Christmas Catalog Thread - Christmas On The Catalog Charts

by **Vanacoring** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:40 pm

What is the exact total sales of "Noel" (Josh Groban) at the USA, now ?

by **Dane** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:02 pm

Vanacoring wrote:What is the exact total sales of "Noel" (Josh Groban) at the USA, now ?

I dunno.
Should be around 4,215,000

(3865+78+124+148)

by **Vanacoring** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:58 pm

Okay, Dane. Thank you.

by **Miguelito** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:40 am

Dane wrote:Thanks. I hope one day Billboard with put pre-2003 comp charts in their archives at .Biz

Oh yes, that would be sweet. We need a friend in a high place. Paul Grein are you listening??

Regards, Miguelito

by **Miguelito** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:00 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1991

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 1991:
"A Fresh Aire Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/16-11/23-11/30-12/07-12/14-12/21-12/28-01/04-01/11 (1991) (1992) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5, Top 10,Top 20) (* in first column - New entry this Christmas season) (R in first column - Album was not on in previous Christmas season, but previously charted) (All weeks-on and peaks totals are cumulative) * 9 8 36-28-21-17-11- 8- 8- 8-14 December, George Winston (0,0,0,3,6) * 8 1 X-27-12- 1- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1 A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (5,6,6,6,7) * 8 1 X-31-15- 2- 1- 2- 2- 3- 3 Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (1,6,6,6,7) * 8 4 X-36-24- 9- 4- 4- 4- 4- 5 The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,5,6,6) * 8 2 X-40-17- 5- 3- 3- 3- 2- 2 A Very Special Christmas, Various (0,5,6,6,7) * 6 11 X- X-44-30-16-11-11-11- X 50 All-Time Christmas Favorites [Madacy], Starlite Pop Orchestra (0,0,0,0,4) * 6 5 X- X- X-22- 6- 5- 5- 6-30 Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,2,4,4) * 5 5 X- X- X-29- 5- 9- 9-10- X A Christmas Album, Amy Grant (0,0,1,4,4) * 6 7 X- X- X-44-18- 7- 7- 7-23 A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,0,3,4) * 6 14 X- X- X-46-14-17-17-14-42 Because It's Christmas, Barry Manilow (0,0,0,0,4) * 5 32 X- X- X-49-32-38-38-35- X A Winter's Solstice III, Windham Hill Artists (0,0,0,0,0) * 5 9 X- X- X- X-33-13-13- 9-36 White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,1,3) * 4 38 X- X- X- X-38-46-46-44- X Alabama Christmas, Alabama (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 39 X- X- X- X-39- X- X- X- X A Winter's Solstice II, Windham Hill Artists (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 25 X- X- X- X-46-42-42-25- X O Holy Night, Luciano Pavarotti (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 27 X- X- X- X-47-27-27-27- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 21 X- X- X- X-49-21-21-21- X Christmas Time With The Judds, The Judds (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 24 X- X- X- X-50-31-31-24- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 28 X- X- X- X- X-28-28-36- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 31 X- X- X- X- X-33-33-31- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 17 X- X- X- X- X-34-34-17- X The Christmas Album [Columbia], Various (0,0,0,0,1) * 3 32 X- X- X- X- X-39-39-32- X Christmas Wishes, Anne Murray (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 44 X- X- X- X- X-44-44-45- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1935 - 1954), Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 43 X- X- X- X- X-48-48-43- X An Old Time Christmas, Randy Travis (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 48 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-48- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 50 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X Twisted Christmas, Bob Rivers Comedy Group (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
50 All-Time Christmas Favorites - Listed by Billboard as by "Various Artists". The label credits the Starlite Pop Orchestra. The catalog number is Madacy 10.
A Winter's Solstice III - Listed by Billboard as just "Volume 3". The catalog number is Windham Hill 1098.
A Winter's Solstice II - Listed by Billboard as "Winter Solstice II". The catalog number is Windham Hill 1077.
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.

Statistics for 1991-1992:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 9
First week with Christmas albums: November 16, 1991
Last week with Christmas albums: January 11, 1992
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 26
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1,5,6,11,18,23,23,25,9
Christmas Weeks at #1: 6
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 17
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 26
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 39
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 57
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 121

by **Miguelito** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:17 pm

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1992

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 1992 was (once again):
"A Fresh Aire Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller.

For the runner-up, I'll nominate:
"Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller.
While it did not reach #1 ("A Very Special Christmas" did for one week), it was on the chart for one more week, and was ranked ahead of "AVSC" in every week except January 9 (usually not as big of a sales week).

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/21-11/28-12/05-12/12-12/19-12/26-01/02-01/09 (1992) (1993) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5, Top 10,Top 20) (* in first column - New entry this Christmas season) (R in first column - Album was not on in previous Christmas season, but previously charted) (All weeks-on and peaks totals are cumulative) _ 16 1 39-12- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2 A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (9,12,12,12,14) _ 16 1 43-14- 3- 2- 2- 2- 2- 3 Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (1,12,12,12,14) _ 17 7 46-28-19-14- 9- 7- 7- 8 December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,12) _ 15 1 X-16- 6- 3- 3- 3- 3- 1 A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,11,12,14) _ 15 4 X-34-17- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4 The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,11,12) _ 13 5 X-35-24-12- 6- 6- 5-15 Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,9) _ 11 10 X-43-37-10-10-10-12-39 Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,4) _ 13 5 X-47-32- 9- 5- 5- 6-11 A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,7,9) * 6 6 X- X-12- 6- 7- 9-15-38 It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,3,5) _ 11 8 X- X-41-13- 8- 8- 8-20 White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,8) * 4 17 X- X-48-29-17-21- X- X Merry Christmas Strait To You, George Strait (0,0,0,0,1) _ 10 5 X- X- X-18-12-14-26-33 A Christmas Album, Amy Grant (0,0,1,4,7) _ 7 13 X- X- X-23-13-16-40- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 7 25 X- X- X-25-26-28-41- X Christmas Wishes, Anne Murray (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 15 X- X- X-31-15-17-37- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,2) _ 11 11 X- X- X-32-23-18-17-32 50 All-Time Christmas Favorites [Madacy], Starlite Pop Orchestra (0,0,0,0,6) _ 7 21 X- X- X-43-40-42- X- X Christmas Time With The Judds, The Judds (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 13 X- X- X-47-22-13-14-35 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,2) * 4 38 X- X- X-48-38-46-50- X Blue Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 14 X- X- X-50- X- X-47- X Because It's Christmas, Barry Manilow (0,0,0,0,4) * 4 22 X- X- X- X-34-22-25-44 Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 41 X- X- X- X-41-44- X- X In The Christmas Mood, The Glenn Miller Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 6 38 X- X- X- X-44-39- X- X Alabama Christmas, Alabama (0,0,0,0,0) _ 5 44 X- X- X- X-46-49- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1935 - 1954), Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 7 25 X- X- X- X-48-31-31- X O Holy Night, Luciano Pavarotti (0,0,0,0,0) _ 6 17 X- X- X- X-49-35-45- X The Christmas Album [Columbia], Various (0,0,0,0,1) _ 3 41 X- X- X- X- X-41-43- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 49 X- X- X- X- X-50-49- X Bells Of Dublin, The Chieftains (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 46 X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X Old Fashioned Christmas, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 48 X- X- X- X- X- X-48-49 He Is Christmas, Take 6 (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1992 season, only Crosby/Armstrong/Cole were credited.
50 All-Time Christmas Favorites - Listed by Billboard as by "Various Artists". The label credits the Starlite Pop Orchestra. The catalog number is Madacy 10.
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.

Statistics for 1992-1993:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 8
First week with Christmas albums: November 21, 1992
Last week with Christmas albums: January 9, 1993
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 30
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 3-8-11-20-25-27-25-15
Christmas Weeks at #1: 5
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 17 (*Ties Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 25
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 43 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 69 (*Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 134 (*Record*)

by **Miguelito** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:03 pm

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1993

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 1993 was (for the third straight year):
"A Fresh Aire Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller.
The runner-up (also for the third straight year) was:
"Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller.
For third place, I'll nominate:
"A Very Special Christmas 2". This spent four weeks at #3 behind the above two albums - one of three albums to top out at #3 this Christmas.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/20-11/27-12/04-12/11-12/18-12/25-01/01-01/08-01/15- 01/22 (1993) (1994) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5, Top 10,Top 20) (* in first column - New entry this Christmas season) (R in first column - Album was not on in previous Christmas season, but previously charted) (All weeks-on and peaks totals are cumulative) _ 25 1 19- 4- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2-24- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (13,18,19,19,22) _ 25 1 25-10- 3- 2- 2- 2- 2- 1-22- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (2,18,18,19,21) * 10 3 34-15-12- 9- 8- 8- 8- 7- 3-17 Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks (0,1,1,6,9) _ 25 7 39-36-28-24-18-17-13-14- X- X December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,16) _ 14 6 49-25-18-11-13-13-14-28- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,3,10) * 8 4 X- 8- 4- 5- 5- 4- 4- 4-27- X The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond (0,0,6,7,7) * 8 3 X-12- 5- 3- 4- 5- 6- 5-36- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,5,6,7) * 7 6 X-14- 6- 7- 6- 7- 9-10- X- X A Romantic Christmas, John Tesh (0,0,0,6,7) * 8 3 X-28-11- 4- 3- 3- 3- 3-40- X A Very Special Christmas 2, Various (0,4,5,5,6) _ 22 1 X-35-16- 8- 7- 6- 5- 6- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,17,20) _ 20 5 X-42-26-16-12-12-12-20- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,14) _ 22 4 X-43-24-10- 9- 9- 7- 8- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,16,17) _ 19 5 X- X-29-17-11-11-11-21- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,7,13) _ 9 17 X- X-35-36-22-27-34- X- X- X Merry Christmas Strait To You, George Strait (0,0,0,0,1) * 4 29 X- X-39-44-29-36- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas To You, Reba McEntire (0,0,0,0,0) _ 17 10 X- X-42-19-14-15-16-29- X- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,8) _ 13 13 X- X-45-25-17-18-25-45- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,4) _ 10 19 X- X-50-28-21-19-28-50- X- X Blue Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,1) _ 14 5 X- X- X-29-36-31-39- X- X- X A Christmas Album, Amy Grant (0,0,1,4,7) _ 12 15 X- X- X-32-19-21-31- X- X- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,3) * 4 35 X- X- X-35-43-38-43- X- X- X Christmas Album, The Manhattan Transfer (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 37 X- X- X-37-38-37-50- X- X- X White Christmas [LaserLight], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) _ 12 21 X- X- X-39-26-29-29-48- X- X Christmas Time With The Judds, The Judds (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 25 X- X- X-40-28-25-32- X- X- X Christmas Wishes, Anne Murray (0,0,0,0,0) _ 15 11 X- X- X-42-34-35-48- X- X- X 50 All-Time Christmas Favorites [Madacy], Starlite Pop Orchestra (0,0,0,0,6) _ 10 25 X- X- X-43-25-30-44- X- X- X Alabama Christmas, Alabama (0,0,0,0,0) _ 5 41 X- X- X-46-48-45- X- X- X- X In The Christmas Mood, The Glenn Miller Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 14 8 X- X- X-48-50-49- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,8) _ 8 22 X- X- X- X-30-24-23-24- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 35 X- X- X- X-35- X- X- X- X- X Silent Night: Gospel Christmas With Mahalia Jackson, Mahalia Jackson (0,0,0,0,0) _ 12 13 X- X- X- X-37-26-21-25- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,2) _ 6 38 X- X- X- X-41-40-38- X- X- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 41 X- X- X- X-49-41-49- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1935 - 1954), Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 43 X- X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X- X Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Highlights, Peter Wohlert & The Berlin Symphony Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 9 25 X- X- X- X- X-48-46- X- X- X O Holy Night, Luciano Pavarotti (0,0,0,0,0) R 3 41 X- X- X- X- X- X-41-49- X- X Twisted Christmas, Bob Rivers Comedy Group (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1993 season, only Crosby/Armstrong/Cole were credited.
50 All-Time Christmas Favorites - Listed by Billboard as by "Various Artists". The label credits the Starlite Pop Orchestra. The catalog number is Madacy 10.
A Christmas Album (Amy Grant) - Listed by Billboard as "Christmas Collection". Ms. Grant did not have an album with that name until 2008. The catalog number (Reunion 66259) tracks to a reissue of "A Christmas Album". I have therefore credited the weeks that Billboard lists as "Christmas Collection" to "A Christmas Album".
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.

Statistics for 1993-1994:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10 (*Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: November 20, 1993
Last week with Christmas albums: January 22, 1994
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 36 (*Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 5-12-18-28-33-34-31-20-6-1
(34 albums on December 25, 1993 is a *Record*)
Christmas Weeks at #1: 5
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 18 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 31 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 54 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 88 (*Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 188 (*Record*)

by **Miguelito** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:40 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1994

