Christmas Catalog Thread - Christmas On The Catalog Charts

by **Miguelito** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:54 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/COMPREHENSIVE RUNS - 2008

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2008, by a mile, was:
"Noel" by Josh Groban.
It was #1 for eight weeks, and reached #4 on the Comprehensive chart, where it spent 5 weeks in the top 10, and eight in the top 12 - by far the best single season showing yet for a Christmas album. Of course, "Noel" was #1 on the Billboard 200 for five weeks in its original release year (2007).
No other Christmas album managed to reach #1 on the Catalog chart this year.

For second place this season, I'll nominate:
"Christmas Offerings" by Third Day.
In its only noteworthy year on the Catalog chart, this 2006 release reached #2 for two weeks, and spent three weeks in the Comprehensive Top 40, topping out at #36.

Also reaching #2 and cracking the Comprehensive Top 40 this year:
"The Lost Christmas Eve" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (unable to return to #1 for a fourth season, and made it to #34 Comprehensive), and
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi Trio (#2 for two weeks, and also reached #34 on Comprehensive).

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2007-2008 _ = Charted in the 2007-2008 season Wks Peak 10/25-11/01-11/08-11/15-11/22-11/29-12/06-12/13- 12/20-12/27- (2008) 01/03-01/10-01/17-01/24 (2009) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 13 1 47- 3- 2- 2- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1-18- X Noel, Josh Groban (8,11,11,11,12) _ 12 2 X- X- 7- 4- 2- 2- 3- 3- 3- 4- 5-14- X- X Christmas Offerings, Third Day (0,5,8,9,10) _ 21 2 X- X- X-24-10- 6- 6- 4- 6- 6- 7-16- X- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (0,5,8,17,19) _ 38 1 X- X- X-25- 6- 3- 2- 2- 2- 3- 3- 2- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (10,25,27,31,35) _ 24 4 X- X- X-32- 7- 4- 5- 9-10-10-17-40- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,2,8,13) _ 29 1 X- X- X-42-23-13- 4- 5- 8- 7- 6-13- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,8,10,16,21) _ 87 1 X- X- X- X-17-10- 7- 8- 5- 5- 4- 4- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,23,44,61,74) _ 18 3 X- X- X- X-19-11-11-18- 9- 9- 8-18- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (0,2,4,9,17) _ 17 2 X- X- X- X-25-12- 8- 7- 4- 8- 9-26- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (0,4,7,12,14) _ 65 4 X- X- X- X-30-27-23-26-15-21-35- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,9,34) * 8 10 X- X- X- X-32-19-10-20-11-11-13-19- X- X Christmas Song, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,1,7) _ 103 1 X- X- X- X-34-17-13- 6- 7- 2- 2- 3-28- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (1,9,11,31,63) _ 63 4 X- X- X- X-40-23-15-19-12-12-11-17- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,15,38) _ 83 1 X- X- X- X-46-26-22-29-18-18-26-43- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,37,57) * 6 12 X- X- X- X- X-21-12-24-20-22-29- X- X- X Disney Channel Holiday, Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 98 1 X- X- X- X- X-25-17-23-14-13-21- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,37,67) _ 43 2 X- X- X- X- X-28-20-27-19-16-20- X- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,2,15,28) _ 11 25 X- X- X- X- X-29-25-39-29-39-48- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,0) _ 14 11 X- X- X- X- X-35-28-32-17-20-27- X- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,8) * 5 25 X- X- X- X- X-36-26-36-25-27- X- X- X- X It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith (0,0,0,0,0) _ 58 4 X- X- X- X- X-37-34- X-41-41- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,5,18) _ 70 5 X- X- X- X- X-38-32-47-28-29-46- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) R 13 24 X- X- X- X- X-39-40-50-31-37- X- X- X- X The Polar Express, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) _ 15 6 X- X- X- X- X-40-29-28-16-14-16-25- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,0,2,9) R 8 32 X- X- X- X- X-41-44- X-48- X- X- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 17 9 X- X- X- X- X-45-38- X-32-34- X- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,1,5) * 3 43 X- X- X- X- X-47-43- X-45- X- X- X- X- X Baby, It's Cold Outside [EMI], Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 64 3 X- X- X- X- X-50-35-41-22-23-33- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,8,29) * 4 26 X- X- X- X- X- X-31-44-26-43- X- X- X- X The Coolest Kidz Bop Christmas Ever!, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,0,0,0) _ 30 1 X- X- X- X- X- X-45- X-38-40-44- X- X- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (2,9,14,15,23) * 1 48 X- X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X- X- X 'Tis The Season: Smooth Jazz Christmas, Ed Smith (0,0,0,0,0) _ 17 12 X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X-33-35-43- X- X- X Christmas With Dino, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,3) _ 78 3 X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X-40-42- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) _ 10 1 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-22- X- X- X- X- X- X Winter Wonderland, Point Of Grace (2,3,4,7,8) * 2 13 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-13-48- X- X- X- X The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (0,0,0,0,1) _ 9 16 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-35-28-31- X- X- X Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (0,0,0,0,4) _ 14 11 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-36-49-47- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 42 1 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-44-47- X- X- X- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,18,25) * 1 46 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 6 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- 6-41 Christmas With You, Rick Springfield (0,0,0,1,1) * 1 50 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X- X This Christmas, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) _ 86 4 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-44-49- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 13 16 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-45- X- X- X- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/ Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,0,1) _ 4 8 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X The Christmas Sessions, MercyMe (0,0,0,1,1) * 1 12 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-12- X A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas [Immergent], Various (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 49 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X Christmas Wish, Olivia Newton-John (0,0,0,0,0)

