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Billboard Christmas Holiday charts

December 23, 2023

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 No. 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 No. 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 No. 1 in January 1958 after charting Billboard's album surveys since its debut in 1945.

Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks edit

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 No. 1 single, Percy Faith's 1954 Music of Christmas[7] was the No. 1 LP and Pat Boone's 1957 Merry Christmas[8] was the No. 1 EP.[9] A Holiday survey would not be published again until the annual Christmas Records section is launched in 1963.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 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 No. 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 No. 3 on December 27.[12] Mitch Miller & The Gang's first holiday album Christmas Sing Along with Mitch peaked at No. 1 on January 8, 1959. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" made its first Hot 100 appearance in 1959 at No. 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 No. 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 No. 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 No. 12[17] and in 1962 at No. 38.

Billboard's TOP LP's charted 21 holiday albums in 1962. Mitch Miller's Gang peaked at No. 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 edit

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).[A] The 5-position survey ranking of top-selling Christmas Singles[B] and Christmas LP's[C] 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 to 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 each 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 to 1969.[28][29] Barbra 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 No. 1 for 10 weeks between 1964 and 1968, the most of any title on Billboard's Christmas 45 rpm record 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 each. 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 No. 1 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart.

The Carpenters "Merry Christmas, Darling" was No. 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 No. 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 No. 7[43][44] on the Best Selling Christmas Singles chart as well as appearing on the Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles chart.[D] 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 to charting seasonal hits only 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 edit

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 No. 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 each during the entirety of the Christmas singles survey. All 6 of these records peaked at No. 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 No. 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.[E]

Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town" had peaked at No. 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 edit

The Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks, Christmas Records, Top Christmas Sellers. Best Bets For Christmas and Christmas Hits single surveys ran 46 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[F] 12/12/1964 1 10 34 35
2 "White Christmas"[80] Andy Williams 1963 11/30/1963 5 5 7
3 "Snoopy's Christmas"[81] The Royal Guardsmen 1967 12/2/1967
4 "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"[82] Elmo & Patsy 1979[G] 12/24/1983 4 6 6
5 "White Christmas"[84] Bing Crosby 1947 11/24/1958 3 36 37
6 "Merry Christmas, Darling"[85] Carpenters 1970 12/26/1970 10 12
7 "The Christmas Song"[86] / "My Favorite Things"[H][88] Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 1968 12/7/1968 4 4
8 "Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms 1957[I] 12/20/1969 2 33 36
9 "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"[90] Nat King Cole 1956 12/13/1969 29 34
10 "Blue Christmas" [J] [K] Elvis Presley 1957 12/5/1964 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 4 5
12 "Please Come Home For Christmas"[L] Charles Brown[95] 1960 12/16/1972 1 33 35
13 "Jingle Bells"[96] The Singing Dogs[97] 1955 12/9/1972 11 11
14 "Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)"[98] Barbra Streisand 1966 12/24/1966 3 6
15 "Step Into Christmas"[99] Elton John 1973 12/15/1973 3
16 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Bruce Springsteen 1985[M] 12/28/1985 2 2
17 "Merry Christmas Baby"[101] Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown 1947 12/7/1968 2 3 12 16
18 "The Little Drummer Boy"[102] Lou Rawls 1967 12/2/1967 6 7
19 "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"[103] Buck Owens 1965 12/2/1967 3 6
20 "Merry Christmas Baby"[104] Charles Brown 1962[N] 12/22/1973 1 6 7
21 "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"[106] Elvis Presley 1966 12/10/1966 4 8
22 "Do You Hear What I Hear?"[107] Bing Crosby 1963 12/28/1963 3 4
23 "Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas"[108] The Staple Singers 1972 12/8/1973 2 3
24 "Little Becky's Christmas Wish"[109][110] Becky Lamb[111] 1967 12/30/1967 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 2 3 4
27 "Silver Bells"[114] Earl Grant 1966 12/13/1969 1 13 16
28 "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"[115] Brenda Lee 1958 12/11/1965 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 10 10
30 "You're All I Want For Christmas" / "This Time Of The Year"[O] Brook Benton[118] 1963 11/30/1963 5 6
31 "Christmas in Dixie"[P][120] Alabama 1982 12/17/1983 4 4
32 "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"[121] / "Silent Night"[Q] The Temptations 1968 12/18/1971 3 6
33 "Little Saint Nick"[124] The Beach Boys 1963 12/28/1963 1 4
34 "White Christmas"[125] Perry Como 1947 11/24/1958 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 2 9
37 "Back Door Santa"[129] Clarence Carter 1968 12/14/1968 3
38 "Slipping Into Christmas"[130] Leon Russell 1972 12/9/1972 2
39 "Christmas Time"[R] Bryan Adams 1985 12/28/1985
40 "There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays"[S][133] Perry Como 1954 11/24/1958 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 1 4 12
43 "The Mistletoe & Me"[136] Isaac Hayes 1969 12/22/1973 3 3
44 "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"[137] / "Children's Christmas Song"[T] The Supremes 1965 12/18/1965 2 7
45 "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" / "Alvin's Harmonica" David Seville and The Chipmunks 1959[U] 12/7/1963 5
46 "Christmas Shopping"[140] Buck Owens and The Buckaroos 1968 12/7/1968 1 4
47 "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas"[141] Allan Sherman 1963 12/28/1963 2
48 "Mary's Boy Child"[V][143] Harry Belafonte 1956 11/24/1958 1
49 "Another Lonely Christmas"[144] Prince and The Revolution 1984 12/22/1984
50 "Lonesome Christmas"[W][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"[X] Nancy Wilson 1963 12/14/1963 1 4
52 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"[Y] Gene Autry 1949 11/24/1958 1
53 "Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride" / "The Greatest Gift of All"[Z] Dolly Parton[150] 1984 12/22/1984

A-Side and B-Side chartings edit

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

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 ―[b] 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 edit

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).