For the 4th straight year, the Christmas catalog chart champion and runner up were (respectively):
"A Fresh Aire Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller,
and:
"Christmas" by Mannheim Steamroller. (These folks were quite the Catalog chart juggernaut back then.)
For third place in 1994, I'll nominate:
"When My Heart Finds Christmas" by Harry Connick Jr. This 1993 album snuck in at #1 for a week, and spent seven straight weeks in the top three.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/19-11/26-12/03-12/10-12/17-12/24-12/31- (1994) 01/07-01/14-01/21 (1995) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 35 1 16- 1- 1- 4- 2- 2- 1- 1- 5-31 A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,24,27,27,31) * 9 1 20- 2- 2- 1- 3- 3- 3- 3-21- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,7,7,7,8) * 10 3 23- 3- 4- 3- 4- 4- 4- 4- 9-39 Christmas Interpretations, Boyz II Men (0,2,7,8,8) _ 35 1 24- 5- 3- 2- 1- 1- 2- 2- 2-28 Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,26,27,29) * 9 4 28- 4- 6- 6- 6- 6- 8- 8-27- X Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (0,0,1,7,7) _ 17 3 47-13- 5- 5- 5- 5- 7- 7-39- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,9,12,14) _ 21 6 X-29-17- 9-10-12-17-29- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,5,15) _ 29 4 X-30-16-11-11-10- 9- 9- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,19,23) _ 26 5 X-31-19-10- 9- 9-10-13- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,11,19) * 8 17 X-33-26-21-18-17-19-27-37- X Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,0,0,3) _ 19 3 X-34-34-18-17-15-15-14-24-29 Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks (0,1,1,6,14) _ 29 1 X-39-13- 7- 8- 8- 6- 6- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,22,26) _ 9 15 X-40-37-15-24-44- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas To You, Reba McEntire (0,0,0,0,1) * 7 20 X-43-22-20-25-21-21-30- X- X A Winter's Solstice IV, Windham Hill Artists (0,0,0,0,1) _ 15 3 X- X-20- 8- 7- 7- 5- 5-47- X A Very Special Christmas 2, Various (0,4,7,10,12) _ 15 4 X- X-41-19-16-14-14-12-42- X The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond (0,0,6,7,12) _ 31 7 X- X-42-41-30-28-27-25- X- X December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,16) _ 26 5 X- X-43-16-15-16-16-20- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,19) * 6 17 X- X-48-17-20-20-23-31- X- X Snowfall -- The Christmas Album, Tony Bennett (0,0,0,0,3) * 5 12 X- X- X-12-13-13-13-15- X- X Christmas Through Your Eyes, Gloria Estefan (0,0,0,0,5) * 5 11 X- X- X-13-12-11-11-11- X- X Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas, Aaron Neville (0,0,0,0,5) * 4 14 X- X- X-22-14-18-25- X- X- X Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (0,0,0,0,2) * 4 21 X- X- X-23-21-25-31- X- X- X Christmas Favorites From The World's Favorite Tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti (0,0,0,0,0) _ 17 13 X- X- X-24-19-19-24- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,6) _ 13 17 X- X- X-30-23-30-44- X- X- X Merry Christmas Strait To You, George Strait (0,0,0,0,1) _ 10 22 X- X- X-31-22-26-43- X- X- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 7 24 X- X- X-38-26-24- X- X- X- X White Christmas [LaserLight], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) _ 12 6 X- X- X-44-31-36-34-47- X- X A Romantic Christmas, John Tesh (0,0,0,6,7) _ 17 5 X- X- X-45-44-37- X- X- X- X A Christmas Album, Amy Grant (0,0,1,4,7) _ 22 10 X- X- X-46-32-29-29-49- X- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,8) _ 8 38 X- X- X-47-38-42- X- X- X- X In The Christmas Mood, The Glenn Miller Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 16 13 X- X- X- X-27-23-18-22- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,3) _ 12 22 X- X- X- X-34-27-22-26- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) * 5 10 X- X- X- X-35-22-12-10-28- X Meowy Christmas, Jingle Cats (0,0,0,1,2) * 2 37 X- X- X- X-37-50- X- X- X- X Home For Christmas, Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,0) _ 16 8 X- X- X- X-39-39- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,8) _ 13 15 X- X- X- X-42- X- X- X- X- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,3) _ 12 25 X- X- X- X-43-45- X- X- X- X Alabama Christmas, Alabama (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 38 X- X- X- X-46-38- X- X- X- X In The Christmas Mood II, The Glenn Miller Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 4 40 X- X- X- X-48-40-49- X- X- X Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Highlights, Peter Wohlert & The Berlin Symphony Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 6 35 X- X- X- X- X-46-35-41- X- X Twisted Christmas, Bob Rivers Comedy Group (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 44 X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X-44- X Christmas Eve With Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 42 X- X- X- X- X- X-42-42- X- X I Am Santa Claus, Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album (LaserLight 1515) has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1994 season, only Crosby/Armstrong/Cole were credited.
A Winter's Solstice IV - The artist was listed by Billboard as Various Artists, but by the label as Windham Hill Artists.
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.
A Christmas Album (Amy Grant) - Listed by Billboard as "Christmas Collection". Ms. Grant did not have an album with that name until 2008. The catalog number (Reunion 66259) tracks to a reissue of "A Christmas Album". I have therefore credited the weeks that Billboard lists as "Christmas Collection" to "A Christmas Album".

Statistics for 1994-1995:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10 (*Ties Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: November 19, 1994
Last week with Christmas albums: January 21, 1995
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 43 (*Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 6-14-19-31-40-41-33-27-12-4
(41 albums on December 24, 1994 is a *Record*)
Christmas Weeks at #1: 7 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 22 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 37 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 64 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 116 (*Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 227 (*Record*)

by **Miguelito** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:53 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1995

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 1995 was:
"Miracles -- The Holiday Album" by Kenny G.
This 1994 album topped the chart for nine weeks in its first catalog year alone!
The clear runner-up, and #1 for two weeks in its own right, was another 1994 release:
"Merry Christmas" by Mariah Carey.
These two managed to shove "A Fresh Aire Christmas" all the way down to #3 for 1995.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 10/28-11/04-11/11-11/18-11/25-12/02-12/09-12/16-12/23- (1995) 12/30-01/06-01/13-01/20-01/27 (1995) (1996) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 14 1 41-12- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2- 2-11 Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (9,11,11,11,13) * 11 1 X- X- X- 3- 4- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 1- 1-33 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,9,10,10,10) _ 18 1 X- X- X-16- 6- 3- 4- 4- 4- 4- 5- 9- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,13,15,17) _ 19 3 X- X- X-21- 7- 5- 6- 5- 6- 6- 6-11- X- X Christmas Interpretations, Boyz II Men (0,2,9,15,16) _ 45 1 X- X- X-27- 8- 4- 3- 3- 3- 3- 3- 3-41- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,30,34,35,39) _ 26 3 X- X- X-37-10- 6- 8- 8- 9-12-12-18- X- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,9,17,22) _ 45 1 X- X- X-39-12- 8- 5- 6- 5- 5- 4- 4-40- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,31,34,37) _ 18 2 X- X- X- X- 2-50-45-39-38-26- X- X- X- X A Romantic Christmas, John Tesh (0,1,1,7,8) * 5 3 X- X- X- X- 3- X-50-48-45-34- X- X- X- X A Family Christmas, John Tesh (0,1,1,1,1) _ 17 4 X- X- X- X- 9- 7-11- 7- 7-10-14-12- X- X Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (0,0,1,12,15) _ 28 6 X- X- X- X-18-10-15-13-12-15-21- X- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,6,21) _ 28 3 X- X- X- X-31-14-19-16-16-19-24-32-39- X Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks (0,1,1,6,19) _ 17 12 X- X- X- X-33-12-20-21-23-27-43- X- X- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,2) _ 11 14 X- X- X- X-44-28-29-28-27-31-47- X- X- X Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (0,0,0,0,2) _ 37 1 X- X- X- X-47-15-14-10- 8- 7- 7-47- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,26,32) _ 13 24 X- X- X- X-48-25-26-27-30-33- X- X- X- X White Christmas [LaserLight], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 9 X- X- X- X- X- 9-21-19-17-32-48- X- X- X A Contemporary Gospel Christmas [Regency], Various (0,0,0,1,3) _ 36 4 X- X- X- X- X-18-16-12-10- 9- 8-43- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,22,29) _ 33 5 X- X- X- X- X-23-22-18-14-13-19-10- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,12,24) _ 22 3 X- X- X- X- X-27-18-14-11-11-11-33- X- X A Very Special Christmas 2, Various (0,4,7,10,17) _ 32 5 X- X- X- X- X-35-28-22-18-22-26- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,20) _ 13 17 X- X- X- X- X-36-40-34-35-43- X- X- X- X Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,0,0,3) _ 23 13 X- X- X- X- X-42-25-25-26-30-39- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,6) * 1 45 X- X- X- X- X-45- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Frosty The Snowman, International Children's Choir (0,0,0,0,0) _ 22 4 X- X- X- X- X-48-30-26-25-25-27-42- X- X The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond (0,0,6,7,12) _ 11 11 X- X- X- X- X-49-27-23-20-20-16- X- X- X Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas, Aaron Neville (0,0,0,0,8) * 6 19 X- X- X- X- X- X-31-30-29-28-28-19- X- X The Christmas Album Volume II, Neil Diamond (0,0,0,0,1) * 6 25 X- X- X- X- X- X-32-31-28-29-25-36- X- X Holly & Ivy, Natalie Cole (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 12 X- X- X- X- X- X-33-32-31-23-20-29- X- X Christmas Through Your Eyes, Gloria Estefan (0,0,0,0,6) _ 11 15 X- X- X- X- X- X-38-38- X- X- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas To You, Reba McEntire (0,0,0,0,1) _ 10 17 X- X- X- X- X- X-41-37-34-37- X- X- X- X Snowfall -- The Christmas Album, Tony Bennett (0,0,0,0,3) * 1 42 X- X- X- X- X- X-42- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Kids' Classics Christmas Favorites, Cedarmont Kids (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 47 X- X- X- X- X- X-47-49- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks (0,0,0,0,0) _ 20 13 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-29-21-16-18- X- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,5) _ 7 21 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-36-33-35- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites From The World's Favorite Tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 41 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-41-41-46- X- X- X- X The New Andy Williams Christmas Album, Andy Williams (0,0,0,0,0) _ 16 22 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-42-36-38-44- X- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) _ 4 37 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-45-49- X- X- X- X- X Home For Christmas, Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,0) _ 10 38 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46-44- X- X- X- X- X In The Christmas Mood, The Glenn Miller Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 25 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-47-37-41- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,8) _ 34 7 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-42-42-36- X- X- X December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,16) _ 18 5 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X A Christmas Album, Amy Grant (0,0,1,4,7) * 1 50 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X- X If Every Day Was Like Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 8 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- 8-31- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Bing Crosby (0,0,0,1,1) _ 5 40 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Highlights, Peter Wohlert & The Berlin Symphony Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 6 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X Meowy Christmas, Jingle Cats (0,0,0,1,2) * 1 46 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X The Sweetest Gift, Trisha Yearwood (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album (LaserLight 1515) has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1995 season, only Crosby/Armstrong/Cole were credited.
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.
A Christmas Album (Amy Grant) - Listed by Billboard as "Christmas Collection". Ms. Grant did not have an album with that name until 2008. The catalog number (Reunion 66259) tracks to a reissue of "A Christmas Album". I have therefore credited the weeks that Billboard lists as "Christmas Collection" to "A Christmas Album".
Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby) - This is a re-issue of Mr. Crosby's original classic Christmas album that dates all the way back to the first year of the LP chart, 1945. It spent an astonishing 36 weeks at #1 across several Christmas seasons. Two packages with the same name, "White Christmas", and containing much of the same material, were also 1990's charters for Der Bingle.

Statistics for 1995-1996:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 14 (*Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: October 28, 1995
Last week with Christmas albums: January 27, 1996
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 47 (*Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-1-1-7-16-25-32-38-39-37-29-18-5-2
Christmas Weeks at #1: 11 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 29 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 43 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 74 (*Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 121 (*Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 251 (*Record*)

by **Miguelito** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:05 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1996

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 1996 was, for the 2nd straight year:
"Miracles -- The Holiday Album" by Kenny G.
The runner-up was a release from 1995:
"Christmas In The Aire" by Mannheim Steamroller.
This album reached #3 on the main album chart, but due to the multi-season strength of "Miracles", was denied the top spot on the Catalog chart and had to settle for #2 - a spot it held for a total of 13 weeks!!

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/02-11/09-11/16-11/23-11/30-12/07-12/14-12/21-12/28- (1996) 01/04-01/11-01/18-01/25 (1997) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 27 1 22- 4- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2-16 Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (17,21,22,22,25) _ 22 1 X-27- 6- 6- 4- 4- 3- 3- 3- 4- 4- 5- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,12,18,20,20) * 12 2 X-32- 8- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 3- 3-41 Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,9,9,10,10) _ 53 1 X- X- X- 4- 5- 6- 7- 7- 6- 5- 6- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,30,37,43,47) _ 53 1 X- X- X- 5- 7- 9- 9- 9- 7- 6- 5- X- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,42,45) _ 26 1 X- X- X-12- 8- 8- 6- 6- 5- 7- 7- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,14,22,25) _ 25 4 X- X- X-22-14-14-15-15-13-18-37- X- X Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (0,0,1,12,21) _ 44 4 X- X- X-26-12-11-10-10- 8- 8-13- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,26,36) _ 36 6 X- X- X-29-10- 7- 8- 8- 9-11-22- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,11,27) _ 5 8 X- X- X-34-21-19- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Bing Crosby (0,0,0,1,2) _ 34 3 X- X- X-35-13-13-11-13-12-13-23- X- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,9,17,28) _ 10 3 X- X- X- X- 6- 3- 4- 4- X- X- X- X- X A Contemporary Gospel Christmas [Regency], Various (0,1,3,5,7) _ 24 10 X- X- X- X-15-10-12-17-17-15-43- X- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,1,8) _ 40 5 X- X- X- X-18-15-17-14-14-17-36- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,12,30) _ 26 3 X- X- X- X-22-18-16-16-15-14-11- X- X Christmas Interpretations, Boyz II Men (0,2,9,15,22) * 7 8 X- X- X- X-28-26-14-12-11-10- 8- X- X This Is Christmas, Luther Vandross (0,0,0,2,5) _ 38 5 X- X- X- X-35-25-22-21-21-21- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,20) _ 17 14 X- X- X- X-37-21-19-18-20-24- X- X- X Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (0,0,0,0,5) _ 7 22 X- X- X- X-38-23-25-23-22-27- X- X- X If Every Day Was Like Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 44 1 X- X- X- X-45-20-13-11-10- 9-14- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,28,38) _ 29 13 X- X- X- X-50-28-20-20-19-22- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,9) * 3 16 X- X- X- X- X-16-18-29- X- X- X- X- X Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 5 32 X- X- X- X- X-32-48- X- X- X- X- X- X The New Andy Williams Christmas Album, Andy Williams (0,0,0,0,0) _ 14 15 X- X- X- X- X-34-23-40- X- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas To You, Reba McEntire (0,0,0,0,1) _ 27 4 X- X- X- X- X-38-27-27-27-44- X- X- X The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond (0,0,6,7,12) _ 34 3 X- X- X- X- X-40-31-25-24-26-40- X- X Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks (0,1,1,6,19) _ 16 11 X- X- X- X- X-42-28-26-25-25- X- X- X Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas, Aaron Neville (0,0,0,0,8) _ 16 12 X- X- X- X- X-46-29-24-23-29- X- X- X Christmas Through Your Eyes, Gloria Estefan (0,0,0,0,6) _ 27 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-24-19-16-16-21- X- X A Very Special Christmas 2, Various (0,4,7,10,20) _ 25 12 X- X- X- X- X- X-26-22-18-12-18- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,8) _ 16 24 X- X- X- X- X- X-33-28-29- X- X- X- X White Christmas [LaserLight], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) * 5 30 X- X- X- X- X- X-35-30-32-30-38- X- X Kirk Franklin & The Family Christmas, Kirk Franklin & The Family (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 36 X- X- X- X- X- X-36-41-37- X- X- X- X Celtic Christmas [Windham Hill], Various (0,0,0,0,0) R 18 8 X- X- X- X- X- X-37-43- X- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,8) _ 10 19 X- X- X- X- X- X-39-31-26-28- X- X- X The Christmas Album Volume II, Neil Diamond (0,0,0,0,1) _ 10 21 X- X- X- X- X- X-44-42-46- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites From The World's Favorite Tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 36 X- X- X- X- X- X-47-36-38- X- X- X- X O Holy Night, John Berry (0,0,0,0,0) _ 13 17 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-35-35-42- X- X- X Snowfall -- The Christmas Album, Tony Bennett (0,0,0,0,3) _ 19 22 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-37-34-35- X- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) _ 28 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-38-33-36- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,8) * 2 39 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-39-48- X- X- X- X The Music Of Christmas, Stephen Curtis Chapman (0,0,0,0,0) _ 4 44 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-45-44- X- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 42 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46-42- X- X- X- X Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, Elmo & Patsy (0,0,0,0,0) _ 2 45 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X- X Frosty The Snowman, International Children's Choir (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 48 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X Kids' Classics Christmas Carols, Cedarmont Kids (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 36 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-49-36- X- X- X- X Jazz To The World [Blue Note], Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 20 5 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50-43- X- X- X- X A Christmas Album, Amy Grant (0,0,1,4,7) * 1 40 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-40- X- X- X- X Have Yourself A Tractors Christmas, The Tractors (0,0,0,0,0) _ 36 7 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-45-38- X- X- X December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,16) * 1 49 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X A Christmas Together, John Denver & The Muppets (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album (LaserLight 1515) has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1996 season, only Crosby/Armstrong/Cole were credited.
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.
A Christmas Album (Amy Grant) - Listed by Billboard as "Christmas Collection". Ms. Grant did not have an album with that name until 2008. The catalog number (Reunion 66259) tracks to a reissue of "A Christmas Album". I have therefore credited the weeks that Billboard lists as "Christmas Collection" to "A Christmas Album".
Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby) - This is a re-issue of Mr. Crosby's original classic Christmas album that dates all the way back to the first year of the LP chart, 1945. It spent an astonishing 36 weeks at #1 across several Christmas seasons. Two packages with the same name, "White Christmas", and containing much of the same material, were also 1990's charters for Der Bingle.

