1963 3 1 1 4
34 "White Christmas"[125] Perry Como 1947 11/24/1958 3 1 1 1
35 "Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto"[126] James Brown 1968 12/21/1968 4 1 5 6
36 "White Christmas"[127] The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter And Bill Pinckney[128] 1954 12/12/1964 4 1 2 9
37 "Back Door Santa"[129] Clarence Carter 1968 12/14/1968 4 1 2 3
38 "Slipping Into Christmas"[130] Leon Russell 1972 12/9/1972 4 1 2 2
39 "Christmas Time"[upper-alpha 16] Bryan Adams 1985 12/28/1985 4 1 2 2
40 "(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays"[upper-alpha 17][133] Perry Como 1954 11/24/1958 4 1 1 1
41 "The Gift Of Giving"[134] Bill Withers 1972 12/9/1972 5 2 2 2
42 "Silent Night, Holy Night"[135] Mahalia Jackson 1961 12/9/1967 5 1 4 12
43 "The Mistletoe & Me"[136] Isaac Hayes 1969 12/22/1973 5 1 3 3
44 "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"[137] / "Children's Christmas Song"[upper-alpha 18] The Supremes 1965 12/18/1965 5 1 2 7
45 "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" / "Alvin's Harmonica" David Seville and The Chipmunks 1959[upper-alpha 19] 12/7/1963 5 1 2 5
46 "Christmas Shopping"[140] Buck Owens and The Buckaroos 1968 12/7/1968 5 1 1 4
47 "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas"[141] Allan Sherman 1963 12/28/1963 5 1 1 2
48 "Mary's Boy Child"[upper-alpha 20][143] Harry Belafonte 1956 11/24/1958 5 1 1 1
49 "Another Lonely Christmas"[144] Prince and The Revolution 1984 12/22/1984 5 1 1 1
50 "Lonesome Christmas"[upper-alpha 21][145][146] Lowell Fulson 1950 12/10/1966 6 1 7 15
51 "That's What I Want For Christmas"[147] / "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve"[upper-alpha 22] Nancy Wilson 1963 12/14/1963 6 1 1 4
52 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"[upper-alpha 23] Gene Autry 1949 11/24/1958 6 1 1 1
53 "Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride" / "The Greatest Gift of All"[upper-alpha 24] Dolly Parton[150] 1984 12/22/1984 6 1 1 1

A-Side and B-Side chartings

Both the A-side and B-sides of the following 6 records charted the Christmas single surveys.[upper-alpha 25]

Artist Side A Peak
Date
Peak
Pos.
Side B Peak
Date
Peak
Pos.
Label
The Jackson 5 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"[153] 12/19/1970 1 "Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year"[154] 12/26/1970 [upper-alpha 26] Motown 1174[155]
Brenda Lee "Christmas With Be Just Another Lonely Day"[156] 12/12/1964 24 "This Time Of The Year"[157] 12/19/1964 12 Decca Records 31688[158]
Otis Redding "White Christmas"[159] 12/21/1968 12 "Merry Christmas Baby"[160] 12/28/1968 9 Atco 6631[161]
The Temptations "Silent Night" 12/13/1969 7 "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 12/18/1971 3 Gordy 7082[162]
Bobby Vinton "Dearest Santa" 12/19/1964 8 "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle"[163] 12/26/1964 23 Epic 9741[164]
Nancy Wilson "That's What I Want For Christmas"[165] 12/14/1963 6 "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve"[166] 12/25/1965 17 Capitol Records 5084[167]

Artists with multiple charted singles

The following artists had more than one single chart the Christmas surveys (A-Side and B-Side chartings of the same single count as one).

Total
Singles
Artist
5 James Brown
5 Bing Crosby
4 Charles Brown
3 The Chipmunks
3 Perry Como
3 Brenda Lee
2 The Beach Boys
2 Ramsey Lewis
2 Buck Owens
2 Elvis Presley
2 Harry Simeone
2 Frank Sinatra
2 The Temptations
2 Carla Thomas
2 Bobby Vinton
2 Andy Williams

Top Holiday Albums

After no holiday charts were published in 1986, the Christmas Hits section resumed December 12, 1987 with a 30-position album survey, but Billboard stopped publishing a singles sales chart.[168] Only alternate weeks of the survey were available in print[169] with alternating weeks available via the Billboard Information Network. The various artist collection A Very Special Christmas topped the survey for the first 3 weeks of its return. Billboard published the chart for 2 consecutive weeks in 1987, then in 1988 began to run the survey every other week 2-3 times a holiday season.