Top Holiday Albums edit

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[60] 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 No. 1 album for the first 2 weeks under the survey's new name.[169] Billboard began running the chart 5 consecutive weeks each holiday season in 1991, but all weeks are still not available in print.[170] In 1992, Billboard increased the survey to 7 weeks and started compiling the Top Christmas Albums chart using actual sales figures (SoundScan).[171] 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.[172]

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 No. 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 No. 1 on October 29, 2016.[173]

Christina Aguilera's My Kind of Christmas topped the chart when Billboard renames the survey Top Holiday Albums on November 25, 2000.[172] They increased the chart size to 50 positions in 2002[174] and expanded the survey run to 11 weeks in 2006.[175] On October 20, 2007, Billboard begins publishing the Top Holiday Albums chart online in October for 14–15 weeks each holiday season.[176] 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 2000s with 14 inconsecutive weeks at number one from 2000 to 2003.[177]

On November 11, 2011, Michael Bublé's Christmas went to No. 1 for its first week. To date, it has spent 50 total weeks at No. 1 on the Top Holiday Albums, the most of any album on the entire Christmas album survey.[178] Pentatonix has spent 47 weeks at No. 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).[179] Billboard reduced the Top Holiday Album chart run to 12 weeks in 2022.[180]

Most weeks at No. 1 edit

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.[181] 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.[c][187]

Rank Artist Album Peak
Date 		Weeks Charted
at No. 1 Total
1 Michael Bublé[188] Christmas 11/26/2011 50 158
2 Josh Groban[189] Noël 10/27/2007 19 207
3 Pentatonix[190] That's Christmas to Me 11/8/2014 18 100
4 A Pentatonix Christmas 11/12/2016 89
5 Kenny G[191] Miracles: The Holiday Album 12/3/1994 17 194[d]
6 Danny Elfman[192] The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)[e] 10/21/2017 15 53
7 Various Artists Now That's What I Call Christmas![193] 12/1/2001 14 76
8 Celine Dion[194] These Are Special Times 11/21/1998 10 287
9 Andy Williams[195] The Andy Williams Christmas Album[196] 11/30/1963 9 89[f]
10 Andrea Bocelli[197] My Christmas 11/21/2009 8 80
11 Susan Boyle[198] The Gift 11/27/2010 54
12 Sarah McLachlan[199] Wintersong 11/18/2006 33
13 Carrie Underwood[200] My Gift 10/10/2020 7 48
14 Harry Connick Jr. Harry for the Holidays[201] 11/15/2003 35
15 Barbra Streisand[202] A Christmas Album[44] 12/2/1967 6 125[g]
16 Mannheim Steamroller[203] A Fresh Aire Christmas 12/24/1988 118[h]
17 Christmas Extraordinaire 11/17/2001 106
18 Diana Krall featuring
the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra[204]		 Christmas Songs 11/19/2005 37
19 Charlotte Church[205] Dream a Dream 12/2/2000 35
20 Clay Aiken[206] Merry Christmas With Love 12/4/2004 28
21 Rod Stewart[207] Merry Christmas, Baby 11/17/2012 20
22 Hanson[208] Snowed In[209] 12/6/1997 16

Most weeks on the survey edit

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

Most albums on the survey edit

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

Holiday Songs edit

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,[237] Adult Top 40 #25,[238] Hot 100 Airplay #49)[239] and "The Chanukah Song" by Adam Sandler (Adult Contemporary #35, Adult Top 40 #32, Hot 100 Airplay #10,[240] Mainstream Rock #20,[241] Modern Rock Tracks #25[242]) would re-chart annually each Christmas season along with older titles such as 1984's "Last Christmas" by Wham! (Adult Contemporary #22,[243] Adult Top 40 #40,[244] Hot 100 Airplay #58)[245] and 1979's "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney (Adult Contemporary #29, Adult Top 40 #32)[246] 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)[247] and earlier classics such as The Temptations' "Silent Night" (Hot R&B Airplay #16).[248]

Billboard introduced the 25-position Holiday Songs survey online December 8, 2001. The top 15 has occasionally appeared in the print magazine.[249] 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.[250] Billboard later began to compile the chart data from all their monitored stations. The first number one Holiday Song was 1977's "Celebrate Me Home" by Kenny Loggins.[250] 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.[251]

Amy Grant has charted the most songs on the Holiday Song survey with nine.[252] Michael Bublé is second with 6 charted songs.[253] 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 130 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 128 charted weeks each.[254]

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".[255] It has held the number one position for 53 weeks.[256] Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" has peaked at No. 1 for a total of 30 weeks and Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas"[257] has topped the survey the third most times with 20 inconsecutive weeks.[258] 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.[259]

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 edit

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.[260] Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was the chart's first No. 1 and has topped the survey the most with 75 inconsecutive weeks.[261] 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.[262] Beginning November 5, 2011, Bieber's "Mistletoe" topped the chart for 11 inconsecutive weeks.[263] "Hallelujah" by Pentatonix has spent the second most weeks at No. 1 on the survey with 19 inconsecutive weeks beginning November 12, 2016.[264]

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.[265] The Glee Cast,[266] Kelly Clarkson[267] and Michael Bublé[268] have also charted at least 20 songs each. Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You",[269] Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve" (Holiday Digital Song Sales #2),[270] and Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (Holiday Digital Song Sales #2)[271] have appeared on all 158 weeks surveyed. The top 15 Holiday Digital Song Sales occasionally appear in the print magazine.[272] The chart sized was reduced to 25 positions on December 2, 2023.[273]

Holiday 100 edit

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.[274] 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.[275]

Topping the inaugural Hot Holiday Songs ranking was Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You".[276] It has been #1 for 59 total weeks.[277] After 34 weeks at No. 2, Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" topped the chart for 2 weeks starting December 9, 2023 and then returned to #2 on December 23 that same year.[278][279][280][281] The other songs that have taken the #1 spot on the Holiday 100[282] are Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" in 2012,[283] Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" in 2015[284][285] and both Pentatonix's "Little Drummer Boy" in 2013[286] and "Mary, Did You Know?" for 2 weeks in 2014.[287][288] Michael Bublé, Pentatonix and Bing Crosby have charted the most songs on the Holiday 100 with 15 or more each.[289]

Holiday Streaming Songs edit

Billboard also began publishing their 25-position Holiday Streaming Songs chart on December 14, 2013.[290] The survey runs for 5–6 weeks concurrently with the Holiday 100 each holiday season. The chart size increased to 50 positions in 2016.[291] The survey measures the top streamed holiday radio songs, on-demand songs and videos from the leading U.S. online music services.[292] Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been #1 for 47 inconsecutive weeks on the survey.[293] 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,[287] Grande's "Santa Tell Me"[294] for 2 weeks and most recently Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" for 4 weeks.[295][296]

Michael Bublé has charted 15 songs on the Holiday Streaming Songs survey.[297] Bing Crosby[298] and Pentatonix[299] tie for second most songs with 10 each. Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You", Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree", Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" (Holiday Streaming Songs #2),[300] 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)[301] have charted all 56 weeks of the Holiday Streaming Songs survey. Mariah Carey's chart topping success[302][303] and other songs that appear on Billboard's Holiday Song surveys every year have met criticism.[304][305]

Holiday 100 Songwriters and Producers edit

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 No. 1 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 thanks to seven production credits.[306] Both have held their number 1 positions for the 10 weeks each chart has run.[307][308]