Statistics for 1996-1997:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 13
First week with Christmas albums: November 2, 1996
Last week with Christmas albums: January 25, 1997
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 50 (*Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-3-3-11-21-28-36-45-42-31-19-3-2
(45 albums on December 21, 1996 is a *Record*)
Christmas Weeks at #1: 8
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 23
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 37
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 72
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 129 (*Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 245

by **Miguelito** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:25 am

CATALOG CHART OF DECEMBER 21, 1996 -
WITH 45 CHRISTMAS ALBUMS

Here's the incredible Top Pop Catalog chart from December 21, 1996, with the five non-Christmas albums in bold (only one in the Top 30):

[Legend: This Week, Last Week, Title, Artist]

1 1 Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G
2 2 Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller
3 3 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey
4 4 A Contemporary Gospel Christmas, Various
5 5 Grease, Soundtrack
6 6 When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr.
7 7 A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller
8 8 It's Christmas Time, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, & Nat "King" Cole
9 9 Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller
10 10 The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole
11 13 A Very Special Christmas, Various
12 14 This Is Christmas, Luther Vandross
13 11 Home For Christmas, Amy Grant
14 17 A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand
15 15 Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill
16 16 Christmas Interpretations, Boyz II Men
17 12 Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley
18 19 Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
19 24 A Very Special Christmas 2, Various
20 20 Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1995-Present), Various
21 22 Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters
22 26 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio
23 25 If Every Day Was Like Christmas, Elvis Presley
24 29 Christmas Through Your Eyes, Gloria Estefan
25 31 Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks
26 28 Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas, Aaron Neville
27 27 The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond
28 33 White Christmas [LaserLight], Bing Crosby
29 18 Disney's Christmas Collection, Various
30 35 Kirk Franklin And The Family Christmas, Kirk Franklin And The Family
31 39 The Christmas Album Volume II, Neil Diamond
32 21 Legend -- The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers
33 32 The Wall, Pink Floyd
34 34 The Phantom Of The Opera -- Highlights, Original London Cast
35 - Snowfall -- The Christmas Album, Tony Bennett
36 47 O Holy Night, John Berry
37 - Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations
38 - Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis
39 - The Music Of Christmas, Steven Curtis Chapman
40 23 Merry Christmas To You, Reba McEntire
41 36 Celtic Christmas [Windham Hill], Various
42 44 Christmas Favorites From The World's Favorite Tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti
43 37 White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby
44 30 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey
45 - Christmas With The Chipmunks, The Chipmunks
46 - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, Elmo & Patsy
47 - Frosty The Snowman, International Children's Choir
48 - Kids' Classics Christmas Carols, Cedarmont Kids
49 - Jazz To The World [Blue Note], Various
50 - A Christmas Album, Amy Grant

by **Dane** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:00 pm

Thanks!

Miguelito wrote:33 32 The Wall, Pink Floyd

This is from a time when The Wall was actually outselling DSOTM 8-)

by **Miguelito** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:30 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1997

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 1997 was, for the 3rd straight year:
"Miracles -- The Holiday Album" by Kenny G.
The runner-up was, for the second straight year:
"Christmas In The Aire" by Mannheim Steamroller.
The #3 and #4 albums (in my judgment) for the season have also both been mentioned previously: "Merry Christmas" by Mariah Carey, and "When My Heart Finds Christmas" by Harry Connick, Jr.
In my judgment, the #5 album was a newcomer on the catalog charts, and although a late bloomer during Christmas season, did manage to spend 3 weeks at #3:
"Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/15-11/22-11/29-12/06-12/13-12/20-12/27- (1997) 01/03-01/10-01/17 (1998) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 36 1 40- 9- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (23,28,29,30,33) _ 20 2 X-15- 7- 5- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,14,15,17,18) _ 61 1 X-25-27-12- 5- 6- 7- 5-14- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,30,39,47,53) * 6 26 X-33-35-34-26-34-39- X- X- X A Christmas Tribute To Mannheim Steamroller, Westwind Ensemble (0,0,0,0,0) _ 61 1 X-41-37-20- 7- 9- 8- 6-12- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,46,51) * 7 6 X- X-17- 8- 6- 7-10-16-28- X This Is The Time -- The Christmas Album, Michael Bolton (0,0,0,4,6) _ 33 1 X- X-19-10- 4- 4- 5- 8-18- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,27,32) _ 29 1 X- X-20- 9- 3- 3- 4- 4- 4- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,14,23,26,27) _ 11 3 X- X-22-13- 8- 5- 6-27-20- 3 Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,1,2,4,8) _ 40 3 X- X-32-15- 9- 8-11-21- X- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,9,19,32) _ 7 13 X- X-44-25-13-15-22-35- X- X A Christmas Together, John Denver & The Muppets (0,0,0,0,2) * 7 12 X- X-50-26-15-12-14-23-40- X Star Bright, Vanessa Williams (0,0,0,0,3) _ 45 5 X- X- X-17-12-11-18-28- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,12,34) * 6 14 X- X- X-35-23-14-15-17-32- X The Gift, Kenny Rogers (0,0,0,0,3) _ 31 4 X- X- X-39-27-19-23- X- X- X The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond (0,0,6,7,13) * 6 12 X- X- X-43-24-17-12-18-31- X Christmas Island, Jimmy Buffett (0,0,0,0,3) _ 11 22 X- X- X-44-33-24-26- X- X- X If Every Day Was Like Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 50 1 X- X- X-46-19-10- 9-11-43- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,30,42) _ 39 6 X- X- X- X-21-27-30- X- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,11,27) * 4 28 X- X- X- X-28-32-35-45- X- X A Nutcracker Christmas [Intersound], Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 30 12 X- X- X- X-31-18-13-12-29- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,11) * 5 3 X- X- X- X-32-16- 3- 3- 3- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,3,3,3,4) _ 19 24 X- X- X- X-35-35-40- X- X- X White Christmas [LaserLight], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) _ 49 4 X- X- X- X-36-20-16-10-27- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,39) _ 30 3 X- X- X- X-37-29-27-41- X- X Christmas Interpretations, Boyz II Men (0,2,9,15,22) _ 28 4 X- X- X- X-39-26-28- X- X- X Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (0,0,1,12,21) _ 16 15 X- X- X- X-41-47- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas To You, Reba McEntire (0,0,0,0,1) _ 42 5 X- X- X- X-45-23-20-20- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 37 3 X- X- X- X-46-38-41- X- X- X Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks (0,1,1,6,19) _ 28 10 X- X- X- X-49-39-49-47- X- X Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,1,8) _ 31 3 X- X- X- X-50-28-19-37- X- X A Very Special Christmas 2, Various (0,4,7,10,21) R 10 37 X- X- X- X- X-41-37- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1935 - 1954), Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 9 8 X- X- X- X- X-43-32- X- X- X This Is Christmas, Luther Vandross (0,0,0,2,5) _ 18 12 X- X- X- X- X-44-42- X- X- X Christmas Through Your Eyes, Gloria Estefan (0,0,0,0,6) _ 19 11 X- X- X- X- X-46-43-42- X- X Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas, Aaron Neville (0,0,0,0,8) * 1 48 X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,0) _ 31 13 X- X- X- X- X- X-45-48- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,9) _ 21 22 X- X- X- X- X- X-48-43- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album (LaserLight 1515) has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1997 season, only Crosby/Armstrong/Cole were credited.
Elvis' Christmas Album - This was his original 1957 Christmas album, reconfigured in 1970.
Assessment of the year's new entries - A pretty weak crop in 1997, with only eight new entries. Only one, "Christmas Eve And Other Stories," has had much of a long-term impact. I guess you could also include "Christmas Island" which has at least charted in six different Christmas seasons, and has the distinction of being the only Chirstmas album to return to the Catalog charts after missing one or more Christmas seasons on three different occasions (1999, 2002, 2004).

Statistics for 1997-1998:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10
First week with Christmas albums: November 15, 1997
Last week with Christmas albums: January 17, 1998
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 48
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-5-12-18-31-36-36-26-15-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 6
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 18
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 28
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 59
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 91
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 181

by **Miguelito** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:02 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1998

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 1997 was, for the 4th straight year:
"Miracles -- The Holiday Album" by Kenny G. Incredibly, this was the only Christmas album to reach #1 on the Catalog chart during the 1996, 1997, and 1998 seasons - and this was after topping the chart for nine weeks in 1995. With this season it finishes a 27-week run at #1, which is still a record for a Christmas album.
The runner-up was, for the third straight year:
"Christmas In The Aire" by Mannheim Steamroller. It reached #2 for a week.
The #3 album (in my judgment) for the season has also been mentioned previously: "Merry Christmas" by Mariah Carey, which spent 2 weeks at #2 (but fewer weeks on the chart than "Aire").
In my judgment, the #4 album was a newcomer on the catalog charts, fittingly reaching #3, which was also its overall Catalog peak:
"A Very Special Christmas 3".

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 10/31 11/21-11/28-12/05-12/12-12/19-12/26- (1998) 01/02-01/09-01/16-01/23 (1999) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 70 1 3 20-15-20-10- 6- 7-11-29- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,51,61) _ 29 2 24 19-13-14- 5- 3- 2- 4- 5- X- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,16,20,22,26) _ 69 1 X 23-18-35-14- 7- 8-10-28- X- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,49,56) _ 44 1 X 41- 7- 4- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2- X- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (27,33,35,37,40) _ 36 1 X X-40-13- 4- 2- 3- 2- 8- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,31,33) * 7 23 X X-44-23-25-30-27-35-37- X- X Snowed In, Hanson (0,0,0,0,0) * 7 3 X X-48-22- 8- 4- 4- 3- 4- X- X A Very Special Christmas 3, Various (0,1,4,5,5) * 7 16 X X-50-24-20-17-16-24-30- X- X The Gift, Jim Brickman (0,0,0,0,3) _ 42 3 X X- X-10-33-28-33-38- X- X- X Beyond The Season, Garth Brooks (0,1,1,7,20) _ 19 3 X X- X-12-11- 5- 5- 7-13- 4-41 Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,1,5,8,15) _ 45 3 X X- X-30-15-11-20-30- X- X- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,9,19,35) _ 44 6 X X- X-32-22-13-19-40- X- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,11,29) * 5 10 X X- X-34-18-10-14-26- X- X- X Superstar Christmas [Epic], Various (0,0,0,1,3) _ 38 1 X X- X- X-24-22-15-20-32- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,27,34) _ 55 1 X X- X- X-29-14-12-17-36- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,30,45) * 4 10 X X- X- X-31-19-10-25- X- X- X A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,1,2) _ 54 4 X X- X- X-34-25-13-13-33- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 10 3 X X- X- X-37-20- 6- 5- 9- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,3,4,6,8) _ 35 9 X X- X- X-38-21- 9-12-25- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,1,13) _ 15 22 X X- X- X-41-31-34-43- X- X- X If Every Day Was Like Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 35 13 X X- X- X-42-29-31-44- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,9) _ 10 13 X X- X- X-43-38-40- X- X- X- X A Christmas Together, John Denver & The Muppets (0,0,0,0,2) R 20 8 X X- X- X-48-43- X- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,8) _ 11 12 X X- X- X-49-34-35-42- X- X- X Star Bright, Vanessa Williams (0,0,0,0,3) _ 48 5 X X- X- X- X-33-32-37- X- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,12,34) _ 24 22 X X- X- X- X-36-30-31- X- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) _ 34 3 X X- X- X- X-37-36-50- X- X- X A Very Special Christmas 2, Various (0,4,7,10,21) _ 44 5 X X- X- X- X-39-38- X- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 9 6 X X- X- X- X-40-39- X- X- X- X This Is The Time -- The Christmas Album, Michael Bolton (0,0,0,4,6) * 1 47 X X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,0) R 30 10 X X- X- X- X-49-48- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,8) _ 2 48 X X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 37 X X- X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1935 - 1954), Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 50 X X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X The Sinatra Christmas Album, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album (LaserLight 1515) has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1998 season, the credited artists were Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong.
A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra - Not exactly a newly eligible entry for the Catalog chart; it was originally released in 1957.
Beyond The Season - Garth Brooks' first successful Christmas album reached #10 on the charts this year, but abruptly disappeared from the Catalog charts after the 1998 season.
Assessment of the year's new entries - An even weaker crop than in 1997, with only seven new entries. "A Very Special Christmas 3" was the highest-charting of the bunch, but Burl Ives' "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" was the most successful, and still charts today in its 11th Christmas season.