The album-only Christmas Hits section was retitled Top Christmas Albums in 1990. Barry Manilow's Because It's Christmas was the #1 album for the first 2 weeks under the survey's new name.[170] Billboard began running the chart 5 consecutive weeks each holiday season in 1991, but all weeks are still not available in print.[171] In 1992, Billboard increased the survey to 7 weeks and started compiling the Top Christmas Albums chart using actual sales figures (SoundScan).[172] After a 6-week run in 1993, Billboard increased the survey size to 40 positions and began publishing the chart 7–10 weeks a year starting with the 1994 holiday season.[173]

Kenny G's Miracles: The Holiday Album topped the Christmas Albums chart for 17 weeks starting December 12, 1994, the most of any album during the 1990s. Kenny G also spent 5 more weeks at #1 in the nineties with his Faith: A Holiday Album from 1999. Celine Dion's These Are Special Times spent the second most weeks at the top during the 90's with 9 weeks at number one starting November 21, 1998. The album made its tenth week at #1 on October 29, 2016.[174]

Christina Aguilera's My Kind of Christmas topped the chart when Billboard renames the survey Top Holiday Albums on November 25, 2000.[173] They increased the chart size to 50 positions in 2002[175] and expanded the survey run to 11 weeks in 2006.[176] On October 20, 2007, Billboard begins publishing the Top Holiday Albums chart online in October for 14–15 weeks each holiday season.[177] Josh Groban's Noël started a 12-week consecutive run at number one on October 27, 2007. It topped the chart 6 more weeks in 2008 making it the top charting Holiday Album of the first decade of the century. Now That's What I Call Christmas! was the second top charting album of the 2000's with 14 inconsecutive weeks at number one from 2000-2003.[178]

On November 11, 2011, Michael Bublé's Christmas went to #1 for its first week. To date, it has spent 44 total weeks at #1 on the Top Holiday Albums, the most of any album on the entire Christmas album survey.[179] Pentatonix has spent 41 weeks at #1 on with 4 different albums during the past decade with 2014's That's Christmas to Me (18 weeks), 2016's A Pentatonix Christmas (18 weeks), 2018's Christmas Is Here! (2 weeks) and 2019's The Best of Pentatonix Christmas (3 weeks).[180] Billboard reduced the Top Holiday Album chart run to 12 weeks in 2022.[181]

Most weeks at #1

For over 60 years, Billboard has provided a Christmas holiday album survey, consecutively since the 1987 Christmas Hits charts. The following albums have spent at least 6 weeks at the #1 position.[182] They have been sorted by the total weeks charted on all the various named Christmas album charts since Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks was published on November 24, 1958.[lower-alpha 3][188]

Rank Artist Album Peak
Date
Weeks Charted
at #1 Total
1 Michael Bublé[189] Christmas 11/26/2011 44 150
2 Josh Groban[190] Noël 10/27/2007 19 199
3 Pentatonix[191] That's Christmas to Me 11/8/2014 18 100
4 Pentatonix A Pentatonix Christmas 11/12/2016 18 89
5 Kenny G[192] Miracles: The Holiday Album 12/3/1994 17 192
6 Various Artists Now That's What I Call Christmas![193] 12/1/2001 14 76
7 Danny Elfman[194] The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)[lower-alpha 4] 10/21/2017 14 47
8 Celine Dion[195] These Are Special Times 11/21/1998 10 280
9 Andy Williams[196] The Andy Williams Christmas Album[197] 11/30/1963 9 82
10 Andrea Bocelli[198] My Christmas 11/21/2009 8 80
11 Susan Boyle[199] The Gift 11/27/2010 8 54
12 Sarah McLachlan[200] Wintersong 11/18/2006 8 33
13 Carrie Underwood[201] My Gift 10/10/2020 7 40
14 Harry Connick Jr. Harry for the Holidays[202] 11/15/2003 7 35
15 Barbara Streisand[203] A Christmas Album[204] 12/2/1967 6 125
16 Mannheim Steamroller[205] A Fresh Aire Christmas 12/24/1988 6 115
17 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Extraordinaire 11/17/2001 6 106
18 Diana Krall featuring
the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
[206]
Christmas Songs 11/19/2005 6 37
19 Charlotte Church[207] Dream a Dream 12/2/2000 6 35
20 Clay Aiken[208] Merry Christmas With Love 12/4/2004 6 28
21 Rod Stewart[209] Merry Christmas, Baby 11/17/2012 6 20
22 Hanson[210] Snowed In[211] 12/6/1997 6 16