COMPREHENSIVE CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2007-2008 _ = Charted in the 2007-2008 season Wks Peak 11/01-11/08-11/15-11/22-11/29-12/06-12/13-12/20- 12/27- (2008) 01/03-01/10-01/17 (2009) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75, Top 100,Top 150) * 12 4 71- 39- 27- 11- 11- 10- 10- 4- 4- 7- 12-149 Noel, Josh Groban (10,10,11,11,12) _ 13 36 X- 70- 39- 36- 42- 58- 51- 39- 43- 53-111- X Christmas Offerings, Third Day (3,5,9,9,10) _ 20 24 X- X-170- 93- 76- 76- 55- 45- 54- 72-121- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (3,5,11,15,19) _ 36 19 X- X-173- 73- 56- 50- 47- 34- 35- 41- 60- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (12,18,28,29,32) _ 15 58 X- X-199- 78- 67- 74- 69- 58- 64-113- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,7,10,14) _ 48 33 X- X- X-129- 90- 77- 68- 43- 47- 52- 65- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4,14,27,34,41) _ 17 23 X- X- X-143- 92- 99-102- 57- 63- 74-126- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (3,3,8,12,16) _ 23 10 X- X- X-155-100- 61- 61- 50- 56- 68-106- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,5,14,19,22) _ 16 20 X- X- X-158- 96- 81- 67- 41- 58- 77-161- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (3,5,9,13,14) _ 39 69 X- X- X-194-158-134-123- 86-113-178- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,1,5,28) * 8 63 X- X- X-196-121- 96-106- 63- 74- 92-135- X Christmas Song, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,2,4,7) _ 41 31 X- X- X- X-109-103- 66- 48- 34- 37- 63-187 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (5,9,19,25,34) * 6 100 X- X- X- X-129-100-115-100-115-159- X- X Disney Channel Holiday, Various (0,0,0,2,5) _ 38 61 X- X- X- X-140-106-105- 76- 75- 86-124- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,8,20,33) _ 32 61 X- X- X- X-153-115-113- 79- 82-132- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,3,9,21) _ 37 55 X- X- X- X-157-133-129- 91-103-145- X -X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,2,12,28) _ 34 45 X- X- X- X-162-124-125- 97- 99-127- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,9,18,27) _ 8 133 X- X- X- X-168-138-158-133-174- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,2) _ 14 63 X- X- X- X-198-146-133- 89-105-157- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,2,5,11) * 5 124 X- X- X- X-200-144-145-124-130- X- X- X It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith (0,0,0,0,4) _ 13 59 X- X- X- X- X-147-128- 88- 85-110-159- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,2,7,12) * 4 126 X- X- X- X- X-162-181-126-183- X- X- X The Coolest Kidz Bop Christmas Ever!, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,0,0,1) _ 9 132 X- X- X- X- X-163-193-132-141- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,4) _ 31 84 X- X- X- X- X-166- X-164-176- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,3,19) _ 28 60 X- X- X- X- X-170-173-117-126-166- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,2,6,18) _ 15 82 X- X- X- X- X-185- X-140-163- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,4,8) R 7 137 X- X- X- X- X-191- X-137-170- X- X- X The Polar Express, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,2) _ 10 34 X- X- X- X- X- X-112- X- X- X- X- X Winter Wonderland, Point Of Grace (1,1,7,8,10) * 2 78 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- 78-195- X- X- X The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (0,0,0,1,1) _ 15 72 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-143-164- X- X- X Christmas With Dino, Dean Martin (0,0,1,2,9) _ 9 76 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-148-138-163- X- X Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (0,0,0,3,6) _ 11 106 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-151-196- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,3) _ 26 41 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-153-175- X- X- X A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy (0,6,11,16,22) _ 27 77 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-155-178- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,5,15) _ 28 44 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-178-193- X- X- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,8,18) R 5 27 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-182- X- X- X- X Baby, It's Cold Outside [EMI], Various (3,4,4,4,4) * 1 183 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-183- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) R 4 172 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-191- X- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) * 2 78 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-192- X- X- X- 78 Christmas With You, Rick Springfield (0,0,0,1,1) * 1 195 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-195- X- X- X- X This Christmas, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0) _ 4 193 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-197- X- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [EMI/Madacy], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,0,0,0) _ 10 129 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-187- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,1) _ 12 95 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-188- X- X- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/ Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,2,7) _ 3 71 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-199- X- X- X The Christmas Sessions, MercyMe (0,0,1,1,2) * 1 118 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-118 A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas [Immergent], Various (0,0,0,0,1)