Holiday 100 most charted songs edit

Billboard's Holiday 100 has charted 304 songs. The following ranked by peak position have consecutively charted all 66 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"[o] Mariah Carey[312] 1994 12/10/2011 1 58[p] 66 66
2 "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"[q] Brenda Lee 1958 12/9/2023 2 66 66
3 "Mistletoe"[r] Justin Bieber[315] 2011 1/7/2012 1 5 40
4 "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" Andy Williams[316] 1963 12/8/2018 2 4[s] 66 66
5 "Jingle Bell Rock"[t] Bobby Helms[319] 1957 12/24/2016 2 64 66
6 "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)"[u] Nat King Cole[321] 1961 1/4/2014 1 62 66
7 "A Holly Jolly Christmas"[v] Burl Ives[322] 1964 12/14/2019 3 4 62 66
8 "Feliz Navidad"[w] José Feliciano[324] 1970 1/7/2012 1 61 66
9 "Last Christmas"[x] Wham![326] 1984 12/7/2019 50 66
10 "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)"[y][z] Trans-Siberian Orchestra[328] 1995 12/5/2012 4 1 19 54
11 "White Christmas"[aa] Bing Crosby[289] 1947 12/12/2015 5 2 19 66
12 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"[ab] Gene Autry[330] 1949 12/22/2018 7 3 13 66
13 "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas"[ac] Michael Bublé[332] 2011 12/4/2021 8 1 5 65
14 "Christmas Canon" Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1998 12/17/2011 9 2 4 38
15 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"[ad] John[335] & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 1971 12/10/2011 1 2 60
16 "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season"[ae] Andy Williams 1963 12/14/2019 12 7 — 59
17 "Blue Christmas"[af] Elvis Presley[337] 1957 1/5/2013 1 — 61
18 "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"[ag] Thurl Ravenscroft[277] 1966 1/7/2017 14 1 — 66
19 "Wonderful Christmastime"[ah][ai] Paul McCartney[341] 1979 12/8/2018 15 2 — 66
20 "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas"[aj] Johnny Mathis[343] 1986 12/10/2016 38
21 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"[ak] Bruce Springsteen[345] 1981 1/7/2012 16 1 — 25
22 "Christmastime Is Here" Vince Guaraldi Trio[346] 1965 1/7/2017 17 1 — 59
23 "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas"[al] Bing Crosby 1951 12/10/2011 18 2 — 34
24 "Please Come Home For Christmas"[am] Eagles[348] 1978 1/5/2013 1 — 57
25 "Santa Baby"[an] Eartha Kitt[350] with Henri René and His Orchestra 1953 12/21/2013 51

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
"Sleigh Ride" The Ronettes[351] 1963 12/8/2012 7 1 61
"Linus & Lucy" Vince Guaraldi Trio[346] 1965 17 2
"Holly Jolly Christmas" Michael Bublé[332] 2011 22 1
"Underneath the Tree" Kelly Clarkson[352] 2013 12/14/2013 8 1 56
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" Frank Sinatra[353] with the B. Swanson Quintet 1948 45 2
"Mary, Did You Know?"[354] Pentatonix 2014 12/13/2014 1 2 50
"Santa Tell Me" Ariana Grande[355] 1
"Run Rudolph Run"[ao] Chuck Berry[357] 1958 12/20/2014 9 1 53
"Hallelujah" Pentatonix[358] 2016 12/10/2016 2 3 41
"Deck The Halls"[359] Nat King Cole[321] 1960 12/8/2018 13 1 31
"Cozy Little Christmas" Katy Perry[360] 2018 30 2
"Silver Bells"[361] Andy Williams[316] 1965 36 2
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"[362] Nat King Cole[321] 1960 38 1
"Like It's Christmas" Jonas Brothers[363] 2019 12/7/2019 18 1 26
"Merry Christmas" Ed Sheeran[364] & Elton John 2021 12/18/2021 29 1 14