Most weeks on the survey

The following albums have charted over 200 weeks on Billboard's Christmas Holiday Album surveys since November 24, 1958.

Weeks Album Artist Rlsd. Debut Peak
355[lower-alpha 5] Elvis' Christmas Album[212] Elvis Presley 1957 12/7/1963 #2
325[lower-alpha 6] White Christmas[213] Bing Crosby 1945 11/24/1958 #2
318 A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)[214] Vince Guaraldi Trio 1965 12/12/1987 #2
308 Merry Christmas[215] Mariah Carey 1994 11/26/1994 #1
302 The Christmas Song[216] Nat King Cole 1960 12/14/1963 #1
280 These Are Special Times[217] Celine Dion 1998 11/21/1998 #1
248 Christmas Portrait[218] The Carpenters 1978 12/15/1984 #2
232 Christmas Eve and Other Stories[219] Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1996 11/28/1996 #3

Most albums on the survey

The following artists or series have had at least 6 albums chart Billboard's Christmas Holiday Album surveys since November 24, 1958.

Total
Albums
Artist/Series
22 Mormon Tabernacle/Choir at Temple Square
19 Walt Disney/Disneyland Records
16 Mannheim Steamroller[220]
14 Bing Crosby[221]
14 Elvis Presley[212]
14 Twentieth Century Masters – The Christmas Collection[222]
13 Now That's What I Call Christmas!
13 Tis The Season[223]
12 Frank Sinatra[224]
11 The Classic Christmas Album[225]
10 Jim Brickman[226]
10 Bill Gaither/Gloria Gaither and their
Homecoming Friends/Gaither Vocal Band[227]
9 Amy Grant[228]
9 Kidz Bop Kids[229]
9 Pentatonix[180]
9 A Winter Solstice[230]
8 The Chipmunks[231]
8 Johnny Mathis[232]
8 A Very Special Christmas
7 Perry Como[233]
7 Dean Martin
7 Kenny Rogers[234]
7 Trans-Siberian Orchestra[219]
6 Celtic Christmas[235]
6 Kenny G[236]
6 Neil Diamond[237]
6 Andy Williams[196]
6 WOW Christmas

Holiday Songs

In the mid-1990's, holiday songs with no commercial single availability had begun appearing more often on Billboard's airplay charts. New songs like 1995's "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Adult Contemporary #34,[238] Adult Top 40 #25,[239] Hot 100 Airplay #49)[240] and "The Chanukah Song" by Adam Sandler (Adult Contemporary #35, Adult Top 40 #32, Hot 100 Airplay #10,[241] Mainstream Rock #20,[242] Modern Rock Tracks #25[243]) would re-chart annually each Christmas season along with older titles such as 1984's "Last Christmas" by Wham! (Adult Contemporary #22,[244] Adult Top 40 #40,[245] Hot 100 Airplay #58)[246] and 1979's "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney (Adult Contemporary #29, Adult Top 40 #32)[247] The Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay survey were also charting new songs like Jeff Foxworthy's "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" (Hot Country Singles & Tracks #18)[248] and earlier classics such as The Temptations' "Silent Night" (Hot R&B Airplay #16).[249]

Billboard introduced the 25-position Holiday Songs survey online December 8, 2001. The top 15 has occasionally appeared in the print magazine.[250] The chart differed from the discontinued best-selling Christmas singles survey(s) by ranking songs based solely on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen BDS of Adult Contemporary and a few Adult Top 40 stations, most of which switch to all or nearly all Christmas music around Thanksgiving.[251] The first number one Holiday Song was 1977's "Celebrate Me Home" by Kenny Loggins.[251] The initial chart had a 3-week run, then expanded to 6 weeks in 2002. Billboard increased the survey to 30 positions and ran the chart 6–9 weeks each holiday season starting in 2006.[252]