Notes::
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 on the Comprehensive chart (it reached both Catalog and Comprehensive in 2007). The more popular version, on Capitol, continued strong sales in 2008.
Baby, It's Cold Outside: This Starbucks compilation reached the Comprehensive chart as a Comprehensive Only title back in 2005, running for four weeks and reaching #27. It reappeared in 2008 as a Catalog album.
One Is The Loneliest Number: 2008 was the first year since 1998 that only one Christmas album reached the top spot on the Catalog chart during the Christmas season, as "Noel" was #1 for eight weeks. The only other album to do the trick, "Miracles -- The Holiday Album" by Kenny G, did it three straight seasons from 1996-97 through 1998-99. (It was also #1 for 9 weeks in 1995-96, but Mariah Carey's "Merry Christmas" stole to the top spot at the end of that season.)
39 Is Fine: The 39 Christmas albums on the December 20, 2008 Catalog featured one more Christmas album than the most productive week in 2007-08, and was the most on one chart 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 20 and 27, 2008, all 50 Catalog albums were among the top 200 sellers; this had also been accomplished for two weeks in late 2007.
On December 20, there were 52 catalog albums on Comprehensive; one of the extra two (The Chipmunks with David Seville's "Christmas With The Chipmunks" [EMI/Madacy], #197 Comprehensive, 51st on Catalog) was a Christmas album. "Christmas With The Chipmunks [EMI/Madacy]" made the Catalog chart back in 2007, but was unable to reach the Catalog top 50 in the 2008 season.
On December 27, 50 catalog albums exactly logged time on the Comprehensive chart.
Christmas Century: This year finally provided the first 100-week Christmas album on the Catalog chart. Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" reached the mark with 103 weeks by the season's end. It, along with Nat "King" Cole's "The Christmas Song", are the only albums (as of 2010) to reach the Catalog chart every Christmas season since 1991.
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Thirteen new Christmas entries reached the Catalog chart this year, with ten of them also spent time on the Comprehensive chart.
Other than "Noel", they were a rather nondescript lot this year, with only two of them other than "Noel" reaching the Catalog top 10: "Christmas Song" by Mannheim Steamroller (no surprise, it was a Top 10 hit in 2007), and "Christmas With You" by Rick Springfield (surprise! It pulled of its top ten week in January, well after Christmas).
But two other albums have since gone on to reach #1 on Catalog: "It's A Wonderful Christmas" by Michael W. Smith, and "The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP)" by Taylor Swift.
As of 2010, five of these thirteen albums (Groban, Swift, Smith, Mannheim Steamroller and Starlite Orchestra) are still charting.