Statistics for 1998-1999:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 11
First week with Christmas albums: October 31, 1998
(Note: No Christmas albums on November 7 and November 14 charts; two Mannheim Steamroller (who else?) albums broke early out of the gate at Halloween.)
Last week with Christmas albums: January 23, 1999
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 34
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 2 4-8-13-24-32-31-25-14-1-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 4
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 12
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 24
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 40
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 73
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 155

by **Miguelito** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:25 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 1999

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 1999 was:
"These Are Special Times" by Celine Dion. It was #1 for seven weeks.
The runner-up was another new entry, ringing the bell at #1 for two weeks:
"Home For Christmas" by 'N Sync.
These two monopolized the top two spots for the entire time that Christmas albums were at the top, except for one week where Michael W. Smith (?!!?) jumped 43 spots to #2 with "Christmastime" - and then abruptly fell back to #36 the next week.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/6-11/13-11/20-11/27-12/04-12/11-12/18-12/25- (1999) 01/01-01/08-01/15-01/22 (2000) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 12 1 18-11- 1- 1- 2- 3- 2- 2- 2- 2- 3-29 Home For Christmas, 'N Sync (2,9,9,9,11) * 12 1 31-14- 2- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 6 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,9,9,10,11) _ 17 3 X-15- X- X-20-50-20-13- 4- 7- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,3,5,8,14) * 5 16 X-16- X- X-28- X- X-39-22-26- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,0,0,1) * 9 3 X-28- 6- 3- 3- 5- 5- 5- 8-12- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,8) * 5 24 X- X-32-30-24-43-45- X- X- X- X- X The Glorious Sound Of Christmas, Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy) (0,0,0,0,0) * 8 4 X- X-39- 8- 4- 6- 4- 4- 6- 9- X- X Ultimate Christmas [Arista], Various (0,0,3,7,7) _ 77 1 X- X-40-27-13-14- 8- 8-11-17- X- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,51,62) * 8 9 X- X- X-21- 9-12-12-16-24-38-48- X Breath Of Heaven -- A Christmas Collection, Vince Gill with Patrick Williams And His Orchestra (0,0,0,1,4) _ 51 1 X- X- X-23-10- 4- 3- 3- 3- 4- X- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (27,36,40,43,46) * 8 6 X- X- X-31- 6-11- 7- 7-10-14-35- X Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,4,6) * 2 32 X- X- X-32- X-49- X- X- X- X- X- X Drummer Boy (EP), Jars Of Clay (0,0,0,0,0) _ 43 1 X- X- X-41-18- 9- 6- 6- 9-13- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,35,39) * 7 9 X- X- X-42-19-10- 9-14-17-32- X- X Chicago 25, Chicago (0,0,0,2,5) _ 25 8 X- X- X- X-31-16-14-22-47- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,10) _ 44 1 X- X- X- X-36-19-13-12-18-28- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,27,38) * 4 23 X- X- X- X-39-25-23-43- X- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 18 X- X- X- X-41-18-38-38- X- X- X- X A Very Veggie Christmas [Big Idea], Various (0,0,0,0,1) R 12 12 X- X- X- X-44-17-18-21-27-47- X- X Christmas Island, Jimmy Buffett (0,0,0,0,5) * 5 2 X- X- X- X-45- 2-36-30-42- X- X- X Christmastime, Michael W. Smith (0,1,1,1,1) R 13 3 X- X- X- X-47-40-44- X- X- X- X- X A Contemporary Gospel Christmas [Regency], Various (0,1,3,5,7) _ 5 32 X- X- X- X-48-32-37-40- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,0) * 7 11 X- X- X- X- X-24-16-11-13-16-12-46 The Christmas Angel, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,0,5) _ 35 2 X- X- X- X- X-28-17-15-15-22-17- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,16,20,22,30) _ 23 3 X- X- X- X- X-34-27-36-44- X- X- X Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,1,5,8,15) _ 57 4 X- X- X- X- X-35-34-35- X- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) R 31 4 X- X- X- X- X-36-33-37- X- X- X- X Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (0,0,1,12,21) _ 39 13 X- X- X- X- X-37-22-29-45- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,9) _ 75 1 X- X- X- X- X-41-21-19-21-34- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,51,62) _ 9 10 X- X- X- X- X-42-28-32-43- X- X- X Superstar Christmas [Epic], Various (0,0,0,1,3) R 3 39 X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X- X- X The Music Of Christmas, Stephen Curtis Chapman (0,0,0,0,0) _ 52 5 X- X- X- X- X-47-25-27-37- X- X- X A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand (0,0,2,12,34) _ 7 20 X- X- X- X- X-48-24-20-23-27- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,1) _ 39 9 X- X- X- X- X- X-30-24-19-25- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,1,14) _ 59 1 X- X- X- X- X- X-32-26-26-39- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,30,45) _ 11 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-35-31-35-37- X- X A Very Special Christmas 3, Various (0,1,4,5,5) _ 46 6 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-40-48- X- X- X It's Christmas Time [LaserLight], Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Nat "King" Cole (Louis Armstrong) (0,0,0,11,29) _ 28 22 X- X- X- X- X- X-42-28-31-40- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 16 X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X- X The Gift, Jim Brickman (0,0,0,0,3) _ 31 10 X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,3,8) _ 46 5 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50-50- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) * 2 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-18-10 December, Kenny Loggins (0,0,0,1,2) * 1 30 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-30- X Christmas From The Heart, Kenny Rogers (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 50 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X Christmas At Home, Donny Osmond (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 15 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-15 Bethlehem, Brian McKnight (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 43 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-43 Christmas With Babyface, Babyface (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
It's Christmas Time [LaserLight] - This album (LaserLight 1515) has been variously credited to Crosby/Sinatra/Cole and Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong. I've seen cover art with both sets of artists. In the 1999 season (its last to date), the credited artists were Crosby/Sinatra/Armstrong.
Chicago 25 - This wins my award for the least obviously named Christmas album on this list.

Assessment of the year's new entries - An outstanding set of new entries, with 19 albums making the Catalog chart for the first time - five of these in the last two weeks that Christmas albums were on the chart. What's more, four of these have charted in every Christmas season since 1999 as well: "These Are Special Times" (Celine Dion), "The Christmas Attic" (Trans-Siberian Orchestra), "White Christmas" (Martina McBride) and "It's Christmas Time" (Elvis Presley).
(What happened to 'N Sync, you ask? They actually returned to #1 in the 2000 Christmas season, and made the Top 10 in 2001, but have not been seen on the Catalog charts since then. Their self-titled debut album also charted for 53 weeks on Catalog in 2000 and 2001, but they don't sell much nowadays.)

Statistics for 1999-2000:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 12
First week with Christmas albums: November 6, 1999
Last week with Christmas albums: January 22, 2000
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 46
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 2-5-6-12-21-32-37-35-29-22-9-6
Christmas Weeks at #1: 9
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 24
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 33
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 56
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 102
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 216

by **Miguelito** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:52 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 2000

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 2000, by a runaway margin, was:
"Faith: A Holiday Album" by Kenny G. It was #1 for six weeks.
The only other album to reach #1, doing so for the second year in a row, was:
"Home For Christmas" by 'N Sync.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 11/4-11/11-11/18-11/25-12/02-12/09-12/16-12/23-12/30- (2000) 01/06-01/13-01/20 (2001) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 2 5 5- X- X-12- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X What Child Is This?, Esteban (0,0,1,1,2) * 10 12 12-13-32-25-21-47-20-46-45- X-14- X The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year [LaserLight], Various (0,0,0,0,4) _ 13 15 48-15-20-24-29- X-22-36- X- X-15- X The Glorious Sound Of Christmas, Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy) (0,0,0,0,3) _ 16 7 X-40-24-15- 7- 7-10- 8-12-24- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,4,7) _ 22 1 X- X- 7- 1- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 4- 4-43 Home For Christmas, 'N Sync (3,15,17,18,20) * 9 1 X- X-10- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 5- X Faith: A Holiday Album, Kenny G (6,7,8,9,9) _ 60 1 X- X-30-18-11- 8- 6- 5- 8- 9-49- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (27,36,41,48,53) _ 21 1 X- X-36-10- 4- 4- 4- 3- 4- 5-18- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,10,15,17,19) * 8 6 X- X- X-21- 8- 6- 8- 9-10-10-11- X The Magic Of Christmas, Garth Brooks (0,0,0,6,7) * 9 7 X- X- X-22-17-10-12-13-16-23- 8- 7 This Christmas, 98 Degrees (0,0,0,3,7) _ 16 3 X- X- X-28-14-12-11-12-19-32- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,13) _ 15 4 X- X- X-30-15-11- 7- 7-11-14- X- X Ultimate Christmas [Arista], Various (0,0,3,9,13) _ 9 21 X- X- X-34-32-26-21-28- X- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 81 1 X- X- X-37- X-34-26-20-23-40- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,51,63) * 8 5 X- X- X-42-12- 5- 5-10- 7- 8-28- X Joy: A Holiday Collection, Jewel (0,0,2,5,6) _ 10 29 X- X- X-43-37-29-32-38- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,0) _ 83 1 X- X- X-49- X-42-31-24-26-37- X- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,51,62) _ 41 2 X- X- X-50- X-48-34-27-31-46- X- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,16,20,22,30) * 8 14 X- X- X- X-22-17-14-14-15-20-22-27 A Rosie Christmas, Rosie O'Donnell (0,0,0,0,5) * 8 10 X- X- X- X-23-25-23-21-27-36-10-28 A Christmas To Remember, Amy Grant (0,0,0,1,1) _ 30 8 X- X- X- X-25-24-16-22-35- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,11) _ 28 3 X- X- X- X-30-21-17-25-47- X- X- X Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,1,5,8,16) _ 50 1 X- X- X- X-35-20-15-18-17-33- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,27,42) * 4 35 X- X- X- X-39-35-36-44- X- X- X- X A Christmas Story, Point Of Grace (0,0,0,0,0) _ 44 13 X- X- X- X-40-37-24-26-39- X- X- X Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 - Present), Various (0,0,0,0,9) R 42 7 X- X- X- X-41-32-42-29-24-34- X- X December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,16) _ 49 1 X- X- X- X-44-19-13-15-14-16- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,35,44) _ 33 4 X- X- X- X-49- X-46- X- X- X- X- X Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (0,0,1,12,21) _ 15 6 X- X- X- X-50-31-30-16-20-27-40- X Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,4,8) _ 23 3 X- X- X- X- X-36-18-11- 6- 6-34- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,3,5,10,18) _ 13 10 X- X- X- X- X-39-28-31-50- X- X- X Superstar Christmas [Epic], Various (0,0,0,1,3) _ 50 5 X- X- X- X- X-40-29-30-40- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 44 9 X- X- X- X- X-41-27-17- 9-11- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,2,17) _ 14 12 X- X- X- X- X- X-38-42- X- X- X- X Christmas Island, Jimmy Buffett (0,0,0,0,5) _ 63 1 X- X- X- X- X- X-39-37-30-43- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,30,45) _ 61 4 X- X- X- X- X- X-40-33-21-29- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) * 2 26 X- X- X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X-26- X Ultimate Christmas, The Beach Boys (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 45 X- X- X- X- X- X-49-45- X- X- X- X Merry Christmas Wherever You Are, George Strait (0,0,0,0,0) _ 14 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-50-41-48- X- X- X A Very Special Christmas 3, Various (0,1,4,5,5) _ 8 16 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-35-22-26- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,0,0,1) _ 30 22 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-39-43- X- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 44 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46-44- X- X The Irish Tenors Home For Christmas, John McDermott, Anthony Kearns, & Ronan Tynan (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 38 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-38 A Very Special Christmas Live: From Washington, D.C., Various (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
The Glorious Sound Of Christmas - This classic Christmas album (1962) by the Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy, conductor) charted for three consecutive Christmas seasons from 1999 through 2001.
Assessment of the year's new entries - Thirteen Christmas albums broke onto the Catalog chart for the first time this year, but not one of them was destined to have a very long shelf life. Kenny G's second holiday album did the best, but even it lasted only three seasons and 24 total weeks on the Catalog chart before it was gone for (until now) good.

Statistics for 2000-2001:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 12
First week with Christmas albums: November 4, 2000
Last week with Christmas albums: January 20, 2001
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 43
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 3-3-7-18-25-30-38-38-33-25-14-5
Christmas Weeks at #1: 7
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 14
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 26
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 55
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 106
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 239

by **Miguelito** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:32 pm

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 2001

The Christmas catalog chart champion for 2001, for the second year in a row, was:
"Faith: A Holiday Album" by Kenny G. It was #1 for two weeks.
The runner-up, reaching #1 for a week and the top 5 for seven straight weeks, was:
"Dream A Dream" by Charlotte Church.
Also reaching #1 this season, for the first time in its fifth season on the chart, was:
"Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 08/04, 10/27-11/03-11/10-11/17-11/24-12/01-12/08- 12/15-12/22-12/29- (2001) 01/05-01/12 (2002) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 3 5 23, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X What Child Is This?, Esteban (0,0,1,1,2) _ 22 15 X, 43-15-19-18-18-17-41-30-44- X- X- X The Glorious Sound Of Christmas, Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy) (0,0,0,0,8) _ 13 12 X, X-48-38-43- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year [LaserLight], Various (0,0,0,0,4) * 9 1 X, X- X- X-24- 7- 3- 2- 2- 1- 3- 3- 4 Dream A Dream, Charlotte Church (1,6,7,8,8) _ 17 1 X, X- X- X- X- 8- 4- 1- 1- 2- 2- 5-10 Faith: A Holiday Album, Kenny G (8,11,14,17,17) _ 29 1 X, X- X- X- X-30- 9- 6- 3- 4- 5- 7-28 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,18,23,25) _ 67 1 X, X- X- X- X-38-12-10- 9- 8- 8-16- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (27,36,41,52,59) _ 15 13 X, X- X- X- X-48-18-14-14-13-24- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,4) * 4 17 X, X- X- X- X- X-20-17-23-43- X- X- X Christmas -- All-Time Greatest Records [Curb], Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 14 21 X, X- X- X- X- X-21-21-25-35- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 15 X, X- X- X- X- X-22-15-17-21-26-42- X Classic Christmas, Billy Gilman (0,0,0,0,2) _ 36 8 X, X- X- X- X- X-23-13-13-12-17-50- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,15) _ 30 1 X, X- X- X- X- X-26- 9- 4- 3- 1- 2- 7 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1,6,9,16,24) _ 29 1 X, X- X- X- X- X-27- 8-11-11-10-13-36 Home For Christmas, 'N Sync (3,15,17,20,25) _ 51 6 X, X- X- X- X- X-42-22-12- 6- 6- 6-12 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,5,22) _ 20 4 X, X- X- X- X- X-49-20-15-15-22- X- X Ultimate Christmas [Arista], Various (0,0,3,9,16) _ 32 3 X, X- X- X- X- X-50-28-24-37- X- X- X Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,1,5,8,16) _ 6 7 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- 7-48- X- X- X- X A Christmas Story, Point Of Grace (0,0,0,1,1) * 3 19 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-19-36-47- X- X- X Radio Disney Holiday Jams, Various (0,0,0,0,1) * 6 23 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-23-32-32-23-23-45 Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) _ 86 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-24-10-14-18-27- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,52,66) _ 13 5 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-25-19-20-21-29- X Joy: A Holiday Collection, Jewel (0,0,2,5,8) _ 54 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-29-20-18-19-22- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,35,47) _ 54 5 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-38-27-28-38- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 20 7 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-44-33-24-29- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,4,7) * 5 19 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-46-28-19-20-35- X Happy Holidays [United Audio], Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 55 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-47-35-27-25-25- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,27,42) * 5 23 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-48-31-23-32-45- X Platinum Christmas [Arista], Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 87 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-16-25-30-34- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,51,63) _ 45 2 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-22-31-39-47- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,16,20,22,30) _ 12 12 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-37-22-12-17- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,0,0,3) _ 65 4 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-40-39-35-31- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) * 3 36 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-41-36-40- X- X White Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 18 3 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-42-50- X- X -X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,13) * 4 37 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-43-40-37-39- X The Three Tenors Christmas, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti (Steven Mercurio) (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 49 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50-49- X- X- X The Christmas Music Of Johnny Mathis, A Personal Collection, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,0,0) _ 32 22 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-45-42- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) _ 65 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46-44- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,30,45) _ 44 7 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-43-41- X December, George Winston (0,0,0,7,16)

Notes:
What Child Is This? - Esteban's Christmas album appeared on the Catalog charts for a week on August 4, thus winning the Earliest Charting Christmas Catalog Album award. The album disappeared after that, and no other Christmas albums returned to the chart until the last week of October.
The Glorious Sound Of Christmas - This classic Christmas album (1962) by the Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy, conductor) charted for three consecutive Christmas seasons from 1999 through 2001.
Assessment of the year's new entries - Ten Christmas albums charted on Catalog for the first time in 2001-02, but none of them has made it to 20 weeks on Catalog and only one made it as far as 2004 on the Catalog chart: Elvis Presley's "White Christmas" (just what we all need, another Elvis Christmas album).
The most successful both in terms of peak position and weeks on the Catalog chart was Charlotte Church's "Dream A Dream", but its 17 weeks on Catalog is among the fewest for #1 Christmas albums that have had at least two years to chart there (only five other #1's have fewer weeks).
The only other Class of 2001 album to make the Top 10 was the discount priced United Audio compilation entitled "Happy Holidays".