Amy Grant has charted the most songs on the Holiday Song survey with nine.[253] Michael Bublé is second with 6 charted songs.[254] 1964's "A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives (Holiday Songs #1) and 1963's "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" by Andy Williams (Holiday Songs #2) have both charted 126 weeks, the most of any songs on the survey. Both Brenda Lee's 1958 "Rockin" Around The Christmas Tree" (Holiday Songs #1) and Gene Autry's 1949 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Holiday Songs #2) tie for second most chart appearances with 124 charted weeks each.[255]

The most weeks at the top of the Holiday Songs survey is held by Mariah Carey's 1994 Hot 100 Airplay Christmas classic, "All I Want for Christmas Is You".[256] It has held the number one position for 49 weeks, consecutively since December 30, 2017.[257] Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" has peaked at #1 for a total of 30 weeks and Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas"[258] has topped the survey the third most times with 20 inconsecutive weeks.[259] Since December 4, 2010, these three songs and 1971's "Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano have alternated the #1 position on the Holiday Songs chart.[260]

Billboard changed the name of the Holiday Songs survey to Holiday Airplay after the launch of the Holiday 100 in 2011 and run the charts concurrently each holiday season. At over 20 years, the Holiday Airplay chart is their longest running holiday single or song survey and their second longest running holiday survey after the Top Holiday Albums chart.

Holiday Digital Song Sales

The Holiday Season Digital Song Sales survey of music download purchases debuted on October 16, 2010. Billboard published the 50-position chart for at least 12 weeks each holiday season mostly coinciding with the Top Holiday Albums chart, until they reduced it to a 7-week run at the beginning of December 2021 and then 6 weeks concurrently with the Holiday 100 in 2022.[261] Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was the chart's first #1 and has topped the survey the most with 74 inconsecutive weeks.[262] Carey has charted 4 different versions on Holiday Digital Song Sales, including the 2011 "SuperFestive!" duet with Justin Bieber that also peaked at number one for one week.[263] Beginning November 5, 2011, Bieber's "Mistletoe" topped the chart for 11 inconsecutive weeks.[264] "Hallelujah" by Pentatonix has spent the second most weeks at #1 on the survey with 19 inconsecutive weeks beginning November 12, 2016.[265]

Holiday Digital Song Sales has charted over 750 songs, significantly more titles than any of the Holiday Songs or Christmas Singles surveys. Pentatonix has charted 49 songs on the survey.[266] The Glee Cast,[267] Kelly Clarkson[268] and Michael Bublé[269] have also charted at least 20 songs each. Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You",[270] Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve" (Holiday Digital Song Sales #2),[271] Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (Holiday Digital Song Sales #2)[272] and 2000's "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill (Holiday Digital Song Sales #2)[273] have appeared on all 154 weeks surveyed. The top 15 Holiday Digital Song Sales occasionally appear in the print magazine.[274]

Holiday 100

On December 10, 2011, Billboard expanded the Holiday Song chart to 50 positions, reduced it back to a 5-6 week run and renamed it Holiday Airplay. The newly reconfigured Hot Holiday Songs, like the Hot 100, ranks holiday tracks based on a formula blending airplay, download sales and streaming data as tracked by Nielsen Entertainment.[275] The 50-position chart survey begins to appear in print and Billboard.com in early December for 5–6 weeks each year. On December 14, 2013, Holiday Songs was expanded to 100 positions and renamed the Holiday 100, although only the top 50 remain in print.[276]

Topping the inaugural Hot Holiday Songs ranking was Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You".[277] As of January 7, 2023, this song has been #1 for 57 of the chart's 62 total weeks, consecutively since December 12, 2015.[278] The only songs that have taken the #1 spot away from her on the Holiday 100[279] are Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" in 2012,[280] Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" in 2015[281][282] and both Pentatonix's "Little Drummer Boy" in 2013[283] and "Mary, Did You Know?" for 2 weeks in 2014.[284][285] Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" has been holding at #2 for 38 weeks.[286] Michael Bublé, Pentatonix and Bing Crosby have charted the most songs on the Holiday 100 with 15 or more each.[287]