Statistics for 2008-2009 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 14 (*Ties Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: October 25, 2008
Last week with Christmas albums: January 24, 2009
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 46
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-1-2-6-14-28-33-26-39-37-27-14-5-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 8
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 26
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 39
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 68
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 114
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 234

Statistics for 2008-2009 - Comprehensive chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 12 (*Ties Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: November 1, 2008 (*New Record* for earliest week, except for August 14, 2004)
Last week with Christmas albums: January 17, 2009
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 45 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-2-5-11-20-27-25-40-37-21-12-4 (40 on the Dec 20 chart *Ties Record*)
Highest position reached: #4, "Noel", Josh Groban (Dec 20 and Dec 27) (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 17 (*Ties Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 28 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 61
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 90
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 148
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 205

by **Miguelito** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:23 pm

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/BILLBOARD 200 RUNS - 2009

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2009, in a close race, was:
"Peace On Earth" by Casting Crowns.
It was #1 for three weeks, and reached #11 on the Billboard 200, where it spent 5 weeks in the top 20 and eight in the top 30.

For second place I'll nominate:
"Noel" by Josh Groban.
After its monster Catalog season of 2008-09, it returned to the top spot for three week (note, though, they were the 'power weeks' of just-pre-Christmas sales). It was only able to return to #14 on the Billboard 200 but it had a seven week Top 40 run.

The third place album, and the only other one to reach #1 this year, was:
"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP)" by Taylor Swift.
It had the most weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 with nine, but only two in the top 20; also, it topped out at #12, but was stymied for #1 on the Catalog chart that week by Casting Crowns (#11). She finally broke through to #1 at the end of the Christmas season in January.
These were the only three albums Christmas albums to make the Catalog top three this year.

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2008-2009 _ = Charted in the 2008-2009 season Wks Peak 10/31-11/07-11/14-11/21-11/28-12/05-12/12-12/19- 12/26- (2009) 01/02-01/09-01/16-01/23 (2010) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 15 1 13- 6- 5- 3- 2- 2- 2- 3- 3- 2- 2- 1-20 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (1,9,10,11,14) _ 24 1 48-17-11- 4- 4- 3- 3- 1- 1- 1- 3- X- X Noel, Josh Groban (11,17,19,19,22) * 10 1 X- 7- 2- 2- 1- 1- 1- 2- 2- 3- 4- X- X Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns (3,8,9,10,10) * 9 10 X- X-32-23-18-14-29-10-14-18-29- X- X And Winter Came..., Enya (0,0,0,1,5) * 1 37 X- X-37- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Nightmare Revisited, Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 29 2 X- X- X-19- 7- 5- 5- 4- 5- 6-13- X- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (0,5,12,23,27) * 8 8 X- X- X-26-12- 9-18- 8- 8- 8-12- X- X Joy To The World, Faith Hill (0,0,0,4,7) _ 46 1 X- X- X-27-10- 6- 6- 6- 6- 5- 8- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (10,25,28,38,42) _ 26 3 X- X- X-33-11-10-22-12-11-13-22- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (0,2,4,10,22) _ 95 1 X- X- X-38-15-12-10- 7- 7- 7-15- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,23,44,65,81) _ 31 4 X- X- X-39- 8- 8-12-11-10-19- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,2,11,19) * 8 20 X- X- X-42-33-27-40-34-31-20-46- X- X Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace, Yo-Yo Ma (0,0,0,0,1) _ 24 2 X- X- X-47-25-13-13- 9-12-26- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (0,4,7,13,18) _ 35 1 X- X- X- X-20-16-31-18-19-25- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,8,10,16,25) _ 71 4 X- X- X- X-22-18-30-15-21-27- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,9,36) * 6 22 X- X- X- X-23-22-38-22-29-45- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 17 X- X- X- X-28-20-28-17-22-28- X- X- X The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 20 11 X- X- X- X-31-17-27-19-18-29- X- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,11) * 3 25 X- X- X- X-32-25- X-42- X- X- X- X- X 'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 16 25 X- X- X- X-42-32- X-33-36-49- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 25 X- X- X- X-44-34-44-25-28-32- X- X- X What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,0,0) _ 70 4 X- X- X- X-46-23-37-16-17-21-32- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,15,40) _ 69 3 X- X- X- X-47-36-49-27-32- X- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,8,29) _ 49 2 X- X- X- X-49-38-48-31-30-39- X- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,2,15,28) * 4 24 X- X- X- X- X-24- X-29-34-40- X- X- X In The Swing Of Christmas, Barry Manilow (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 9 X- X- X- X- X-31-42-13- 9-14-30- X- X Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,1,3) _ 19 11 X- X- X- X- X-39-47-23-27-38- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 109 1 X- X- X- X- X-40-39-14-13-15-17- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (1,9,11,31,67) * 5 22 X- X- X- X- X-41- X-26-25-22-31- X- X Christmas Duets, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,0) _ 73 5 X- X- X- X- X-44- X-39-38- X- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 7 15 X- X- X- X- X-46-15- X- X- X- X- X- X It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith (0,0,0,0,1) _ 60 4 X- X- X- X- X-48- X-46- X- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,5,18) _ 13 2 X- X- X- X- X- X-25- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Offerings, Third Day (0,5,8,9,10) _ 101 1 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-32-35-46- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,37,67) _ 14 16 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-36- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/ Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,0,1) _ 18 6 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-37-33-42- X- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,0,2,9) _ 85 1 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-38-41- X- X- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,37,57) _ 10 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-40-47- X- X- X- X Christmas Song, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,1,7) * 1 41 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-41- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Classics [Empire], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) _ 88 4 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-43-40- X- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 80 3 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-44-43- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) R 42 1 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (14,22,27,29,32) * 2 46 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46-47- X- X- X Christmas Holidays, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 50 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X This Christmas, Aretha Franklin (0,0,0,0,0) R 8 9 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X Handel: The Messiah [Sparrow], The London Philharmonic Orchestra / The London Philharmonic Choir (John Alldis) (0,0,0,2,3)