Holiday 100 artists with the most charted songs edit

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

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

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 No. 1 for 4 weeks on 1963's Cashbox magazine's short-lived Christmas Record Activity singles chart.[22]
  2. ^ Titled Best Selling Christmas Singles in 1966
  3. ^ Titled Christmas Albums in 1963 and Best Selling Christmas LP's in 1966
  4. ^ 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 No. 7 while instead "Hey America" from the same holiday album Bubbled Under the Hot 100 at No. 105.[45]
  5. ^ "Do They Know It's Christmas" has charted every year of the Holiday Songs chart peaking at No. 6 in 2003.[64]
  6. ^ 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]
  7. ^ 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]
  8. ^ Herb Alpert's "My Favorite Things" charted the Hot 100 peaking at No. 45 in 1969, but did not chart the Best Sellers For Christmas.[87]
  9. ^ 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]
  10. ^ 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 No. 107 in 1964.[91]
  11. ^ 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]
  12. ^ Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Christmas" first charted Billboard's Hot 100 in 1961 peaking at No. 76 in 1962.[94]
  13. ^ 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]
  14. ^ 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]
  15. ^ Brook Benton's "This Time Of The Year" peaked at No. 66 on the Hot 100 in 1959.[117]
  16. ^ 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 No. 35.[119]
  17. ^ The Temptations' "Silent Night" peaked at No. 7 on the Christmas singles chart.[122] The 1980 remake from their album Give Love at Christmas peaked at No. 9 in 1985[123]
  18. ^ 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]
  19. ^ Perry Como's "Home For The Holidays" first charted Billboard in 1954 peaking at No. 8 on the Most Played By Jockeys Singles chart.[132]
  20. ^ The Supremes' "Children's Christmas Song" peaked at No. 7 on the Christmas singles chart.[138]
  21. ^ 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]
  22. ^ Harry Belfatonte's "Mary's Boy Child" first charted Billboard in 1956 peaking at No. 12 on the Best Sellers In Stores Singles chart.[142]
  23. ^ Lowell Fulson first peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues chart in 1950 with "Lonesome Christmas"
  24. ^ Nancy Wilson's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" peaked at No. 17 on the Christmas singles chart.
  25. ^ Gene Autry first charted Billboard in 1949 with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" peaking at No. 1 January 7, 1950 on the Best Selling Pop Singles chart.[148]
  26. ^ The flip side of Dolly Parton's "Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride" is "Once Upon A Christmas", a duet with Kenny Rogers that peaked at No. 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]
  1. ^ Bobby Vinton's Songs Of Christmas was the only EP that charted the singles survey peaking at No. 9 on 12/14/1963.[151] It contains the 4 songs "Silver Bells", "White Christmas ", "O Holy Night" and "The Christmas Song".[152]
  2. ^ "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.
  3. '^ Billboard's online Top Holiday Album chart history goes back to the December 21, 1985 Christmas Hits chart.[182] Only the data for the #1 position are listed for the weeks of 11/28/92,[183] 12/5/92,[184] 11/26/94[185] and 11/22/97.[186]
  4. ^ Kenny G's Miracles: The Holiday Album also charted 2 weeks in print on 11/26/1994 and 11/22/1997.
  5. ^ Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition also charted a total 55 weeks peaking at No. 1 for 3 weeks beginning 1/6/2007.
  6. ^ The Andy Williams Christmas Album charted a total 30 weeks peaking at No. 1 for 9 weeks between 1963 and 1973.
  7. ^ Barbra Stresidand's A Christmas Album charted 24 weeks between 1967 and 1984.
  8. ^ Mannheim Steamroller's A Fresh Aire Christmas charted 3 weeks in print on 12/5/1992, 11/26/1994, and 11/22/1997.
  9. ^ Elvis' Chrsitmas Album charted for 31 weeks from 1963-1973. It charted in print on 11/26/1994 and charted 189 weeks under the title It's Christmas Time beginning 2003.
  10. ^ Bing Crosby's White Christmas album first charted for 41 weeks under the original title, Merry Christmas, prior to 1987. It charted in print on 12/5/1992 and 11/26/1994.
  11. ^ A Charlie Brown Christmas charted in print the week of 12/5/1992.
  12. ^ Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas charted in print the week of 11/22/1997.
  13. ^ Nat "King" Cole's The Christmas Song album charted for 37 weeks prior to 1985 and also charted in print the weeks of 12/5/1992, 11/26/1994 and 11/22/1997.
  14. ^ The Carpenter's Christmas Portrait charted for 3 weeks prior to 1985 and also charted in print the weeks of 12/5/1992, 11/26/1994 and 11/22/1997.
  15. ^ Mariah Carey first peaked at No. 12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart on December 31, 1994 with "All I Want For Christmas Is You".[309] Songs with no commercial single available were ineligible for the Hot 100 until December 5, 1998. The song debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 83 on Christmas Day 1999 and went to No. 1[310] in 2019.[311]
  16. ^ Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" peaked at No. 1 for 6 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100. It also peaked at No. 1 for 7 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart in 2010 prior to the Holiday 100.
  17. ^ Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" peaked at No. 1 for 23 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[313]
  18. ^ Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 in 2011.[314]
  19. ^ Andy Williams' "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" peaked at No. 2 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[317]
  20. ^ Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" peaked at No. 1 for 9 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[318]
  21. ^ Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" peaked at No. 1 for 7 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[320]
  22. ^ Burl Ives' "Holly Jolly Christmas" peaked at No. 1 for 16 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[258]
  23. ^ Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" peaked at No. 2 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[323]
  24. ^ Wham's "Last Christmas" first charted in Billboard on the Hot 100 airplay chart at No. 58 in 1997.[325]
  25. ^ 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 No. 49 in 1996 and 1997.[327]
  26. ^ Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve" peaked at No. 3 for 4 weeks on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart in 2010 prior to the Holiday 100.[270]
  27. ^ Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" peaked at No. 1 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[329]
  28. ^ Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" peaked at No. 3 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[254]
  29. ^ Michael Buble's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" peaked at No. 96 on the Hot 100 in 2011. It began charting the Hot 100 annually in 2020 peaking at No. 20 on 12/11/21.[331]
  30. ^ John Lennon's "Happy Xmas" peaked at No. 2 for 4 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[333] It also peaked at No. 1 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart on October 23, 2010 prior to the Holiday 100.[334]
  31. ^ Andy William's "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" peaked at No. 9 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.
  32. ^ Elvis Prelsey's "Blue Christmas" peaked at No. 9 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[336]
  33. ^ "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" first peaked at No. 2 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart on January 1, 2011 prior to the Holiday 100.[338]
  34. ^ Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" first charted Cashbox magazine in 1979 on their Top 100 peaking at No. 83 on January 12, 1980. It first appeared in Billboard peaking at No. 10 on its Christmas Hits chart in 1984.[339]
  35. ^ Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" peaked at No. 8 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[340]
  36. ^ Johnny Mathis' "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas" peaked at No. 3 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[342]
  37. ^ Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" peaked at No. 13 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[344]
  38. ^ Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" peaked at No. 12 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.
  39. ^ The Eagles' "Please Come Home For Christmas" peaked at No. 2 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100.[347]
  40. ^ Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" first charted in 1953 peaking at No. 4 on January 2, 1954 on Billboards Best Selling Singles chart.[349]
  41. ^ Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run" first charted December 28, 1958 on the Hot 100 peaking at No. 69.[356]