Holiday Streaming Songs

Billboard also began publishing their 25-position Holiday Streaming Songs chart on December 14, 2013.[288] The survey runs for 5–6 weeks concurrently with the Holiday 100 each holiday season. The chart size increased to 50 positions in 2016.[289] The survey measures the top streamed holiday radio songs, on-demand songs and videos from the leading U.S. online music services.[290] Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been #1 for 46 inconsecutive weeks on the survey.[291] Besides Carey's hit, the only other songs that have topped the Holiday Streaming Songs charts are Pentatonix's "Mary, Did You Know?" for 3 weeks,[284] Grande's "Santa Tell Me"[292] for 2 weeks and most recently Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree".[293]

Michael Bublé has charted 15 songs on the Holiday Streaming Songs survey.[294] Bing Crosby[295] and Pentatonix[296] tie for second most songs with 10 each. Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You", Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree", Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Holiday Streaming Songs #2) and 2011's "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Bublé (Holiday Streaming Songs #2)[297] have charted every 52 weeks of the Holiday Streaming Songs survey. Mariah Carey's chart topping success[298] and other songs that appear on Billboard's Holiday Song surveys every year have met criticism.[299] [300]

Holiday 100 Songwriters and Producers

In 2022, Billboard launched the Holiday 100 Songwriters and Producers charts that run during the same seasonal period as the Holiday 100. The weekly 25 position charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on a specific chart. The Holiday 100 Songwriters and Producers surveys join Billboard’s 26 other songwriter and producer rankings covering all “Hot”-named genre charts. These encompass the Hot 100 and the country, R&B/hip-hop, R&B, rap, rock & alternative, rock, alternative, hard rock, Latin, Christian, gospel and dance/electronic genres. On the inaugural Holiday 100 Songwriters survey, Johnny Marks (who died in 1985 at age 75) was #1 for the first six weeks thanks to seven songwriting credits on the Holiday 100. Lee Gillette (who died in 1981 at age 68) topped the inaugural Holiday 100 Producers chart for the first six weeks, thanks to six production credits.[301]

Holiday 100 most charted songs

As of January 7, 2023, Billboard's Holiday 100 has charted 299 songs. The following ranked by peak position have consecutively charted every 62 weeks since its debut on December 10, 2011.

Rank Song Artist Year
Rlsd.
Peak Date Peak
Pos.
Weeks Charted
Peak Top 10 Top 40
1 "All I Want For Christmas Is You"[lower-alpha 7] Mariah Carey[305] 1994 12/10/2011 1 57[lower-alpha 8] 62 62
2 "Mistletoe"[lower-alpha 9] Justin Bieber[307] 2011 1/7/2012 1 1 5 37
3 "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 12/8/2012 2[lower-alpha 10] 38 62 62
4 "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" Andy Williams[309] 1963 12/8/2018 2 4[lower-alpha 11] 62 62
5 "Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms[311] 1957 12/24/2016 2[lower-alpha 12] 2 60 62
6 "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" Nat King Cole[313] 1961 1/4/2014 2[lower-alpha 13] 1 61 62
7 "A Holly Jolly Christmas" Burl Ives[315] 1964 12/14/2019 3[lower-alpha 14] 4 58 62
8 "Feliz Navidad" José Feliciano[316] 1970 1/7/2012 3[lower-alpha 15] 1 57 62
9 "Last Christmas"[lower-alpha 16] Wham![319] 1984 12/7/2019 3 1 46 62
10 "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)"[lower-alpha 17] Trans-Siberian Orchestra[321] 1995 12/5/2012 4[lower-alpha 18] 1 19 50
11 "White Christmas" Bing Crosby[287] 1947 12/12/2015 5[lower-alpha 19] 2 19 62
12 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry[323] 1949 12/22/2018 7[lower-alpha 20] 3 13 62
13 "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas"[lower-alpha 21] Michael Bublé[325] 2011 12/4/2021 8 1 5 61
14 "Christmas Canon" Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1998 12/17/2011 9 2 4 38
15 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John[326] & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 1971 12/10/2011 9[lower-alpha 22] 1 2 56
16 "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" Andy Williams 1963 12/14/2019 12[lower-alpha 23] 7 56
17 "Blue Christmas" Elvis Presley[329] 1957 1/5/2013 12[lower-alpha 24] 1 58
18 "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Thurl Ravenscroft[278] 1966 1/7/2017 14[lower-alpha 25] 1 55
19 "Wonderful Christmastime"[lower-alpha 26] Paul McCartney[333] 1979 12/8/2018 15[lower-alpha 27] 2 62
20 "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas" Johnny Mathis[335] 1986 12/10/2016 15[lower-alpha 28] 2 38
21 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Bruce Springsteen[337] 1981 1/7/2012 16[lower-alpha 29] 1 25
22 "Christmastime Is Here" Vince Guaraldi Trio[339] 1965 1/7/2017 17 1 56
23 "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas" Bing Crosby 1951 12/10/2011 18[lower-alpha 30] 2 34
24 "Please Come Home For Christmas" Eagles[340] 1978 1/5/2013 18[lower-alpha 31] 1 53
25 "Santa Baby"[lower-alpha 32] Eartha Kitt[343] with Henri René and His Orchestra 1953 12/21/2013 18 1 47