Statistics for 2001-2002:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 13
First week with Christmas albums: August 4, 2001; then October 27, 2001
Last week with Christmas albums: January 12, 2002
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 39
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1, 1-2-2-3-6-15-26-34-35-29-22-7
Christmas Weeks at #1: 4
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 14
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 20
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 39
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 79
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 183

by **Miguelito** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:20 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG RUNS - 2002

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2002 was, by far:
The "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" compilation.
It was #1 for eight straight weeks.

The clear runner-up, and only other album to reach #1 this year:
"Christmas Extraordinaire" by Mannheim Steamroller.
Both albums were spending their first year on the Catalog charts.

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2001-2002 _ = Charted in the 2001-2002 season Wks Peak 10/19, 11/09-11/16-11/23-11/30-12/07-12/14-12/21- 12/28- (2002) 01/04-01/11-01/18 (2003) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 14 12 33, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year [LaserLight], Various (0,0,0,0,4) * 10 1 X, 16- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (8,9,9,9,10) * 10 1 X, X-15- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 1-21 Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (1,8,8,8,9) _ 23 4 X, X-44-16- 5-10- 4- 6-14-34- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,2,4,10) _ 12 6 X, X- X-18- 6-12-10-15-19-27- X- X Happy Holidays [United Audio], Various (0,0,0,2,8) _ 37 1 X, X- X-20- 7- 4- 5- 5- 5-12-29- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,28,32) _ 10 17 X, X- X-23-21-25-23-17-20-43- X- X White Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,2) * 6 19 X, X- X-35-25-24-27-19-39- X- X- X What A Wonderful Christmas, Anne Murray (0,0,0,0,1) * 9 2 X, X- X-37-13- 5- 7- 4- 4-11- 4- 2 Christmas Memories, Barbra Streisand (0,1,5,6,8) _ 43 8 X, X- X-46-23-20-12-12-17-28- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,19) * 6 7 X, X- X-48-22- 7-19-18-38- X- X- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas, Various (0,0,0,1,3) _ 24 3 X, X- X-49-20-19-20-22-32- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,16) _ 62 1 X, X- X- X-26- 8- 8- 7- 9-15-37- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,31,47) _ 16 1 X, X- X- X-27- 9-15- 9-13-19-27- X Dream A Dream, Charlotte Church (1,6,7,10,13) _ 37 1 X, X- X- X-29- 3- 3- 3- 3- 3- 3- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1,12,15,22,30) _ 19 21 X, X- X- X-31-28-26-24-35- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,0) _ 24 1 X, X- X- X-42-16-11- 8-12-20-38- X Faith: A Holiday Album, Kenny G (8,11,14,18,22) _ 58 6 X, X- X- X-48-31-25-13- 8- 7-14- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,7,26) _ 8 17 X, X- X- X- X-17-38-35-42- X- X- X The Three Tenors Christmas, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti (Steven Mercurio) (0,0,0,0,1) _ 59 1 X, X- X- X- X-18-16-14-18-24- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,35,51) R 18 6 X, X- X- X- X-32- X-34- X- X-46- X Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,4,8) _ 18 6 X, X- X- X- X-34-22-11- 6- 9-15- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,0,2,7) _ 7 17 X, X- X- X- X-38-32-40- X- X- X- X Christmas -- All-Time Greatest Records [Curb], Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 92 1 X, X- X- X- X-47-33-23-21-30-45- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,52,66) _ 46 2 X, X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,16,20,22,30) * 1 9 X, X- X- X- X- X- 9- X- X- X- X- X Joy: A Christmas Collection, Avalon (0,0,0,1,1) * 3 25 X, X- X- X- X- X-25-31-47- X- X- X The Christmas Shoes, NewSong (0,0,0,0,0) _ 4 30 X, X- X- X- X- X-30-38- X- X- X- X The Christmas Music Of Johnny Mathis, A Personal Collection, Johnny Mathis (0,0,0,0,0) _ 24 7 X, X- X- X- X- X-34-31-28-39- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,4,7) _ 57 5 X, X- X- X- X- X-37-27-33- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) R 9 11 X, X- X- X- X- X-39- X-47- X- X- X The Christmas Angel, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,0,5) * 5 23 X, X- X- X- X- X-40-39-23-31-44- X 8 Days Of Christmas, Destiny's Child (0,0,0,0,0) _ 92 1 X, X- X- X- X- X-44-26-26-32-39- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,51,63) _ 34 3 X, X- X- X- X- X-46-45- X- X- X- X Disney's Christmas Collection, Various (0,1,5,8,16) _ 70 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-37-29-50- X- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (27,36,41,52,59) _ 22 4 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-41-48- X- X- X Ultimate Christmas [Arista], Various (0,0,3,9,16) _ 68 4 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-43-40-41- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 67 1 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-44-43- X- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (1,10,12,30,45) R 14 17 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X Snowfall -- The Christmas Album, Tony Bennett (0,0,0,0,3) R 32 4 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X The Christmas Album, Neil Diamond (0,0,6,7,13) R 15 12 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X Christmas Island, Jimmy Buffett (0,0,0,0,5) * 1 32 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-32 Another Rosie Christmas, Rosie O'Donnell (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 36 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-36 Snowflakes, Toni Braxton (0,0,0,0,0) R 9 14 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-39 A Rosie Christmas, Rosie O'Donnell (0,0,0,0,5)

Notes::
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year: This unassuming compilation was the last Christmas album to reach the Catalog charts in October until Josh Groban's "Noel" in 2008. October 19 is the second earliest appearance for a Christmas Catalog album, topped only by Esteban's "What Child Is This" (August 4, 2001).
Joy: A Christmas Collection: A modest seller for Avalon in 2000 (#115 on the Billboard 200), this album is one of twelve Catalog albums (as of November 2009) to spend just one total week on the Catalog chart, but in the Top 10. It is the only Christmas album to accomplish the feat.
The Christmas Shoes: I don't normally give album reviews in this space, but this has to be one of the worst Christmas albums ever (up there with Elmo & Patsy), even though I haven't heard it. That's because the title song is probably the best one and it's a bit of treacly garbage. They even made a movie of it. It stars Rob Lowe so you know it has to be good.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Ten Christmas albums charted on Catalog for the first time in 2002-03, and among them were two bona fide hits, the original "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!", and the indefatigable Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas Extraordinaire". "NOW" charted through the 2007 season but its sales probably have been hurt by the other "NOW" packages available. "Christmas Extraordinaire" has made it to Catalog through and including 2008; it remains to be seen whether it can reach again this year. Of the other eight, none have exceeded three Christmas seasons on the chart, and five spent only the 2002-2003 season on the chart, including Barbra Streisand's "Christmas Memories" despite reaching #2.
Statistics for 2002-2003:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 12
First week with Christmas albums: October 19, 2002; then November 9, 2002
Last week with Christmas albums: January 18, 2003
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 44
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1, 1-3-11-17-24-31-37-31-21-14-5
Christmas Weeks at #1: 9
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 24
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 34
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 53
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 94
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 196

Regards, Miguelito

by **Miguelito** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:53 pm

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/COMPREHENSIVE RUNS - 2003

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2003 was, for the second straight year:
The "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" compilation.
It was #1 for three weeks, for an overall total of 11 weeks.

Each reaching #1 for the second time this year, after initial #1 runs in 2001 and 2002, respectively, were:
"Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra and
"Christmas Extraordinaire" by Mannheim Steamroller.

The only other #1 album, and fourth-biggest Catalog Christmas album of the year, was:
"Santa Claus Lane" by Hilary Duff.
The teenage (at the time) Disney recording star was #1 for one week, but in the top five for only three weeks. This was somewhat better than its original release, where it reached only #154 on the Billboard 200 in 2002.

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2002-2003 _ = Charted in the 2002-2003 season Wks Peak 11/15-11/22-11/29-12/06-12/13-12/20-12/27- (2003) 01/03-01/10-01/17 (2004) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 2 17 17- X-27- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Songs 4 Worship: Christmas [Integrity], Various (0,0,0,0,1) _ 31 4 20- 6- 4- 8- 9-13-22-34- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,8,16) * 8 1 X- 9- 1- 2- 4- 6- 7-12-21- X Santa Claus Lane, Hilary Duff (1,2,3,6,7) _ 18 1 X-15- 2- 1- 1- 1- 3- 3- 4- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (11,15,16,16,18) _ 19 1 X-16- 7- 4- 2- 2- 2- 2- 1-48 Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,15,17) _ 25 20 X-20-20-31-30-21-28- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,2) _ 45 1 X-21-11-11-10- 9-12-16-27- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,30,38) * 7 3 X-22- 8- 3- 6- 5- 9-24- X- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,1,2,5,5) _ 70 1 X-23-13-14-12-10-17-31-45- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,32,52) _ 51 3 X-28-17-21- 3- 8-14-25-32- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,6,23) * 8 6 X-35-40-13-34-14- 6-22-33- X Boogie Woogie Christmas, The Brian Setzer Orchestra (0,0,0,1,3) _ 45 1 X-45-12- 6- 5- 3- 1- 1- 2- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3,16,20,28,37) * 7 7 X- X-21-16-11- 7-11-28-46- X WOW Christmas (Red), Various (0,0,0,1,4) _ 65 1 X- X-24-24-22-23-29-36- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,35,51) * 7 8 X- X-28-23-21-12- 8-23-37- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories, Various (0,0,0,1,2) * 7 4 X- X-31-20- 8- 4- 4- 6-18- X Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,4,6) _ 25 4 X- X-32-26-18-11- 5- 4-17- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,2,4,12) * 7 10 X- X-34-30-20-15-10-21-29- X Wishes, Kenny G (0,0,0,1,3) _ 30 3 X- X-48-39-38-30-38-50- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,16) _ 64 6 X- X- X-38-37-18-15-10-16- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,8,30) * 5 27 X- X- X-40-39-28-27-32- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,0,0,0,0) _ 14 17 X- X- X-42-44-26-34- X- X- X White Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,2) _ 10 7 X- X- X-43-41-24-33- X- X- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas, Various (0,0,0,1,3) R 33 22 X- X- X- X-25- X- X- X- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 43 X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X- X- X City On A Hill: It's Christmas Time [Essential], Various (0,0,0,0,0) R 12 8 X- X- X- X-47-39-39- X- X- X This Is Christmas, Luther Vandross (0,0,0,2,5) _ 95 1 X- X- X- X- X-34-41-43- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,52,66) * 4 31 X- X- X- X- X-36-31-44-43- X A Christmas Gift Of Love, Barry Manilow (0,0,0,0,0) _ 71 4 X- X- X- X- X-38-40-38- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 95 1 X- X- X- X- X-40-42-42- X- X Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (4,25,33,51,63) _ 48 2 X- X- X- X- X-42-46- X- X- X Christmas In The Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,16,20,22,30) _ 14 6 X- X- X- X- X-44- X-47- X- X Happy Holidays [United Audio], Various (0,0,0,2,8) _ 26 7 X- X- X- X- X-45-49- X- X- X Christmas Favorites, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,4,7) _ 17 1 X- X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X Dream A Dream, Charlotte Church (1,6,7,10,13) _ 16 12 X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X Christmas Island, Jimmy Buffett (0,0,0,0,5) _ 10 17 X- X- X- X- X-49-47- X- X- X The Three Tenors Christmas, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti (Steven Mercurio) (0,0,0,0,1) _ 8 19 X- X- X- X- X-50-43- X- X- X What A Wonderful Christmas, Anne Murray (0,0,0,0,1)

COMPREHENSIVE CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry (all were new in 2003-2004) Wks Peak 11/22-11/29-12/06-12/13-12/20-12/27- (2003) 01/03-01/10 (2004) Album Title, Artist [Comp-Only Indicator] (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75,Top 100,Top 150) * 6 107 136-123-120-107-107-158- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,5) * 3 78 140- 95- 78- X- X- X- X- X Disney's A Season To Sing Along, Various [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,2,3) * 7 80 155- 90- 80- 80- 84- 95-139- X Santa Claus Lane, Hilary Duff (0,0,0,5,6) * 3 72 179-128- 72- X- X- X- X- X Sounds Of The Season [Motown], Various [Comp-Only] (0,0,1,1,2) * 8 34 195- 93- 75- 54- 34- 45- 63-120 Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (1,2,5,6,7) * 7 44 X-144-106- 74- 46- 44- 53- 91 Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,5,7) * 6 78 X-146- 98- 94- 78-100-180- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,0,4,5) * 6 90 X-157-134-113- 90-120-147- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,0,1,5) * 7 33 X-162-116- 86- 52- 33- 44-106 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1,2,3,4,6) * 5 91 X-163-149-118- 91-140- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,1,4) * 1 167 X-167- X- X- X- X- X- X Holiday Favorites, The QVC Family [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 77 X-189-185- 77- 89-125-181- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,2,3) * 4 141 X-196- X-192-141-188- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,1) * 6 88 X-197-157-116- 88-116-195- X WOW Christmas (Red), Various (0,0,0,1,3) * 4 94 X- X-145- X-108- 94-175- X Boogie Woogie Christmas, The Brian Setzer Orchestra (0,0,0,1,3) * 6 66 X- X-184-103- 66- 72-109-182 Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,2,4) * 5 99 X- X-195-163-100- 99-177- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories, Various (0,0,0,2,2) * 4 149 X- X-197-164-149-189- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 123 X- X- X-123- X- X- X- X The Year They Recalled Santa Claus, Kevin And Bean [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,0,1) * 5 74 X- X- X-154- 93- 74- 90-181 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,1,3,3) * 4 114 X- X- X-162-114-115-173- X Wishes, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,2) * 1 180 X- X- X-180- X- X- X- X Give Love At Christmas, The Temptations (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 126 X- X- X- X-126-126-135-177 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,3) * 2 156 X- X- X- X-156-194- X- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 162 X- X- X- X-162- X- X- X White Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 166 X- X- X- X-166-182- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 172 X- X- X- X-172- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 199 X- X- X- X-199- X- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 191 X- X- X- X- X-191- X- X A Christmas Gift Of Love, Barry Manilow (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes::
Give Love At Christmas: This classic Temptations Christmas album charted on Catalog for ten consecutive Christmas seasons (1992-2001), and again in 2003, where it logged its only week on the top Billboard albums chart. It's the longest-running Christmas Catalog album to fail to reach the Top 20 on the Catalog chart.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Eleven Christmas albums charted on Catalog for the first time in 2003-04. A few of them managed to chart for more than two years, including Hilary Duff's "Santa Claus Lane" (#1 for a week on the Catalog chart but reached only #80 on the Comprehensive chart), the original "Kidz Bop Christmas", and Alan Jackson's second Christmas album, "Let It Be Christmas". The only one still charting today, however, is from those three now-departed titans of popular music's heyday, better known as "The Rat Pack": Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Their "Christmas With The Rat Pack" is now working on its seventh catalog season and is approaching 50 weeks on the chart.
Along with these catalog albums, four "Comprehensive Only" Christmas albums reached in the early days of the new Comprehensive chart (2003-2009 R.I.P.), all for only this season. The highest charting of these was "Sounds Of The Season", a Motown compilation that reached #72.