BILLBOARD 200 (catalog albums only):

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2008-2009 _ = Charted in the 2008-2009 season Wks Peak 10/31-11/07-11/14-11/21-11/28-12/05-12/12-12/19- 12/26- (2009) 01/02-01/09-01/16-01/23 (2010) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75, Top 100,Top 150) _ 15 12 109- 76- 56- 28- 12- 20- 21- 21- 27- 24- 34- 29-151 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (9,9,10,12,13) * 10 11 X- 85- 22- 20- 11- 15- 17- 15- 22- 28- 45- X- X Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns (8,9,9,10,10) _ 22 4 X-126- 93- 41- 31- 24- 26- 14- 16- 22- 38- X- X Noel, Josh Groban (17,18,19,20,22) * 9 57 X- X-186-158-121-114-122- 57- 83-107-159- X- X And Winter Came..., Enya (0,0,1,2,6) _ 28 24 X- X- X-144- 80- 53- 50- 32- 43- 53-104- X- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (4,8,16,21,27) * 8 54 X- X- X-166-107- 74- 90- 54- 65- 72-102- X- X Joy To The World, Faith Hill (0,0,4,5,7) _ 44 19 X- X- X-167-101- 59- 55- 45- 51- 52- 81- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (12,19,33,35,39) _ 25 23 X- X- X-187-103- 82-105- 65- 74- 88-145- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (3,3,10,16,23) _ 56 33 X- X- X-198-117- 86- 74- 53- 56- 65-108- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4,14,31,39,48) _ 22 58 X- X- X-200- 97- 73- 79- 64- 72-112- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,10,15,20) _ 29 10 X- X- X- X-137-119-128- 86- 97-136- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,5,14,21,28) _ 45 69 X- X- X- X-145-125-123- 80-100-141- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,1,7,34) * 6 98 X- X- X- X-149-135-143- 98-126-185- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,1,5) _ 22 20 X- X- X- X-151-103- 81- 56- 75-139- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (3,5,11,16,19) * 6 84 X- X- X- X-157-128-119- 84-108-145- X- X- X The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (0,0,0,1,5) _ 20 63 X- X- X- X-171-122-117- 88- 96-146- X- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,2,7,16) * 4 150 X- X- X- X-172-150-179-160- X- X- X- X- X 'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various (0,0,0,0,1) * 6 116 X- X- X- X-176-153-146-137-149-116- X- X- X Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace, Yo-Yo Ma (0,0,0,0,4) _ 14 133 X- X- X- X-194-164-180-136-158-195- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,3) * 6 106 X- X- X- X-200-166-161-106-125-161- X- X- X What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,0,2) _ 44 61 X- X- X- X- X-139-140- 83- 93-120-169- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,8,22,38) * 4 127 X- X- X- X- X-142- X-127-155-175- X- X- X In The Swing Of Christmas, Barry Manilow (0,0,0,0,2) * 6 68 X- X- X- X- X-162-156- 71- 68- 91-161- X- X Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (0,0,2,3,3) _ 32 60 X- X- X- X- X-178-172-112-151- X- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,2,6,19) _ 39 45 X- X- X- X- X-182-171-132-135-173- X- X- X Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. (0,1,9,18,29) _ 16 102 X- X- X- X- X-183-168-102-120-171- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,5) _ 47 31 X- X- X- X- X-184-144- 79- 81- 92-124- X- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (5,9,19,28,39) * 6 111 X- X- X- X- X-185-188-111-115-124-167- X- X Christmas Duets, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,3) _ 13 132 X- X- X- X- X-193- X-152-162-200- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,4) _ 6 84 X- X- X- X- X- X- 84- X- X- X- X- X- X It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith (0,0,0,1,5) _ 14 36 X- X- X- X- X- X-112- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Offerings, Third Day (3,5,9,9,11) _ 35 61 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-133-157-186- X- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,3,9,22) _ 13 95 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-142- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Songs, Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/ Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (0,0,0,2,8) _ 16 59 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-146-153-178- X- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,2,7,13) _ 