The following songs debuted on the Holiday 100 after December 20, 2011, and have consecutively charted every week following for at least two holiday seasons.

Song Artist Year
Rlsd.
Debut Date Peak
Pos.
Weeks Charted
Peak Total
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" Frank Sinatra[344] with the B. Swanson Quintet 1948 12/14/2013 45 2 52
"Run Rudolph Run"[lower-alpha 33] Chuck Berry[346] 1958 12/20/2014 9 1 46
"Deck The Halls"[347] Nat King Cole[313] 1960 12/8/2018 13 1 27
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"[348] Nat King Cole 1960 12/8/2018 38 1 27
"Sleigh Ride" The Ronettes[349] 1963 12/8/2012 8 4 57
"Linus & Lucy" Vince Guaraldi Trio[339] 1965 12/8/2012 17 2 57
"Silver Bells"[350] Andy Williams[309] 1965 12/8/2018 36 2 27
"Holly Jolly Christmas" Michael Bublé[325] 2011 12/8/2012 13 1 57
"Underneath the Tree" Kelly Clarkson[351] 2013 12/14/2013 8 1 52
"Mary, Did You Know?"[352] Pentatonix 2014 12/13/2014 1 2 47
"Santa Tell Me" Ariana Grande[353] 2014 12/13/2014 1 1 47
"Hallelujah" Pentatonix[354] 2016 12/10/2016 2 3 37
"Cozy Little Christmas" Katy Perry[355] 2018 12/8/2018 30 2 27
"Like It's Christmas" Jonas Brothers[356] 2019 12/7/2019 18 1 22
"Merry Christmas" Ed Sheeran[357] & Elton John 2021 12/18/2021 29 1 10

Holiday 100 artists with the most charted songs

The following artists have had at least 4 songs chart the Holiday 100.

Total
Songs
Artist
20 Michael Bublé[325]
18 Pentatonix[354]
15 Bing Crosby[287]
10 Ariana Grande[353]
10 Frank Sinatra[344]
8 Mariah Carey[305]
8 Nat King Cole[313]
7 Andy Williams[309]
6 Justin Bieber[307]
6 Kelly Clarkson[351]
6 Dean Martin
6 Johnny Mathis[335]
5 The Carpenters[358]
5 Amy Grant[359]
4 Gene Autry[323]
4 Perry Como[360]
4 Celine Dion[361]
4 The Percy Faith Orchestra[362]
4 John Legend[363]
4 Taylor Swift[364]
4 Carrie Underwood[365]
4 Stevie Wonder[366]