Statistics for 2003-2004 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10
First week with Christmas albums: November 15, 2003
Last week with Christmas albums: January 17, 2004
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 37
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 2-11-19-22-25-34-31-24-15-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 7
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 19
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 29
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 51
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 86
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 184

Statistics for 2003-2004 - Comprehensive chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 8
First week with Christmas albums: November 22, 2003
Last week with Christmas albums: January 10, 2004
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 29 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 5-14-16-18-23-21-14-6
Highest position reached: #33, "Christmas Eve And Other Stories", Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Dec 27) (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 2 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 6 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 16 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 40 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 76 (*New Record *)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 117 (*New Record *)

by **Miguelito** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:52 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/COMPREHENSIVE RUNS - 2004

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2004 was:
"NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection".
It was #1 for three weeks, and in the top three for 7 weeks. 2004 marked the third straight year that the Catalog Christmas leader was a "NOW" series album.

Also spending time at #1 for the third time in four years was:
"Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

The only other #1 album, which spent time on the Catalog chart this year only, was:
"My Christmas Prayer" by BeBe Winans.
It spent only four weeks on the Catalog chart, all in late 2004.

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2002-2003 _ = Charted in the 2002-2003 season Wks Peak 11/20-11/27-12/04-12/11-12/18-12/25- (2004) 01/01-01/08-01/15 (2005) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 8 1 16- 2- 1- 2- 1- 1- 2- 3- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (3,7,7,7,8) _ 32 4 22- 4- 8-13-18-20-39- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,2,7) * 8 3 36- 6- 4- 5- 4- 4- 3- 5- X Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick Jr. (0,1,6,7,7) _ 13 2 38-12- 2- 7- 6- 5-12-32- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,2,4,6) _ 53 1 44-14- 9-10- 8- 6- 9-24- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,35,44) _ 59 3 47-16-15-14- 9-12-24-50- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,28) _ 25 1 X- 5- 3- 3- 2- 3- 4- 8- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (11,19,22,23,25) _ 37 4 X-19-14-16-12-16-25- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,8,21) _ 53 1 X-22- 6- 4- 3- 2- 1- 1-25 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,20,25,34,43) _ 13 3 X-26-10- 8- 7-10-43- X- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,1,2,9,9) * 6 17 X-33-19-17-17-29-48- X- X American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics [RCA], Various (0,0,0,0,3) _ 72 1 X-39-30-24-16-25-26-31- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,35,52) _ 36 3 X-41-20-22-15-19-40- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,19) _ 13 7 X-46-24-27-25-28-44- X- X WOW Christmas (Red), Various (0,0,0,1,4) _ 26 1 X-48-21-19-10- 7- 6-13- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,18,22) * 6 11 X- X-18-11-13-18-23-30- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 31 4 X- X-22-12-11- 8- 5-11- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,6,17) * 6 14 X- X-38-15-14-15-18-35- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,4) _ 12 1 X- X-39-28-27-34- X- X- X Santa Claus Lane, Hilary Duff (1,2,3,6,7) _ 76 1 X- X-41-35-24-27-35-45- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,32,52) _ 12 4 X- X-49-33-20-11-20- X- X Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,4,9) * 5 1 X- X- X- 1- 5-17-10-36- X My Christmas Prayer, BeBe Winans (1,1,2,3,4) _ 13 6 X- X- X-36-23-30-36-33- X Boogie Woogie Christmas, The Brian Setzer Orchestra (0,0,0,1,3) * 3 31 X- X- X-42-31-33- X- X- X The Best Of Amy Grant: 20th Century Masters -- The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,0,0) _ 10 8 X- X- X-47-32-41- X- X- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories, Various (0,0,0,1,2) _ 69 6 X- X- X-50-26-13-11-21- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,8,32) _ 97 1 X- X- X- X-34-46- X- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,52,66) _ 15 17 X- X- X- X-37- X- X- X- X White Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,2) _ 18 12 X- X- X- X-45-49- X- X- X Christmas Island, Jimmy Buffett (0,0,0,0,5) _ 74 4 X- X- X- X-46-44-45- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) R 71 1 X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X Miracles -- The Holiday Album, Kenny G (27,36,41,52,59) _ 11 7 X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas, Various (0,0,0,1,3) * 2 42 X- X- X- X- X-42-42- X- X Christmas To Christmas, Toby Keith (0,0,0,0,0)

COMPREHENSIVE CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2002-2003 _ = Charted in the 2002-2003 season Wks Peak 08/14, 11/20-11/27-12/04-12/11-12/18-12/25- (2004) 01/01-01/08, 02/05 (2005) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75,Top 100,Top 150) * 1 95 95, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X, X Holiday CD Collection, The O'Neill Brothers [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,1,1) * 8 39 X, 189- 96- 71- 48- 39- 46- 65- 90, X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (1,3,5,7,7) _ 10 118 X, X-119-125-121-118-137-197- X, X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,0,6) _ 15 34 X, X-133- 91- 68- 52- 66- 89-129, X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (1,2,8,11,14) * 7 63 X, X-134- 99- 80- 63- 71- 81-112, X Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,2,5,7) _ 8 79 X, X-152- 79-100- 79- 84-129- X, X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,0,0,4,5) _ 13 85 X, X-162-133-114- 85- 92-115-180, X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,0,3,10) _ 12 77 X, X-172-148-123- 93-115-167- X, X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,3,7) _ 12 103 X, X-181-146-134-103-126-168- X, X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,9) _ 14 33 X, X-196-123- 77- 59- 53- 63- 85, X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1,2,6,9,12) _ 10 78 X, X- X-132-103- 81-109- X- X, X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,0,5,9) * 5 106 X, X- X-168-115-106-132-166- X, X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,3) * 4 117 X, X- X-172-141-117-165- X- X, X American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics [RCA], Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 13 44 X, X- X-179-147- 99- 93- 98-141, X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,8,12) _ 6 114 X, X- X-184-158-114-133-199- X, X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,0,0,2) _ 11 74 X, X- X-188-116-101- 95- 94-137, X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,1,5,8) _ 10 88 X, X- X-189-172-146-162- X- X, X WOW Christmas (Red), Various (0,0,0,1,4) * 4 40 X, X- X- X- 40- 72-130-125- X, X My Christmas Prayer, BeBe Winans (1,1,2,2,4) * 1 90 X, X- X- X- 90- X- X- X- X, X Kevin & Bean's Christmastime In The 909, Kevin And Bean [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,1,1) * 4 109 X, X- X- X-124-109-121-154- X, X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,3) _ 8 115 X, X- X- X-163-115-152-170- X, X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,0,0,2) _ 10 80 X, X- X- X-181-156-179- X- X, X Santa Claus Lane, Hilary Duff (0,0,0,5,6) _ 10 66 X, X- X- X-195-126-110-161- X, X Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,2,6) _ 9 91 X, X- X- X-200-145-160-183- X, X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,1,5) _ 7 94 X, X- X- X- X-134-167-185- X, X Boogie Woogie Christmas, The Brian Setzer Orchestra (0,0,0,1,4) _ 8 116 X, X- X- X- X-152-116-127-163, X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,0,0,5) * 2 172 X, X- X- X- X-172-177- X- X, X The Best Of Amy Grant: 20th Century Masters -- The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,0,0) _ 6 99 X, X- X- X- X-173- X- X- X, X The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories, Various (0,0,0,2,2) _ 2 189 X, X- X- X- X-189- X- X- X, X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 105 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X, 105 Mickey's Christmas: Vol. 2, Various [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 155 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X, 155 Disney's Christmas Collection, Various [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Christmas With The Rat Pack: These long-time Catalog albums both got off to a strong start in 2004 and reached their all-time peak positions of #4 and #2, respectively.
Miracles -- The Holiday Album: This album still holds the record for most weeks at #1 on the Catalog chart for a Christmas album. It returned to the chart for a week this year but has not been back since 2004.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Eight Christmas albums charted on Catalog for the first time in 2004-05. The "Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection" has been the most successful, but who would have thought that the only one still charting in 2009 would be the soundtrack to a Will Ferrell movie? "Elf" has been on the Catalog chart for six years now, and in 2009 reached its highest position on the main album chart of #102.
Along with these catalog albums, four "Comprehensive Only" Christmas albums reached this season, the highest charting of which was Kevin & Bean's "Christmastime In The 909" at #90. Strangely, the others either charted in August (The O'Neill Brothers) or February (two Disney compilations).

Statistics for 2004-2005 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 9
First week with Christmas albums: November 20, 2004
Last week with Christmas albums: January 15, 2005
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 33
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 6-15-21-26-32-30-25-16-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 6
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 18
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 30
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 51
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 93
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 172

Statistics for 2004-2005 - Comprehensive chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10
First week with Christmas albums: August 14, 2004; then November 20, 2004
Last week with Christmas albums: January 8, 2005; then February 5, 2005
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 31 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1, 1-9-16-23-27-25-20-8, 2
Highest position reached: #39, "Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection", Various (Dec 18)
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 2 (*Ties Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 4
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 15
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 39
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 89 (*New Record *)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 132 (*New Record *)

by **Miguelito** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:40 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/COMPREHENSIVE RUNS - 2005

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2005 was:
"The Lost Christmas Eve" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
It was #1 for three weeks, and in the top ten for 7 weeks.

There were two other #1 albums during this season, and both also spent three weeks at #1:
"Rose Of Bethlehem" by Selah, and
the original "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" compilation. It was the third Christmas season that the last of these spent time at #1.

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2004-2005 _ = Charted in the 2004-2005 season Wks Peak 11/12-11/19-11/26-12/03-12/10-12/17-12/24-12/31- (2005) 01/07-01/14 (2006) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 9 1 1- 1- 1- 4- 4-12-12-13-43- X Rose Of Bethlehem, Selah (3,3,5,5,8) * 8 2 X- 8- 2- 3- 3- 4- 2- 3-14- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (0,5,6,7,8) _ 33 1 X-22- 4- 1- 1- 1- 4- 7-13- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (14,22,27,29,32) * 8 8 X-31-12-14-14-10- 8- 9-12- X Merry Christmas With Love, Clay Aiken (0,0,0,3,7) _ 39 4 X-32- 7-11-16-16-20-44- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,3,12) * 9 1 X-38-15- 6- 2- 2- 1- 1- 1- 6 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3,5,5,7,8) _ 21 2 X-46-16-12- 6- 9- 9-14-32- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,2,7,12) * 8 3 X- X- 9- 8-11- 3- 3- 4- 4-29 Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,6,7) _ 77 5 X- X-11- 7-12- 7- 6- 5- 6-18 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,1,13,40) _ 43 4 X- X-17-18-17-13-17-26- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,8,26) _ 61 1 X- X-20-10- 8- 5- 5- 2- 2-22 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,22,29,40,50) _ 15 1 X- X-23-13- 5- 6- 7-10-21- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (3,7,8,11,13) _ 79 1 X- X-30-16- 9- 8-11-11-16- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,37,58) _ 19 3 X- X-32-17-22-19-22-46- X- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,1,2,9,11) _ 65 3 X- X-33-22-21-17-21-30- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) _ 42 3 X- X-39-24-25-25-25-48- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,19) _ 60 1 X- X-43-31-29-18-16-17-33- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,35,47) _ 39 4 X- X-48-29-24-15-13- 8- 8-45 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,8,21) _ 15 3 X- X-50-28-23-11-14-15-25- X Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick Jr. (0,1,6,7,10) * 5 30 X- X- X-41-31-30-34-50- X- X Rejoyce: The Christmas Album, Jessica Simpson (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 14 X- X- X-43-28-24-28-39- X- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,4) _ 81 1 X- X- X-48-46-29-29-43- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (1,8,17,32,52) _ 6 34 X- X- X-49-47-34-44- X- X- X Christmas To Christmas, Toby Keith (0,0,0,0,0) * 5 24 X- X- X- X-34-27-27-24-31- X The Polar Express, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) _ 31 1 X- X- X- X-41-20-15-16-26- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,18,25) * 5 26 X- X- X- X-44-28-26-28-40- X Barenaked For The Holidays, Barenaked Ladies (0,0,0,0,0) R 16 8 X- X- X- X-50-31-32-41- X- X This Is Christmas, Luther Vandross (0,0,0,2,5) * 3 32 X- X- X- X- X-32-37-49- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 11 X- X- X- X- X-36-43- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 77 4 X- X- X- X- X-37-31-33- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) R 46 3 X- X- X- X- X-41- X- X- X- X Home For Christmas, Amy Grant (0,1,9,19,35) _ 99 1 X- X- X- X- X-43-48- X- X- X A Fresh Aire Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller (17,31,40,52,66) R 6 23 X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X 8 Days Of Christmas, Destiny's Child (0,0,0,0,0) _ 13 1 X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X Santa Claus Lane, Hilary Duff (1,2,3,6,7) _ 13 4 X- X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,4,9)