39 55 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-149-172- X- X- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,2,12,29) _ 10 63 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-157-192- X- X- X- X Christmas Song, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,2,4,7) * 1 159 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-159- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Classics [Empire], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) _ 12 129 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-164-166- X- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,1) _ 29 77 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-166-178- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,5,15) _ 33 84 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-176-200- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,3,19) R 30 34 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-177- X- X- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (2,4,12,17,24) * 1 193 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-193- X- X- X- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 5 126 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-197- X- X- X- X- X The Coolest Kidz Bop Christmas Ever!, Kidz Bop Kids (0,0,0,0,1) _ 10 76 X- X- X- X- X- X- X-199- X- X- X- X- X Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (0,0,0,3,6) * 2 186 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-186-189- X- X- X Christmas Holidays, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 199 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-199- X- X- X- X This Christmas, Aretha Franklin (0,0,0,0,0)

Notes::
39 Is Fine: The 39 Christmas albums on the December 19, 2009 Catalog matched the most productive week in 2008-09; it was still well off the record of 45 set on December 21, 1996.
The Gang's All Here: The entire 50-position Catalog chart also placed on the Billboard 200 for four straight weeks from December 12, 2009 through January 2, 2010. This had also been accomplished for four previous weeks during a Christmas season (and also for two more weeks in September 2009).
On December 12, a record was set with 60 catalog albums on the Billboard 200. Three Christmas albums were among them: "'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along", a compilation; "Holiday Collection" by Kenny G, and "Christmas Duets" by Elvis Presley.
On December 19, there were 56 catalog albums on the Billboard 200; of these, Christmas albums included the original "A Very Special Christmas" compilation; "The Coolest Kidz Bop Christmas Ever!" by Kidz Bop Kids, and "Wintersong" by Sarah McLachlan.
On December 26, 51 catalog albums logged time on the Billboard 200 chart, and the extra one, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Burl Ives, was a Christmas album.
Finally, on January 2, 52 catalog albums reached the Billboard 200, and The Carpenters' "Christmas Portrait" was one of the extra two.
Of these, the three "extra" Christmas albums from December 19, "A Very Special Christmas", "The Coolest Kidz Bop Christmas Ever!", and "Wintersong", all did not reach the Catalog chart in 2009-10, but all had reached it previously.
Christmas Century: Mariah Carey's "Merry Christmas" became the second Christmas album to reach the 100-week mark on the Catalog chart. It spent just three weeks on the chart this year, but those were enough to bring its total to 101 weeks, second behind the 109 for "A Charlie Brown Christmas".
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Fifteen Christmas albums reached the Catalog chart for the first time this year, and all but one of them made the Billboard 200 as well. One other album (the original "A Very Special Christmas") reached the Billboard 200 without making the Catalog chart.
There were three that made the top 10 besides "Peace On Earth": Faith Hill's "Joy To The World" (#8), Straight No Chaser's "Holiday Spirits" (#9) and Enya's "And Winter Came..." (#10).
As of 2010, ten of these sixteen albums made the Catalog or Billboard 200 charts, but their longer-term prospects may be dim, as none of them were able to make the top 10. "Peace On Earth" came closest with a return to #12.