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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 No 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 No 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 No 1 in January 1958 after charting Billboard s album surveys since its debut in 1945 Contents 1 Deejay s Favorite Christmas Disks 2 Best Bets for Christmas 3 Christmas Hits 4 Top charting Christmas singles 4 1 A Side and B Side chartings 4 2 Artists with multiple charted singles 5 Top Holiday Albums 5 1 Most weeks at No 1 5 2 Most weeks on the survey 5 3 Most albums on the survey 6 Holiday Songs 6 1 Holiday Digital Song Sales 7 Holiday 100 7 1 Holiday Streaming Songs 7 2 Holiday 100 Songwriters and Producers 7 2 1 Holiday 100 most charted songs 7 2 2 Holiday 100 artists with the most charted songs 8 Lists of albums singles and songs on Billboard s Christmas Holiday charts 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 Billboard external links 12 1 Articles 12 2 Christmas Singles Chart 12 3 Current Holiday charts Subscription required for full chart data 12 4 Greatest of All TimeDeejay s Favorite Christmas Disks editOn 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 No 1 single Percy Faith s 1954 Music of Christmas 7 was the No 1 LP and Pat Boone s 1957 Merry Christmas 8 was the No 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 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 No 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 No 3 on December 27 12 Mitch Miller amp The Gang s first holiday album Christmas Sing Along with Mitch peaked at No 1 on January 8 1959 Bing Crosby s White Christmas made its first Hot 100 appearance in 1959 at No 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 No 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 No 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 No 12 17 and in 1962 at No 38 Billboard s TOP LP s charted 21 holiday albums in 1962 Mitch Miller s Gang peaked at No 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 editBeginning 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 A The 5 position survey ranking of top selling Christmas Singles B and Christmas LP s C 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 to 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 each 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 to 1969 28 29 Barbra 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 No 1 for 10 weeks between 1964 and 1968 the most of any title on Billboard s Christmas 45 rpm record 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 each 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 No 1 on Billboard s Christmas Singles chart The Carpenters Merry Christmas Darling was No 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 No 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 No 7 43 44 on the Best Selling Christmas Singles chart as well as appearing on the Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles chart D 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 to charting seasonal hits only 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 amp Tapes 14 50 and Kenny Rogers 1981 Christmas Top LPs amp Tapes 34 51 Top Country LPs 10 52 Christmas Hits editAfter 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 amp 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 No 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 each during the entirety of the Christmas singles survey All 6 of these records peaked at No 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 No 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 E Bruce Springsteen s Santa Claus is Comin To Town had peaked at No 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 amp 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 editThe Deejay s Favorite Christmas Disks Christmas Records Top Christmas Sellers Best Bets For Christmas and Christmas Hits single surveys ran 46 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 YearRlsd Peak Date PeakPos Weeks ChartedPeak Top 10 Total1 The Little Drummer Boy 78 Harry Simeone Chorale 1958 F 12 12 1964 1 10 34 352 White Christmas 80 Andy Williams 1963 11 30 1963 5 5 73 Snoopy s Christmas 81 The Royal Guardsmen 1967 12 2 19674 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer 82 Elmo amp Patsy 1979 G 12 24 1983 4 6 65 White Christmas 84 Bing Crosby 1947 11 24 1958 3 36 376 Merry Christmas Darling 85 Carpenters 1970 12 26 1970 10 127 The Christmas Song 86 My Favorite Things H 88 Herb Alpert amp the Tijuana Brass 1968 12 7 1968 4 48 Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 1957 I 12 20 1969 2 33 369 The Christmas Song Merry Christmas to You 90 Nat King Cole 1956 12 13 1969 29 3410 Blue Christmas J K Elvis Presley 1957 12 5 1964 25 3411 Santa Claus Is Comin to Town Christmas Won t Be The Same This Year 93 The Jackson 5 1970 12 19 1970 4 512 Please Come Home For Christmas L Charles Brown 95 1960 12 16 1972 1 33 3513 Jingle Bells 96 The Singing Dogs 97 1955 12 9 1972 11 1114 Sleep in Heavenly Peace Silent Night 98 Barbra Streisand 1966 12 24 1966 3 615 Step Into Christmas 99 Elton John 1973 12 15 1973 316 Santa Claus Is Comin to Town Bruce Springsteen 1985 M 12 28 1985 2 217 Merry Christmas Baby 101 Johnny Moore s Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown 1947 12 7 1968 2 3 12 1618 The Little Drummer Boy 102 Lou Rawls 1967 12 2 1967 6 719 Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy 103 Buck Owens 1965 12 2 1967 3 620 Merry Christmas Baby 104 Charles Brown 1962 N 12 22 1973 1 6 721 If Every Day Was Like Christmas 106 Elvis Presley 1966 12 10 1966 4 822 Do You Hear What I Hear 107 Bing Crosby 1963 12 28 1963 3 423 Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas 108 The Staple Singers 1972 12 8 1973 2 324 Little Becky s Christmas Wish 109 110 Becky Lamb 111 1967 12 30 1967 1 325 Santa Claus and His Old Lady 112 Cheech amp Chong 1971 12 23 1972 3 3 6 726 The Man with All the Toys 113 The Beach Boys 1964 12 5 1964 2 3 427 Silver Bells 114 Earl Grant 1966 12 13 1969 1 13 1628 Rockin Around The Christmas Tree 115 Brenda Lee 1958 12 11 1965 12 2429 Happy Xmas War Is Over 116 John amp Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 1971 12 25 1971 10 1030 You re All I Want For Christmas This Time Of The Year O Brook Benton 118 1963 11 30 1963 5 631 Christmas in Dixie P 120 Alabama 1982 12 17 1983 4 432 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 121 Silent Night Q The Temptations 1968 12 18 1971 3 633 Little Saint Nick 124 The Beach Boys 1963 12 28 1963 1 434 White Christmas 125 Perry Como 1947 11 24 1958 135 Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto 126 James Brown 1968 12 21 1968 4 1 5 636 White Christmas 127 The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter And Bill Pinckney 128 1954 12 12 1964 2 937 Back Door Santa 129 Clarence Carter 1968 12 14 1968 338 Slipping Into Christmas 130 Leon Russell 1972 12 9 1972 239 Christmas Time R Bryan Adams 1985 12 28 198540 There s No Place Like Home For The Holidays S 133 Perry Como 1954 11 24 1958 1 141 The Gift Of Giving 134 Bill Withers 1972 12 9 1972 5 2 2 242 Silent Night Holy Night 135 Mahalia Jackson 1961 12 9 1967 1 4 1243 The Mistletoe amp Me 136 Isaac Hayes 1969 12 22 1973 3 344 Twinkle Twinkle Little Me 137 Children s Christmas Song T The Supremes 1965 12 18 1965 2 745 The Chipmunk Song Christmas Don t Be Late Alvin s Harmonica David Seville and The Chipmunks 1959 U 12 7 1963 546 Christmas Shopping 140 Buck Owens and The Buckaroos 1968 12 7 1968 1 447 The Twelve Gifts of Christmas 141 Allan Sherman 1963 12 28 1963 248 Mary s Boy Child V 143 Harry Belafonte 1956 11 24 1958 149 Another Lonely Christmas 144 Prince and The Revolution 1984 12 22 198450 Lonesome Christmas