COMPREHENSIVE CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2004-2005 _ = Charted in the 2004-2005 season Wks Peak 11/05-11/12-11/19-11/26-12/03-12/10-12/17-12/24-12/31- (2005) 01/07-01/14 (2006) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75, Top 100,Top 150) _ 2 95 191- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Holiday CD Collection, The O'Neill Brothers [Comp-Only] (0,0,0,1,1) * 8 49 X- 49- 65- 73- 82- 68- 79- 80-104- X- X Rose Of Bethlehem, Selah (0,1,4,7,8) * 8 41 X- X-152-103- 78- 59- 41- 41- 52-136- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (0,2,4,5,7) * 4 27 X- X- X- 27- 32- 40- 47- X- X- X- X Baby, It's Cold Outside [EMI], Various [Comp-Only] (3,4,4,4,4) * 6 56 X- X- X- 61- 56- 86- 57- 90-185- X- X Elton John's Christmas Party [Universal], Various [Comp-Only] (0,0,3,5,5) _ 22 34 X- X- X-116- 72- 51- 36- 46- 77-134- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (2,4,12,16,21) _ 15 85 X- X- X-143-121-107- 85-119- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,1,11) * 7 40 X- X- X-154-112- 79- 40- 43- 57- 84- X Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller (1,2,3,5,6) _ 16 55 X- X- X-158-100- 82- 56- 55- 65- 96-195 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,0,3,6,11) * 7 68 X- X- X-164-129-102- 70- 68- 86-130- X Merry Christmas With Love, Clay Aiken (0,0,2,3,6) * 8 33 X- X- X-176- 92- 57- 37- 33- 39- 59-145 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3,3,5,6,7) _ 14 62 X- X- X-181-122- 70- 62- 71-112- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,0,3,7,10) _ 18 80 X- X- X-187-150-108- 80-113-156- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,1,13) _ 22 33 X- X- X-191-119- 73- 48- 47- 50- 70-200 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1,5,11,14,18) _ 14 39 X- X- X- X-124- 69- 51- 66- 91-153- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (1,3,8,11,12) _ 14 61 X- X- X- X-136- 75- 61- 77- 96-143- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,2,4,8) _ 14 78 X- X- X- X-149-131- 97-129- X- X- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,0,6,13) _ 17 77 X- X- X- X-177-130- 90-123-166- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,4,10) _ 10 114 X- X- X- X-181-150-126-146- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,0,0,5) _ 13 63 X- X- X- X-200-136- 78- 93-126-174- X Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,2,7,11) _ 16 74 X- X- X- X- X-143- 82- 83- 81-116- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,1,8,13) _ 7 109 X- X- X- X- X-158-123-158- X- X- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,4) _ 17 85 X- X- X- X- X-161- 96-112-134- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,0,4,13) * 3 148 X- X- X- X- X-172-148-187- X- X- X Rejoyce: The Christmas Album, Jessica Simpson (0,0,0,0,1) * 4 138 X- X- X- X- X-181-138-153-153- X- X The Polar Express, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,1) _ 17 44 X- X- X- X- X- X-104-110-128-175- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,8,15) * 3 145 X- X- X- X- X- X-145-152-159- X- X Barenaked For The Holidays, Barenaked Ladies (0,0,0,0,1) _ 11 91 X- X- X- X- X- X-147-165- X- X- X When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,1,6) * 2 166 X- X- X- X- X- X-166-176- X- X- X This Is Christmas, Luther Vandross (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 172 X- X- X- X- X- X-172-197- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 177 X- X- X- X- X- X-177- X- X- X- X Christmas To Christmas, Toby Keith (0,0,0,0,0) _ 6 106 X- X- X- X- X- X-188- X- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,3) * 3 174 X- X- X- X- X- X-192-174-183- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes::
The Gang's All Here: Something unique in the history of the catalog chart happened on December 17, 2005 -- every one of the 35 albums that charted during that Christmas season was on the chart simultaneously for a week.
Rose Of Bethlehem: The Christmas album by Selah led off the Christmas season by entering the Catalog chart at #1 on November 12, and thus became only the second Christmas album to spend a week at #1 while also being the only Christmas album on the Catalog chart. Kenny G's "Miracles -- The Holiday Album" was #1 on November 11, 1995.
"Rose Of Bethlehem", and Steven Curtis Chapman's "All I Really Want For Christmas" after it in 2006-07, were the greatest Christmas "one year wonders" in Catalog chart history, as neither one returned to the Catalog chart the year after spending multiple weeks at #1.
Home For Christmas: Still the biggest of Amy Grant's five Christmas albums to reach the Catalog chart, it returned for a brief cameo in 2005-06 after last appearing on the chart in the 1998-99 season.
This Is Christmas: R&B great Luther Vandross died in July 2005, and his Christmas album appeared on the charts for one final season in 2005-06. It had also reached the charts after he had taken ill in 2003.
Baby, It's Cold Outside: This Starbucks compilation reached as a Comprehensive-only album during the 2005-06 Christmas season, but returned in 2008-09 as a Catalog album after the Billboard rules had been changed to allow exclusive-retailer albums to chart on the main charts.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Eleven Christmas albums charted on Catalog for the first time in 2005-06, with the biggest blockbuster of the bunch being Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "The Lost Christmas Eve" (in fact, it's the only one still charting in 2009).
Three others managed to crack the top three in their first year, with Selah's "Rose Of Bethlehem" also reaching #1, but not charting again after the 2005-06 season. Larry The Cable Guy's "A Very Larry Christmas" reached #1 in its second catalog season.
Along with these catalog albums, three "Comprehensive Only" Christmas albums reached this season, one for the second straight year. The highest charting of these was the Starbucks compilation "Baby, It's Cold Outside" which reached #27.

Statistics for 2005-2006 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10
First week with Christmas albums: November 12, 2005
Last week with Christmas albums: January 14, 2006
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 35
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-7-19-23-27-35-31-28-17-5
Christmas Weeks at #1: 9
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 20
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 31
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 57
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 103
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 193

Statistics for 2005-2006 - Comprehensive chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 11
First week with Christmas albums: November 12, 2005
Last week with Christmas albums: January 14, 2006
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 33 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-1-2-13-19-24-32-29-21-12-3 (32 on the Dec 17 chart is a *New Record*)
Highest position reached: #27, "Baby, It's Cold Outside", Various [Comp-Only] (Nov 26) (*New Record *)
Highest position reached by a Catalog album: #33, "The Lost Christmas Eve", Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Dec 24) (*Ties Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 8 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 17 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 45 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 72 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 117 (*New Record *)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 157 (*New Record *)

by **Miguelito** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:44 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/COMPREHENSIVE RUNS - 2006

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2006 was:
"The Christmas Collection" by Il Divo.
It was #1 for three weeks, in the top three for 8 weeks, and was the first Christmas Catalog album to crack the Top 10 of the Comprehensive chart.

Three other albums reached #1 during this season:
"All I Really Want For Christmas" by Steven Curtis Chapman,
"A Very Larry Christmas" by Larry The Cable Guy (which spent 8 weeks in the top five), and, for the second straight year,
"The Lost Christmas Eve" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2005-2006 _ = Charted in the 2005-2006 season Wks Peak 11/04-11/11-11/18-11/25-12/02-12/09-12/16-12/23-12/30- (2006) 01/06-01/13 (2007) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 11 1 39-30- 3- 3- 3- 3- 3- 1- 1- 1-23 The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,8,8,8,8) * 10 1 X- 1- 1- 2- 4- 6-15- 9- 9-21-26 All I Really Want For Christmas, Steven Curtis Chapman (2,3,4,7,8) _ 18 1 X-34- 2- 1- 1- 2- 4- 4- 5- 5-29 A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (2,9,14,15,16) _ 18 1 X- X-11- 4- 2- 1- 1- 2- 2- 3-12 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,11,12,14,17) * 9 5 X- X-12- 5- 6- 5- 9-10-11-24-28 Cheetah-licious Christmas, The Cheetah Girls (0,0,2,5,7) _ 51 4 X- X-19-12-11-11-10-11-14-37- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,9,33) * 7 9 X- X-20-21- 9-18-16-17-30- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,1,5) _ 48 4 X- X-21-10-10-15-17-20-26-47-18 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,5,18) _ 70 1 X- X-26- 8- 5- 4- 5- 5- 4- 4-16 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,22,35,47,58) _ 29 2 X- X-33-19- 8- 9- 6- 6- 7-19- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,2,12,19) _ 27 3 X- X-37-18-12-13-11-13-16-45- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,1,2,9,17) _ 16 8 X- X-40-30-23-29-20-18-19-33- X Merry Christmas With Love, Clay Aiken (0,0,0,3,10) _ 50 3 X- X-46-20-16-17-14-19-32-44- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,7,24) _ 85 2 X- X- X-14- 7- 7- 2- 3- 3- 2- 3 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (0,5,6,20,48) _ 47 4 X- X- X-23-21-12- 7- 7- 6- 7-38 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,12,26) * 7 12 X- X- X-25-17-24-12-15-24-34- X Christmas With Dino, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,3) _ 67 1 X- X- X-27-29-30-18-14-15-38- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,35,50) _ 15 3 X- X- X-32-20-20- 8- 8- 8-14- X Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,9,13) _ 72 3 X- X- X-34-25-26-21-21-29-41- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) * 6 19 X- X- X-35-28-31-19-23-34- X- X WOW Christmas (Green), Various (0,0,0,0,1) _ 19 4 X- X- X-37-38-37-26-28-44- X- X Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,4,9) _ 86 1 X- X- X-41-30-19-13-12-17-26- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,37,62) _ 12 14 X- X- X-48-43-40-34-45- X- X-14 Christmas To Christmas, Toby Keith (0,0,0,0,1) * 2 8 X- X- X- X-24- 8- X- X- X- X- X The Christmas Sessions, MercyMe (0,0,0,1,1) * 6 16 X- X- X- X-32-27-22-16-21-25- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,0,1) _ 37 1 X- X- X- X-34-36-23-24-27-31- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,18,25) _ 15 14 X- X- X- X-41-41-31-36- X- X- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,4) _ 21 1 X- X- X- X-44-35-24-26-36-43- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (3,7,8,11,13) * 1 43 X- X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X- X- X Absolute Favorite Christmas For Kids [Fervent], Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 18 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-37-39-46- X- X Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick Jr. (0,1,6,7,10) _ 80 4 X- X- X- X- X- X-38-41-41- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 10 11 X- X- X- X- X- X-39-46- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 35 1 X- X- X- X- X- X-40-43- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (14,22,27,29,32) R 60 5 X- X- X- X- X- X-43-40-48- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) * 1 46 X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X Dig That Crazy Christmas!, The Brian Setzer Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 5 32 X- X- X- X- X- X-47-47- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 24 X- X- X- X- X- X-49-50-47- X- X The Polar Express, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) R 6 44 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-48-50- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,0,0,0) R 14 17 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-48 Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,0,0,3)

COMPREHENSIVE CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2005-2006 _ = Charted in the 2005-2006 season Wks Peak 11/11-11/18-11/25-12/02-12/09-12/16-12/23-12/30- (2006) 01/06-01/13 (2007) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75, Top 100,Top 150) * 9 56 56- 59- 60- 62- 62- 79- 79- 94-144- X All I Really Want For Christmas, Steven Curtis Chapman (0,0,5,8,9) _ 16 41 X- 83- 52- 44- 45- 43- 42- 54- 83- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (0,6,10,13,15) * 8 10 X- 89- 68- 51- 52- 39- 10- 33- 55- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,3,7,8,8) _ 17 30 X-133- 71- 49- 44- 30- 35- 36- 58-158 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (6,8,12,13,15) * 8 60 X-136- 83- 81- 60- 64- 85-101-157- X Cheetah-licious Christmas, The Cheetah Girls (0,0,2,5,7) _ 25 69 X-171-124-104- 94- 69- 87-112- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,1,4,19) * 7 82 X-172-159- 98-104- 82- 99-152- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,3,4) _ 23 84 X-173-118-100-101- 84-104-147- X-188 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,3,17) _ 31 33 X-195-112- 72- 58- 44- 45- 49- 65-176 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1,8,17,20,25) * 7 36 X- X- 50- 36- 48- 36- 51- 77-151- X Santa Baby [EMI], Various [Comp-Only] (2,4,5,6,6) _ 24 31 X- X-128- 82- 66- 31- 39- 40- 56- 85 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (3,3,8,13,19) _ 20 70 X- X-138-108- 98- 70- 90-116- X- X Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,1,9,19) _ 21 52 X- X-152- 91- 75- 52- 56- 78-139- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,0,6,12,16) _ 16 77 X- X-153-119-103- 77-101-156- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,0,1,9) _ 23 61 X- X-168-137- 97- 61- 64- 68- 88- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,4,13,19) * 7 72 X- X-173-121-130- 72- 93-141-192- X Christmas With Dino, Dean Martin (0,0,1,2,5) _ 23 85 X- X-181-161-140- 89- 91-115- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,0,6,17) _ 14 68 X- X-189-144-139- 95-100-123-187- X Merry Christmas With Love, Clay Aiken (0,0,2,5,11) _ 14 40 X- X-195-136-109- 63- 72- 87-124- X Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller (1,2,5,8,12) _ 23 77 X- X-197-147-134- 96-111-151- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,5,14) * 2 71 X- X- X-145- 71- X- X- X- X- X The Christmas Sessions, MercyMe (0,0,1,1,2) * 5 93 X- X- X-154-143- 93-116-166- X- X WOW Christmas (Green), Various (0,0,0,1,3) _ 20 61 X- X- X-164-105- 73- 88-119-167- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,3,6,12) * 6 95 X- X- X-184-136- 97- 95-128-163- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,2,4) _ 23 44 X- X- X-192-171-102-118-148-185- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,8,18) _ 18 39 X- X- X- X-164-109-125-175- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (1,3,8,11,14) R 13 66 X- X- X- X-178-116-139- X- X- X Let It Be Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,2,2,8) _ 5 157 X- X- X- X-183-157-198- X- X-165 Christmas To Christmas, Toby Keith (0,0,0,0,0) _ 10 109 X- X- X- X-190-141-179- X- X- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,5) * 1 197 X- X- X- X-197- X- X- X- X- X Absolute Favorite Christmas For Kids [Fervent], Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 54 X- X- X- X- X- 54- X- X- X- X All Is Well: Songs For Christmas (EP), Clay Aiken [Comp-Only] (0,0,1,1,1) _ 15 63 X- X- X- X- X-165-186- X- X- X Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,2,7,11) _ 6 173 X- X- X- X- X-173-189-200- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 106 X- X- X- X- X-174-199- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,3) _ 24 34 X- X- X- X- X-175-193- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (2,4,12,16,21) * 2 185 X- X- X- X- X-185-188- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 195 X- X- X- X- X-195- X- X- X- X Dig That Crazy Christmas!, The Brian Setzer Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 3 172 X- X- X- X- X-197- X- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes::
Christmas Portrait: The Carpenters' classic Christmas album had a chart hiatus between 2003 and 2005, but returned to the Catalog chart in 2006-07 for the first time since the end of 2002, and has also charted in every Christmas season since.
Christmas With The Chipmunks: This album charted briefly in 1995 and again in 1996, then disappeared until resurfacing in 2006-07. It spent just six weeks on the Catalog chart and climbed no higher than #44 through 2006-07, but really took off in 2007-08.
Honky Tonk Christmas: Alan Jackson's first Christmas album reached the Catalog charts in 1994 and 1995, and returned for a cameo right at the end of the 2006-07 season. On the Country Catalog chart, it has returned at Christmas every season from 1994 through 2008.
One-One And Done: Christmas came to an abrupt end on the Catalog chart this season. Eleven Christmas albums appeared on the chart on the last date (Jan 13) that featured any Christmas albums.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Ten Christmas albums debuted on this year's Catalog chart, and the biggest, Il Divo's "The Christmas Collection", continues to chart strongly in 2009-10. There was another #1 among the group, "All I Really Want For Christmas" by Steven Curtis Chapman, but this album has not returned to the Catalog chart since 2006-07. Diana Krall's "Christmas Songs" is the only other 2006-07 debut that is still charting in 2009-10.
Only two "Comprehensive Only" Christmas albums reached this season, and for the second straight year, the biggest Comp-Only hit was a Starbucks compilation, this time "Santa Baby", which cracked the Top 40 twice and reached #36.