Lists of albums, singles and songs on Billboard's Christmas/Holiday charts

See also

Notes

  1. Pretty Paper by Roy Orbison had already began charting on the Hot 100 in 1963 and did not appear on Billboard's Christmas Singles Chart until the following year. It did peak at #1 for 4 weeks on 1963's Cashbox magazine's short-lived Christmas Record Activity singles chart.[22]
  2. The only exceptions were The Harry Simeone Chorale's 1964 "O'Bambino" and the 1966 spoken-word single "There Won't Be Any Snow" by Derik Roberts. Both charted for 1 week on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 survey at No. 105 the same week that each debuted on the Christmas singles chart. On a few occasions, Christmas singles would chart Billboard's weekly charts instead of the Christmas singles chart. In 1970, James Brown's "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay" charted Best Bets For Christmas peaking at #7 while instead "Hey America" from the same holiday album Bubbled Under the Hot 100 at #105.[45]
  3. "Do They Know It's Christmas" has charted every year of the Holiday Songs chart peaking at #6 in 2003.[64]
  4. All chartings of Harry Simeone's "The Little Drummer Boy" since 1972 have been the 1965 remake from the album O Bambino - The Little Drummer Boy.[79]
  5. Beginning 1984, the 1982 re-recording of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" issued on Epic Records charted instead of the original 1979 recording issued on Soundwaves Records. [83]
  6. Herb Alpert's "My Favorite Things" charted the Hot 100 peaking at #45 in 1969, but did not chart the Best Sellers For Christmas.[87]
  7. The serial number for Bobby Helm's original 1957 Decca Records recording of "Jingle Bell Rock" was listed with the title until 1970. Occasionally re-recordings made on 3 different record labels would be listed with the same entry. The other recordings were released in 1965 on Kapp Records, 1967 on Little Darlin' and 1970 on Certron. In 1972 and 1973, only the 1965 Kapp Records remake was listed. The 1957 version made available on MCA Records was listed from 1983-1985.[89]
  8. The 1957 recording of Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" received its first commercial single release as the B-side of "Wooden Heart" which Bubbled Under the Hot 100 at #107 in 1964.[91]
  9. Elvis Prelsey's "Blue Christmas" was re-released in 1965 with the flip side "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" which was a U.K. hit single in 1957. [92]
  10. Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Christmas" first charted Billboard's Hot 100 in 1961 peaking at #76 in 1962. [94]
  11. Bruce Springsteen's 1975 live recording of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" was first released on the Sesame Street album In Harmony 2 in 1981 before Springsteen released it as the flip side to his 1985 "My Hometown" single. [100]
  12. Charles Brown's 1968 re-recording of "Merry Christmas Baby" released on King Records charted for 2 weeks in 1973 making it his third version to make the survey.[105]
  13. Brook Benton's "This Time Of The Year" peaked at #66 on the Hot 100 in 1959. [117]
  14. Alabama's "Christmas In Dixie" with the flip side "Christmas Is Just a Song for Us This Year" by Louise Mandrell/R.C. Bannon charted on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1982 peaking at #35.[119]
  15. The Temptations' "Silent Night" peaked at #7 on the Christmas singles chart.[122] The 1980 remake from their album Give Love at Christmas peaked at #9 in 1985[123]
  16. Bryan Adams re-released "Reggae Christmas" as the flip side to "Christmas Time" It was released the previous year on a fan club single and featured on MTV.[131]
  17. Perry Como's "Home For The Holidays" first charted Billboard in 1954 peaking at #8 on the Most Played By Jockeys Singles chart.[132]
  18. The Supremes' "Children's Christmas Song" peaked at #7 on the Christmas singles chart.[138]
  19. Re-chartings of the original 1958 #1 Hot 100 recording of "The Chipmunk Song" was reissued by Liberty Records with the 1959 #3 non-holiday hit "Alvin's Harmonica" as the flip side. Both sides re-charted on the Hot 100 during the holiday seasons of 1961 and 1962. "Alvin's Harmonica" did not chart the Christmas Hits chart.[139]
  20. Harry Belfatonte's "Mary's Boy Child" first charted Billboard in 1956 peaking at #12 on the Best Sellers In Stores Singles chart.[142]
  21. Lowell Fulson first peaked at #7 on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues chart in 1950 with "Lonesome Christmas"
  22. Nancy Wilson's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" peaked at #17 on the Christmas singles chart.
  23. Gene Autry first charted Billboard in 1949 with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" peaking at #1 January 7, 1950 on the Best Selling Pop Singles chart.[148]
  24. The flip side of Dolly Parton's "Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride" is "Once Upon A Christmas", a duet with Kenny Rogers that peaked at #81 on the Hot 100, #40 on the Adult Contemporary Chart and #53 on the Hot Country Singles chart the same year, but did not chart the Christmas singles survey.[149]
  25. Bobby Vinton's Songs Of Christmas was the only EP that charted the singles survey peaking at #9 on 12/14/1963.[151] It contains the 4 songs "Silver Bells", "White Christmas ", "O Holy Night" and "The Christmas Song".[152]