W 145 146 Lowell Fulson 1950 12 10 1966 6 1 7 1551 That s What I Want For Christmas 147 What Are You Doing New Year s Eve X Nancy Wilson 1963 12 14 1963 1 452 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Y Gene Autry 1949 11 24 1958 153 Medley Winter Wonderland Sleigh Ride The Greatest Gift of All Z Dolly Parton 150 1984 12 22 1984A Side and B Side chartings edit Both the A side and B sides of the following 6 records charted the Christmas single surveys a Artist Side A PeakDate PeakPos Side B PeakDate PeakPos LabelThe 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 b 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 edit 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 TotalSingles Artist5 James BrownBing Crosby4 Charles Brown3 The ChipmunksPerry ComoBrenda Lee2 The Beach BoysRamsey LewisBuck OwensElvis PresleyHarry SimeoneFrank SinatraThe TemptationsCarla ThomasBobby VintonAndy WilliamsTop Holiday Albums editAfter 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 60 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 No 1 album for the first 2 weeks under the survey s new name 169 Billboard began running the chart 5 consecutive weeks each holiday season in 1991 but all weeks are still not available in print 170 In 1992 Billboard increased the survey to 7 weeks and started compiling the Top Christmas Albums chart using actual sales figures SoundScan 171 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 172 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 No 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 No 1 on October 29 2016 173 Christina Aguilera s My Kind of Christmas topped the chart when Billboard renames the survey Top Holiday Albums on November 25 2000 172 They increased the chart size to 50 positions in 2002 174 and expanded the survey run to 11 weeks in 2006 175 On October 20 2007 Billboard begins publishing the Top Holiday Albums chart online in October for 14 15 weeks each holiday season 176 Josh Groban s Noel 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 2000s with 14 inconsecutive weeks at number one from 2000 to 2003 177 On November 11 2011 Michael Buble s Christmas went to No 1 for its first week To date it has spent 50 total weeks at No 1 on the Top Holiday Albums the most of any album on the entire Christmas album survey 178 Pentatonix has spent 47 weeks at No 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 179 Billboard reduced the Top Holiday Album chart run to 12 weeks in 2022 180 Most weeks at No 1 edit 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 181 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 c 187 Rank Artist Album PeakDate Weeks Chartedat No 1 Total1 Michael Buble 188 Christmas 11 26 2011 50 1582 Josh Groban 189 Noel 10 27 2007 19 2073 Pentatonix 190 That s Christmas to Me 11 8 2014 18 1004 A Pentatonix Christmas 11 12 2016 895 Kenny G 191 Miracles The Holiday Album 12 3 1994 17 194 d 6 Danny Elfman 192 The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack e 10 21 2017 15 537 Various Artists Now That s What I Call Christmas 193 12 1 2001 14 768 Celine Dion 194 These Are Special Times 11 21 1998 10 2879 Andy Williams 195 The Andy Williams Christmas Album 196 11 30 1963 9 89 f 10 Andrea Bocelli 197 My Christmas 11 21 2009 8 8011 Susan Boyle 198 The Gift 11 27 2010 5412 Sarah McLachlan 199 Wintersong 11 18 2006 3313 Carrie Underwood 200 My Gift 10 10 2020 7 4814 Harry Connick Jr Harry for the Holidays 201 11 15 2003 3515 Barbra Streisand 202 A Christmas Album 44 12 2 1967 6 125 g 16 Mannheim Steamroller 203 A Fresh Aire Christmas 12 24 1988 118 h 17 Christmas Extraordinaire 11 17 2001 10618 Diana Krall featuringthe Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra 204 Christmas Songs 11 19 2005 3719 Charlotte Church 205 Dream a Dream 12 2 2000 3520 Clay Aiken 206 Merry Christmas With Love 12 4 2004 2821 Rod Stewart 207 Merry Christmas Baby 11 17 2012 2022 Hanson 208 Snowed In 209 12 6 1997 16Most weeks on the survey edit The following albums have charted over 200 weeks on Billboard s Christmas Holiday Album surveys since November 24 1958 Weeks Album Artist Rlsd Debut Peak356 i Elvis Christmas Album 210 Elvis Presley 1957 12 7 1963 2332 j White Christmas 211 Bing Crosby 1945 11 24 1958 2325 k A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack 212 Vince Guaraldi Trio 1965 12 12 1987 2316 l Merry Christmas 213 Mariah Carey 1994 11 26 1994 1309 m The Christmas Song 214 Nat King Cole 1960 12 14 1963 1287 These Are Special Times 215 Celine Dion 1998 11 21 1998 1251 n Christmas Portrait 216 The Carpenters 1978 12 15 1984 2242 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer soundtrack 217 Burl Ives 1964 11 21 1998 5241 Christmas Eve and Other Stories 218 Trans Siberian Orchestra 1996 11 28 1996 3207 Noel Josh Groban 189 2007 11 20 2007 1Most albums on the survey edit The following artists or series have had at least 6 albums chart Billboard s Christmas Holiday Album surveys since November 24 1958 TotalAlbums Artist Series22 Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square19 Walt Disney Disneyland Records16 Mannheim Steamroller 219 14 Bing Crosby 220 Elvis Presley 210 Twentieth Century Masters The Christmas Collection 221 13 Now That s What I Call Christmas Tis The Season 222 12 Frank Sinatra 223 11 The Classic Christmas Album 224 10 Jim Brickman 225 Bill Gaither Gloria Gaither and theirHomecoming Friends Gaither Vocal Band 226 Pentatonix 179 9 Amy Grant 227 Kidz Bop Kids 228 A Winter Solstice 229 8 The Chipmunks 230 Dean MartinJohnny Mathis 231 A Very Special Christmas7 Perry Como 232 Kenny Rogers 233 Trans Siberian Orchestra 218 6 Celtic Christmas 234 Kenny G 235 Neil Diamond 236 Andy Williams 195 WOW ChristmasHoliday Songs editIn 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 34 237 Adult Top 40 25 238 Hot 100 Airplay 49 239 and The Chanukah Song by Adam Sandler Adult Contemporary 35 Adult Top 40 32 Hot 100 Airplay 10 240 Mainstream Rock 20 241 Modern Rock Tracks 25 242 would re chart annually each Christmas season along with older titles such as 1984 s Last Christmas by Wham Adult Contemporary 22 243 Adult Top 40 40 244 Hot 100 Airplay 58 245 and 1979 s Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney Adult Contemporary 29 Adult Top 40 32 246 The Hot Country Singles amp Tracks and Hot R amp B Hip Hop Airplay survey were also charting new songs like Jeff Foxworthy s Redneck 12 Days of Christmas Hot Country Singles amp Tracks 18 247 and earlier classics such as The Temptations Silent Night Hot R amp B Airplay 16 248 Billboard introduced the 25 position Holiday Songs survey online December 8 2001 The top 15 has occasionally appeared in the print magazine 249 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 250 Billboard later began to compile the chart data from all their monitored stations The first number one Holiday Song was 1977 s Celebrate Me Home by Kenny Loggins 250 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 251 Amy Grant has charted the most songs on the Holiday Song survey with nine 252 Michael Buble is second with 6 charted songs 253 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 130 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 128 charted weeks each 254 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 255 It has held the number one position for 53 weeks 256 Lee s Rockin Around The Christmas Tree has peaked at No 1 for a total of 30 weeks and Ives A Holly Jolly Christmas 257 has topped the survey the third most times with 20 inconsecutive weeks 258 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 259 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 edit 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 260 Mariah Carey s All I Want for Christmas Is You was the chart