Statistics for 2006-2007 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 11
First week with Christmas albums: November 4, 2006
Last week with Christmas albums: January 13, 2007
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 39
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-3-13-23-28-29-35-35-30-22-11
Christmas Weeks at #1: 9
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 26
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 40
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 66
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 120
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 230

Statistics for 2006-2007 - Comprehensive chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 10
First week with Christmas albums: November 11, 2006
Last week with Christmas albums: January 13, 2007
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 38 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-9-20-25-30-36-33-26-16-5 (36 on the Dec 16 chart is a *New Record*)
Highest position reached: #10, "The Christmas Collection", Il Divo (Dec 23) (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 11 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 22 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 57 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 94 (*New Record *)
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 145 (*New Record *)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 201 (*New Record *)

by **thebigham** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:33 pm

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by **Miguelito** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:54 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/COMPREHENSIVE RUNS - 2007

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2007 was:
"The Lost Christmas Eve" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
It was #1 for five weeks, in the top five for 8 weeks, and made it to #19 on the Comprehensive chart, where it spent four weeks in the Top 40.

There are plenty of candidates for second place, as there were two other catalog #1s, three other albums that made it to #2, and five albums (including one that peaked at #3) that reached the Comprehensive Top 40. For consistent performance over the holiday season, I'll nominate for second place:
"Let It Snow! (EP)" by Michael Buble.
This 2003 release reached #2 for a week, but spent 7 weeks in the top 5 and 10 weeks in the top 10, plus 8 weeks in the Comprehensive Top 100, peaking at #24.

Other noteworthy albums include:
"Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3" (#2 for 4 weeks, 6 weeks in top 5, #20 on Comprehensive),
"Winter Wonderland" by Point Of Grace (#1 for 2 weeks, #34 on Comprehensive, 8 top 100 weeks on Comprehensive),
"A Christmas Celebration" by Celtic Woman (#3 for 2 weeks, #23 on Comprehensive),
"Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (#2 for one week, new peak of #33 on Comprehensive), and
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi Trio (#1 for one week in January, #42 on Comprehensive).

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2006-2007 _ = Charted in the 2006-2007 season Wks Peak 11/03-11/10-11/17-11/24-12/01-12/08-12/15-12/22- 12/29- (2007) 01/05-01/12-01/19 (2008) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 12 2 11- 8- 7- 4- 3- 6- 4- 3- 2- 3- 3-33 Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (0,5,7,10,11) * 3 15 38-15-28- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,1) _ 29 1 42-18- 6- 2- 1- 4- 1- 1- 1- 1- 2- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (10,18,20,23,27) * 9 1 X- 1- 3- 1- 4-13- 9- 8-10-21- X- X Winter Wonderland, Point Of Grace (2,3,4,7,8) * 7 9 X- 9-18- 9-28- X-37-37-40- X- X- X Handel: The Messiah [Sparrow], The London Philharmonic Orchestra / The London Philharmonic Choir (John Alldis) (0,0,0,2,3) * 10 3 X-44-17- 7- 5-17- 3- 4- 3- 6-17- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (0,2,4,6,9) _ 26 1 X- X-16-11-12-24-15-16-19-15- X- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (2,9,14,15,23) * 8 11 X- X-25-16-11-29-13-15-15-20- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,6) _ 79 1 X- X-26- 8- 6-16- 5- 5- 5- 2- 4- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,23,40,54,66) * 9 2 X- X-31- 6- 2- 2- 2- 2- 4- 5-16- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (0,4,6,7,8) _ 20 1 X- X-34-12- 9-22- 8-10-13-14-30- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,8,8,11,14) _ 15 7 X- X-35-15-14-30-19-11- 8- 7-29- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,0,2,6) _ 58 3 X- X-37-18- 7-26-12-14-17-22- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,8,29) _ 37 2 X- X-49-27-15-25- 7- 7- 9-17- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,2,15,24) _ 94 1 X- X- X-14- 8-15- 6- 6- 6- 4- 1-29 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (1,6,8,26,56) _ 55 4 X- X- X-24-16-32-14- 9- 7- 8-12- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,15,32) _ 58 4 X- X- X-26-22-37-23-23-24-33- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,9,33) _ 75 1 X- X- X-29-10-21-10-12-14-13-27- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,37,55) _ 54 4 X- X- X-34-29-49-32-25-34- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,5,18) _ 13 9 X- X- X-35-24-40-21-21-29- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,1,5) _ 3 8 X- X- X-39- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X The Christmas Sessions, MercyMe (0,0,0,1,1) * 8 6 X- X- X-44-18-34-11-13-12- 9- 6- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,0,2,6) _ 28 1 X- X- X-47-27-36-20-17-21-46- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (3,7,8,11,15) * 5 35 X- X- X-49-35- X-43-40-46- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,0) _ 92 1 X- X- X- X-30-35-17-19-25-29- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,37,64) _ 13 12 X- X- X- X-34-45-24-24-30-44- X- X Christmas With Dino, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,3) * 6 16 X- X- X- X-37- X-16-18-16-18-25- X Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (0,0,0,0,4) _ 64 5 X- X- X- X-43- X-31-31-45- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 41 1 X- X- X- X-48-48-22-22-27-38- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (14,22,27,29,32) _ 10 19 X- X- X- X-49- X-28-30-43- X- X- X WOW Christmas (Green), Various (0,0,0,0,1) _ 12 16 X- X- X- X-50-43-25-26-26-37- X- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/ Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,0,1) _ 75 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-27-33-47- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) _ 84 4 X- X- X- X- X- X-29-34-36-50- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 19 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-35-32-22-28- X- X Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,9,13) * 1 38 X- X- X- X- X- X-38- X- X- X- X- X December, Chris Botti (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 39 X- X- X- X- X- X-39- X- X- X- X- X What A Wonderful World, LeAnn Rimes (0,0,0,0,0) _ 16 14 X- X- X- X- X- X-44- X- X- X- X- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,4) * 1 45 X- X- X- X- X- X-45- X- X- X- X- X Brad Paisley Christmas, Brad Paisley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 11 X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 40 1 X- X- X- X- X- X-50-44-33- X- X- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,18,25) * 2 37 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-39-37- X- X- X Christmas Offerings, Third Day (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 42 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-47-42- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [EMI/Madacy], Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-15-10 Christmas Romance, Jim Brickman (0,0,0,1,2) * 2 17 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-31-17 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: A Family Christmas [Compass], Various (0,0,0,0,1)

COMPREHENSIVE CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2006-2007 _ = Charted in the 2006-2007 season Wks Peak 11/03-11/10-11/17-11/24-12/01-12/08-12/15-12/22- 12/29- (2007) 01/05-01/12-01/19 (2008) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75, Top 100,Top 150) * 11 24 150-128-111- 75- 60- 52- 24- 27- 31- 46- 81- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (3,4,7,8,11) * 9 34 X- 65- 67- 34- 64- 68- 52- 62- 78-130- X- X Winter Wonderland, Point Of Grace (1,1,7,8,9) * 7 110 X-130-165-110-173- X-156-164-185- X- X- X Handel: The Messiah [Sparrow], The London Philharmonic Orchestra / The London Philharmonic Choir (John Alldis) (0,0,0,0,2) * 1 171 X-171- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) _ 27 19 X-188-110- 54- 53- 46- 19- 20- 23- 32- 75- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (10,13,20,21,24) _ 24 41 X- X-152-119-102- 93- 74- 88-108-119- X- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (0,6,11,16,22) * 9 23 X- X-157- 93- 71- 78- 23- 30- 35- 71-144- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (3,3,5,7,8) * 8 63 X- X-196-133- 95-118- 63- 73- 92-128- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,2,4,7) _ 40 33 X- X-197-102- 81- 72- 40- 33- 37- 43- 82- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4,12,22,27,33) * 8 20 X- X- X- 90- 55- 42- 20- 25- 36- 60-143- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (3,4,6,7,8) _ 15 10 X- X- X-127- 86- 91- 46- 66- 85-116- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,4,9,13,15) _ 33 31 X- X- X-131- 85- 71- 42- 46- 45- 53- 64-196 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (3,6,14,20,27) * 7 67 X- X- X-132-110-117- 83- 67- 67- 77- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,2,4,7) _ 23 60 X- X- X-143- 83- 99- 60- 72- 98-134- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,2,6,16) _ 31 61 X- X- X-161-123-124- 67- 63- 62- 78-122- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,7,17,26) _ 32 69 X- X- X-176-150-136-107-112-125-172- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,1,4,24) _ 28 45 X- X- X-177-116- 98- 45- 51- 75-125- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,9,16,22) _ 31 55 X- X- X-189- 90- 90- 55- 69- 89-110-190- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,2,11,23) * 7 59 X- X- X- X-134-127- 59- 71- 81- 85- 98- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,2,5,7) _ 12 82 X- X- X- X-156-151- 89-106-140- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,4,7) _ 24 39 X- X- X- X-166-132- 86- 90-120-200- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2: The Signature Collection, Various (1,3,8,13,18) _ 28 84 X- X- X- X-174-171-140-122-170- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,3,19) _ 26 61 X- X- X- X-176-130- 78-101-127-160- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,3,7,16) _ 13 72 X- X- X- X-194-157-109-120-144-195- X- X Christmas With Dino, Dean Martin (0,0,1,2,8) * 3 166 X- X- X- X-197- X-166-178- X- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 95 X- X- X- X- X-154-113-123-132-178- X- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/ Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,2,7) _ 29 34 X- X- X- X- X-170- 98-111-133-181- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (2,4,12,17,24) * 6 76 X- X- X- X- X-180- 76-100- 94-126-181- X Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (0,0,0,3,4) _ 25 77 X- X- X- X- X- X-127-154- X- X- X -X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,5,15) _ 8 93 X- X- X- X- X- X-128-139-195- X- X- X WOW Christmas (Green), Various (0,0,0,1,5) _ 9 129 X- X- X- X- X- X-129-155-174- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,1) _ 5 134 X- X- X- X- X- X-134-149-200- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,2) _ 18 40 X- X- X- X- X- X-149-153-122-159- X- X Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller (1,2,5,8,14) * 1 157 X- X- X- X- X- X-157- X- X- X- X- X December, Chris Botti (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 160 X- X- X- X- X- X-160- X- X- X- X- X What A Wonderful World, LeAnn Rimes (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 109 X- X- X- X- X- X-168- X- X- X- X- X All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney (0,0,0,0,5) * 1 169 X- X- X- X- X- X-169- X- X- X- X- X Brad Paisley Christmas, Brad Paisley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 9 106 X- X- X- X- X- X-174- X- X- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,3) _ 26 44 X- X- X- X- X- X-187-188-168- X- X- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,8,18) * 3 172 X- X- X- X- X- X-199-172-175- X- X- X Christmas Offerings, Third Day (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 193 X- X- X- X- X- X-200-194-193- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [EMI/Madacy], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 138 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-138-140 Christmas Romance, Jim Brickman (0,0,0,0,2) * 1 169 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-169 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: A Family Christmas [Compass], Various (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes:
A Charlie Brown Christmas: After steady progress on the Catalog chart, this 1965 classic finally made it to the pinnacle of the Catalog chart for the first time (and only, so far) on January 12, 2008. It's not likely we'll soon see another album hit #1 for the first time in its 17th Christmas season on the Catalog chart.
Christmas With The Chipmunks: Two albums on different labels with the same name charted simultaneously in the end of December, with the EMI/Madacy version of "Christmas With The Chipmunks" by The Chipmunks featuring David Seville charting only this year. The more popular version, on Capitol, really began to take off in 2007.
Where Are You Christmas?: 2007 marked the first year that there wasn't a continuous string of Christmas #1s from the first week Christmas albums took over #1 to the last for the year. The Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" took over #1 for a week between the two #1 weeks for Point Of Grace's "Winter Wonderland" on November 17. Also on December 8, which included post-Thanksgiving sales, Guns 'N Roses' "Greatest Hits" surged to #1 for a week.
Room At The Top: Six different albums cracked the Comprehensive top 40 for a record 17 weeks, but one of them was not Il Divo's "The Christmas Collection", which in 2006 (in its second catalog year) made it to #10, the first catalog Christmas album to crack the sales Top 10 (although Kenny G's "Miracles -- The Holiday Album" also did so when the 'Comprehensive' chart was unofficial).
38 Is Enough: The 38 Christmas albums on the December 15, 2007 Catalog chart had not been surpassed since the end of 1996, but was still well off the record of 45 set on December 21, 1996.
The Gang's All Here: On December 8 and 15, 2007, there were more than 50 Catalog albums in the top 200 sellers for the first time in Comprehensive chart history. On December 8, there were 54 catalog albums on Comprehensive, and only one of the extra four (Sarah McLachlan's "Wintersong", #180 Comprehensive, 51st on Catalog) was a Christmas album. On December 15, 56 catalog albums logged time on the Comprehensive chart, and the last two (Third Day's "Christmas Offerings" at #199, and "Christmas With The Chipmunks [EMI/Madacy]" by the Chipmunks with David Seville at #200) were not on the Catalog chart. These albums all eventually did make the Catalog chart as well.
After You - No, After You!: On December 8, "Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol]" and "Elvis Christmas" were #117 and #118, respectively, on the Comprehensive chart, but were in reverse order, #30 and #29 respectively, on the Catalog chart.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: There was a bumper crop of 17 new Christmas entries on the Catalog chart this year, and all 17 of them also spent time on the Comprehensive chart (with one album, "Christmas With The Chipmunks" [Capitol version], reaching the Comprehensive chart for the first time despite previously charting on the Catalog chart). Out of these, Michael Buble's "Let It Snow!" is the most enduring hit, with albums by Celtic Woman, The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley, and Kenny G still charting in 2010. The James Taylor and Sarah McLachlan albums were still charting in 2009.

Statistics for 2007-2008 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 12
First week with Christmas albums: November 3, 2007
Last week with Christmas albums: January 19, 2008
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 44
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 3-6-14-23-29-24-38-35-35-25-14-4
Christmas Weeks at #1: 8
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 23
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 36
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 71
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 129
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 250

Statistics for 2007-2008 - Comprehensive chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 12 (*New Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: November 3, 2007 (*New Record* for earliest week, except for August 14, 2004)
Last week with Christmas albums: January 19, 2008 (*New Record* for latest week, except for February 5, 2005)
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 43 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-5-8-17-24-25-40-35-33-24-11-3 (40 on the Dec 15 chart is a *New Record*)
Highest position reached: #19, "The Lost Christmas Eve", Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Dec 15)
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 17 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 26 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 63 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 99 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 165 (*New Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 226 (*New Record*)