  26. "Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year" was listed twice as the flip side to the Jackson's 5 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" on December 26, 1970 and December 18, 1971,[34] but did not receive a chart ranking on its own. This was the only time Billboard used this practice on their Christmas singles chart.
  1. Titled Best Selling Christmas Singles in 1966
  2. Titled Christmas Albums in 1963 and Best Selling Christmas LP's in 1966
  3. 'Billboard's online Top Holiday Album chart history goes back to the December 21, 1985 Christmas Hits chart.[183] Only the data for the #1 position are listed for the weeks of 11/28/92,[184] 12/5/92,[185] 11/26/94[186] and 11/22/97.[187]
  4. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition also charted a total 55 weeks peaking at #1 for 3 weeks beginning 1/6/2007.
  5. Elvis' Chrsitmas Album charted for 189 weeks under the title It's Christmas Time beginning 2003.
  6. Bing Crosby's White Christmas album first charted for 41 weeks under the original title, Merry Christmas, prior to 1987.
  7. Mariah Carey first peaked at #12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart on December 31, 1994 with "All I Want For Christmas Is You".[302] Songs with no commercial single available were ineligible for the Hot 100 until December 5, 1998. The song debuted on the Hot 100 at #83 on Christmas Day 1999 and went to #1[303] in 2019.[304]
  8. Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" peaked at #1 for 6 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100. It also peaked at #1 for 7 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart in 2010 prior to the Holiday 100.
  9. Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" peaked at #11 on the Hot 100 in 2011.[306]
  10. Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" peaked at #1 for 23 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[308]
  11. Andy Williams' "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" peaked at #2 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[310]
  12. Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" peaked at #1 for 9 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[312]
  13. Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" peaked at #1 for 7 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[314]
  14. Burl Ives' "Holly Jolly Christmas" peaked at #1 for 16 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[259]
  15. Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" peaked at #2 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[317]
  16. Wham's "Last Christmas" first charted in Billboard on the Hot 100 airplay chart at #58 in 1997.[318]
  17. The same recording of "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" first charted by Savatage on the Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1995, then re-charted as by Trans-Siberian Orchestra peaking at #49 in 1996 and 1997.[320]
  18. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve" peaked at #3 for 4 weeks on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart in 2010 prior to the Holiday 100.[271]
  19. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" peaked at #1 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[322]
  20. Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" peaked at #3 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[255]
  21. Michael Buble's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" peaked at #96 on the Hot 100 in 2011. It began charting the Hot 100 annually in 2020 peaking at #20 on 12/11/21.[324]
  22. John Lennon's "Happy Xmas" peaked at #2 for 4 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[327] It also peaked at #1 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart on October 23, 2010 prior to the Holiday 100.[328]
  23. Andy William's "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" peaked at #9 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.
  24. Elvis Prelsey's "Blue Christmas" peaked at #9 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[330]
  25. "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" first peaked at #2 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart on January 1, 2011 prior to the Holiday 100.[331]
  26. Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" first charted Cashbox magazine in 1979 on their Top 100 peaking at #83 on January 12, 1980. It first appeared in Billboard peaking at #10 on its Christmas Hits chart in 1984.[332]
  27. Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" peaked at #8 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[334]
  28. Johnny Mathis' "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas" peaked at #3 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[336]
  29. Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" peaked at #13 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[338]
  30. Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" peaked at #12 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.
  31. The Eagles' "Please Come Home For Christmas" peaked at #2 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[341]
  32. Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" first charted in 1953 peaking at #4 on January 2, 1954 on Billboards Best Selling Singles chart.[342]
  33. Chucky Berry's "Run Rudolph Run" first charted December 28, 1958 on the Hot 100 peaking at #69.[345]

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