s first No 1 and has topped the survey the most with 75 inconsecutive weeks 261 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 262 Beginning November 5 2011 Bieber s Mistletoe topped the chart for 11 inconsecutive weeks 263 Hallelujah by Pentatonix has spent the second most weeks at No 1 on the survey with 19 inconsecutive weeks beginning November 12 2016 264 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 265 The Glee Cast 266 Kelly Clarkson 267 and Michael Buble 268 have also charted at least 20 songs each Carey s All I Want For Christmas Is You 269 Trans Siberian Orchestra s Christmas Eve Holiday Digital Song Sales 2 270 and Wham s Last Christmas Holiday Digital Song Sales 2 271 have appeared on all 158 weeks surveyed The top 15 Holiday Digital Song Sales occasionally appear in the print magazine 272 The chart sized was reduced to 25 positions on December 2 2023 273 Holiday 100 editOn 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 274 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 275 Topping the inaugural Hot Holiday Songs ranking was Mariah Carey s All I Want for Christmas Is You 276 It has been 1 for 59 total weeks 277 After 34 weeks at No 2 Brenda Lee s Rockin Around The Christmas Tree topped the chart for 2 weeks starting December 9 2023 and then returned to 2 on December 23 that same year 278 279 280 281 The other songs that have taken the 1 spot on the Holiday 100 282 are Justin Bieber s Mistletoe in 2012 283 Ariana Grande s Santa Tell Me in 2015 284 285 and both Pentatonix s Little Drummer Boy in 2013 286 and Mary Did You Know for 2 weeks in 2014 287 288 Michael Buble Pentatonix and Bing Crosby have charted the most songs on the Holiday 100 with 15 or more each 289 Holiday Streaming Songs edit Billboard also began publishing their 25 position Holiday Streaming Songs chart on December 14 2013 290 The survey runs for 5 6 weeks concurrently with the Holiday 100 each holiday season The chart size increased to 50 positions in 2016 291 The survey measures the top streamed holiday radio songs on demand songs and videos from the leading U S online music services 292 Carey s All I Want For Christmas Is You has been 1 for 47 inconsecutive weeks on the survey 293 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 287 Grande s Santa Tell Me 294 for 2 weeks and most recently Lee s Rockin Around The Christmas Tree for 4 weeks 295 296 Michael Buble has charted 15 songs on the Holiday Streaming Songs survey 297 Bing Crosby 298 and Pentatonix 299 tie for second most songs with 10 each Carey s All I Want For Christmas Is You Lee s Rockin Around The Christmas Tree Nat King Cole s The Christmas Song Merry Christmas To You Holiday Streaming Songs 2 300 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 Buble Holiday Streaming Songs 2 301 have charted all 56 weeks of the Holiday Streaming Songs survey Mariah Carey s chart topping success 302 303 and other songs that appear on Billboard s Holiday Song surveys every year have met criticism 304 305 Holiday 100 Songwriters and Producers edit 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 amp B hip hop R amp B rap rock amp 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 No 1 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 thanks to seven production credits 306 Both have held their number 1 positions for the 10 weeks each chart has run 307 308 Holiday 100 most charted songs edit Billboard s Holiday 100 has charted 304 songs The following ranked by peak position have consecutively charted all 66 weeks since its debut on December 10 2011 Rank Song Artist YearRlsd Peak Date PeakPos Weeks ChartedPeak Top 10 Top 401 All I Want For Christmas Is You o Mariah Carey 312 1994 12 10 2011 1 58 p 66 662 Rockin Around The Christmas Tree q Brenda Lee 1958 12 9 2023 2 66 663 Mistletoe r Justin Bieber 315 2011 1 7 2012 1 5 404 It s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Andy Williams 316 1963 12 8 2018 2 4 s 66 665 Jingle Bell Rock t Bobby Helms 319 1957 12 24 2016 2 64 666 The Christmas Song Merry Christmas To You u Nat King Cole 321 1961 1 4 2014 1 62 667 A Holly Jolly Christmas v Burl Ives 322 1964 12 14 2019 3 4 62 668 Feliz Navidad w Jose Feliciano 324 1970 1 7 2012 1 61 669 Last Christmas x Wham 326 1984 12 7 2019 50 6610 Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12 24 y z Trans Siberian Orchestra 328 1995 12 5 2012 4 1 19 5411 White Christmas aa Bing Crosby 289 1947 12 12 2015 5 2 19 6612 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer ab Gene Autry 330 1949 12 22 2018 7 3 13 6613 It s Beginning to Look Like Christmas ac Michael Buble 332 2011 12 4 2021 8 1 5 6514 Christmas Canon Trans Siberian Orchestra 1998 12 17 2011 9 2 4 3815 Happy Xmas War Is Over ad John 335 amp Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 1971 12 10 2011 1 2 6016 Happy Holiday The Holiday Season ae Andy Williams 1963 12 14 2019 12 7 5917 Blue Christmas af Elvis Presley 337 1957 1 5 2013 1 6118 You re A Mean One Mr Grinch ag Thurl Ravenscroft 277 1966 1 7 2017 14 1 6619 Wonderful Christmastime ah ai Paul McCartney 341 1979 12 8 2018 15 2 6620 It s Beginning to Look Like Christmas aj Johnny Mathis 343 1986 12 10 2016 3821 Santa Claus Is Comin to Town ak Bruce Springsteen 345 1981 1 7 2012 16 1 2522 Christmastime Is Here Vince Guaraldi Trio 346 1965 1 7 2017 17 1 5923 It s Beginning to Look Like Christmas al Bing Crosby 1951 12 10 2011 18 2 3424 Please Come Home For Christmas am Eagles 348 1978 1 5 2013 1 5725 Santa Baby an Eartha Kitt 350 with Henri Rene and His Orchestra 1953 12 21 2013 51The 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 YearRlsd Debut Date PeakPos Weeks ChartedPeak Total Sleigh Ride The Ronettes 351 1963 12 8 2012 7 1 61 Linus amp Lucy Vince Guaraldi Trio 346 1965 17 2 Holly Jolly Christmas Michael Buble 332 2011 22 1 Underneath the Tree Kelly Clarkson 352 2013 12 14 2013 8 1 56 Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow Frank Sinatra 353 with the B Swanson Quintet 1948 45 2 Mary Did You Know 354 Pentatonix 2014 12 13 2014 1 2 50 Santa Tell Me Ariana Grande 355 1 Run Rudolph Run ao Chuck Berry 357 1958 12 20 2014 9 1 53 Hallelujah Pentatonix 358 2016 12 10 2016 2 3 41 Deck The Halls 359 Nat King Cole 321 1960 12 8 2018 13 1 31 Cozy Little Christmas Katy Perry 360 2018 30 2 Silver Bells 361 Andy Williams 316 1965 36 2 O Come All Ye Faithful 362 Nat King Cole 321 1960 38 1 Like It s Christmas Jonas Brothers 363 2019 12 7 2019 18 1 26 Merry Christmas Ed Sheeran 364 amp Elton John 2021 12 18 2021 29 1 14Holiday 100 artists with the most charted songs edit The following artists have had at least 4 songs chart the Holiday 100 TotalSongs Artist20 Michael Buble 332 18 Pentatonix 358 15 Bing Crosby 289 10 Ariana Grande 355 Frank Sinatra 353 8 Mariah Carey 312 Nat King Cole 321 7 Andy Williams 316 6 Justin Bieber 315 Kelly Clarkson 352 Dean MartinJohnny Mathis 343 5 The Carpenters 365 Amy Grant 366 4 Gene Autry 330 Perry Como 367 Celine Dion 368 The Percy Faith Orchestra 369 John Legend 370 Taylor Swift 371 Carrie Underwood 372 Stevie Wonder 373 Lists of albums singles and songs on Billboard s Christmas Holiday charts editBest Bets for Christmas 1963 1973 Christmas Hits 1983 1989 Holiday Airplay Songs 2001 2010 Holiday Season Digital Song Sales 2010 2019 amp 2020s Top Christmas Albums of the 1990s Top Holiday Albums of the 2000s 2010s amp 2020sSee also editBillboard Greatest Christmas Hits CD collection Billboard magazine Charts Christmas music Hit Christmas singles in the United Kingdom Popular Christmas singles in the United States U S best selling Christmas albums amp singlesNotes edit 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 No 1 for 4 weeks on 1963 s Cashbox magazine s short lived Christmas Record Activity singles chart 22 Titled Best Selling Christmas Singles in 1966 Titled Christmas Albums in 1963 and Best Selling Christmas LP s in 1966 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 No 7 while instead Hey America from the same holiday album Bubbled Under the Hot 100 at No 105 45 Do They Know It s Christmas has charted every year of the Holiday Songs chart peaking at No 6 in 2003 64 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 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 Herb Alpert s My Favorite Things charted the Hot 100 peaking at No 45 in 1969 but did not chart the Best Sellers For Christmas 87 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 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 No 107 in 1964 91 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 Charles Brown s Please Come Home For Christmas first charted Billboard s Hot 100 in 1961 peaking at No 76 in 1962 94 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 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 Brook Benton s This Time Of The Year peaked at No 66 on the Hot 100 in 1959 117 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 No 35 119 The Temptations Silent Night peaked at No 7 on the Christmas singles chart 122 The 1980 remake from their album Give Love at Christmas peaked at No 9 in 1985 123 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 Perry Como s Home For The Holidays first charted Billboard in 1954 peaking at No 8 on the Most Played By Jockeys Singles chart 132 The Supremes Children s Christmas Song peaked at No 7 on the Christmas singles chart 138 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 Harry Belfatonte s Mary s Boy Child first charted Billboard in 1956 peaking at No 12 on the Best Sellers In Stores Singles chart 142 Lowell Fulson first peaked at No 7 on Billboard s Rhythm and Blues chart in 1950 with Lonesome Christmas Nancy Wilson s What Are You Doing New Year s Eve peaked at No 17 on the Christmas singles chart Gene Autry first charted Billboard in 1949 with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer peaking at No 1 January 7 1950 on the Best Selling Pop Singles chart 148 The flip side of Dolly Parton s Winter Wonderland Sleigh Ride is Once Upon A Christmas a duet with Kenny Rogers that peaked at No 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 Bobby Vinton s Songs Of Christmas was the only EP that charted the singles survey peaking at No 9 on 12 14 1963 151 It contains the 4 songs Silver Bells White Christmas O Holy Night and The Christmas Song 152 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 Billboard s online Top Holiday Album chart history goes back to the December 21 1985 Christmas Hits chart 182 Only the data for the 1 position are listed for the weeks of 11 28 92 183 12 5 92 184 11 26 94 185 and 11 22 97 186 Kenny G s Miracles The Holiday Album also charted 2 weeks in print on 11 26 1994 and 11 22 1997 Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas Special Edition also charted a total 55 weeks peaking at No 1 for 3 weeks beginning 1 6 2007 The Andy Williams Christmas Album charted a total 30 weeks peaking at No 1 for 9 weeks between 1963 and 1973 Barbra Stresidand s A Christmas Album charted 24 weeks between 1967 and 1984 Mannheim Steamroller s A Fresh Aire Christmas charted 3 weeks in print on 12 5 1992 11 26 1994 and 11 22 1997 Elvis Chrsitmas Album charted for 31 weeks from 1963 1973 It charted in print on 11 26 1994 and charted 189 weeks under the title It s Christmas Time beginning 2003 Bing Crosby s White Christmas album first charted for 41 weeks under the original title Merry Christmas prior to 1987 It charted in print on 12 5 1992 and 11 26 1994 A Charlie Brown Christmas charted in print the week of 12 5 1992 Mariah Carey s Merry Christmas charted in print the week of 11 22 1997 Nat King Cole s The Christmas Song album charted for 37 weeks prior to 1985 and also charted in print the weeks of 12 5 1992 11 26 1994 and 11 22 1997 The Carpenter s Christmas Portrait charted for 3 weeks prior to 1985 and also charted in print the weeks of 12 5 1992 11 26 1994 and 11 22 1997 Mariah Carey first peaked at No 12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart on December 31 1994 with All I Want For Christmas Is You 309 Songs with no commercial single available were ineligible for the Hot 100 until December 5 1998 The song debuted on the Hot 100 at No 83 on Christmas Day 1999 and went to No 1 310 in 2019 311 Mariah Carey s All I Want For Christmas Is You peaked at No 1 for 6 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 It also peaked at No 1 for 7 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart in 2010 prior to the Holiday 100 Brenda Lee s Rockin Around The Christmas Tree peaked at No 1 for 23 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 313 Justin Bieber s Mistletoe peaked at No 11 on the Hot 100 in 2011 314 Andy Williams It s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year peaked at No 2 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 317 Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock peaked at No 1 for 9 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 318 Nat King Cole s The Christmas Song peaked at No 1 for 7 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 320 Burl Ives Holly Jolly Christmas peaked at No 1 for 16 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 258 Jose Feliciano s Feliz Navidad peaked at No 2 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 323 Wham s Last Christmas first charted in Billboard on the Hot 100 airplay chart at No 58 in 1997 325 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 No 49 in 1996 and 1997 327 Trans Siberian Orchestra s Christmas Eve peaked at No 3 for 4 weeks on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart in 2010 prior to the Holiday 100 270 Bing Crosby s White Christmas peaked at No 1 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 329 Gene Autry s Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer peaked at No 3 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 254 Michael Buble s It s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas peaked at No 96 on the Hot 100 in 2011 It began charting the Hot 100 annually in 2020 peaking at No 20 on 12 11 21 331 John Lennon s Happy Xmas peaked at No 2 for 4 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 333 It also peaked at No 1 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart on October 23 2010 prior to the Holiday 100 334 Andy William s Happy Holiday The Holiday Season peaked at No 9 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 Elvis Prelsey s Blue Christmas peaked at No 9 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 336 You re A Mean One Mr Grinch first peaked at No 2 on the Holiday Digital Songs Sales chart on January 1 2011 prior to the Holiday 100 338 Paul McCartney s Wonderful Christmastime first charted Cashbox magazine in 1979 on their Top 100 peaking at No 83 on January 12 1980 It first appeared in Billboard peaking at No 10 on its Christmas Hits chart in 1984 339 Paul McCartney s Wonderful Christmastime peaked at No 8 for 3 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 340 Johnny Mathis It s Beginning to Look Like Christmas peaked at No 3 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 342 Bruce Springsteen s Santa Claus Is Comin to Town peaked at No 13 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 344 Bing Crosby s It s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas peaked at No 12 on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 The Eagles Please Come Home For Christmas peaked at No 2 for 2 weeks on the Holiday Songs chart prior to the Holiday 100 347 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