Statistics for 2009-2010 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 13
First week with Christmas albums: October 31, 2009
Last week with Christmas albums: January 23, 2010
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 45
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 2-3-5-12-23-31-26-39-36-29-14-2-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 7
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 23
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 32
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 57
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 109
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 223

Statistics for 2009-2010 - Billboard 200 catalog albums:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 13 (*New Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: October 31, 2009 (*New Record* for earliest week, except for August 14, 2004)
Last week with Christmas albums: January 23, 2010 (*New Record* for latest week, except for February 5, 2005)
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 46 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-3-4-10-20-29-29-42-37-30-13-1-1 (42 on the Dec 19 chart is a *New Record*)
Highest position reached: #11, "Peace On Earth", Casting Crowns
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 25 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 30 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 55
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 83
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 141
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 220

by **Miguelito** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:22 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/BILLBOARD 200 RUNS - 2010

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2010 was:
"My Christmas" by Andrea Bocelli.
It was #1 for four weeks centered around Christmas, and reached #11 on the Billboard 200, where it spent seven weeks in the top 40.

Second place goes to:
"Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship" by Chris Tomlin.
This was #1 for three weeks and became Tomlin's third #1 Catalog album of 2010.

Two other albums reached the top spot, as Christmas albums accounted for eleven weeks at #1 this season:
"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP)" by Taylor Swift was #1 for three weeks (two in November and one in December), and
"It's A Wonderful Christmas" by Michael W. Smith was #1 on October 30, the earliest a Christmas album has made it to the top spot.

CATALOG CHART:

Weeks through end of January 2011:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2009-2010 _ = Charted in the 2009-2010 season Wks Peak 10/23-10/30-11/06-11/13-11/20-11/27-12/04-12/11- 12/18-12/25- (2010) 01/01-01/08-01/15-01/22 (2011) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) _ 19 1 25- 1- 3- 5- 4- 5-11- 8- 8- 9- 8- 9- X- X It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith (1,2,5,10,12) _ 26 1 X- X- X- 1- 1- 4- 5- 5- 6- 8- 4- 8- 1- 4 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (4,12,18,22,25) * 9 1 X- X- X-31- 2- 1- 1- 1- 3- 4- 7-21- X- X Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin (3,5,6,7,7) * 10 1 X- X- X-46- 8- 2- 2- 3- 1- 1- 1- 1-43- X My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli (4,7,7,8,8) _ 32 1 X- X- X- X-11- 3- 3- 2- 2- 2- 3- 3- X- X Noel, Josh Groban (11,24,26,26,30) _ 37 2 X- X- X- X-13- 6- 4- 4- 4- 6- 5- 6- X- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (0,5,16,30,35) * 5 8 X- X- X- X-27- 8-45-30-45- X- X- X- X- X The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces [X5], Various (0,0,0,1,1) * 2 28 X- X- X- X-28- X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X- X Home For Christmas, Sheryl Crow (0,0,0,0,0) * 8 5 X- X- X- X-32- 7-10- 9- 5- 7- 6- 7- X- X Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,1,7,7) _ 109 1 X- X- X- X-41-30-29-24-13-15-16-17- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,37,71) _ 53 1 X- X- X- X- X-11-13-11- 7- 5- 9-11- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (10,25,29,41,49) _ 27 11 X- X- X- X- X-12-15-17-11-11-13-26- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,17) _ 33 3 X- X- X- X- X-14-17-25-12-14-17-28- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (0,2,4,10,27) _ 37 4 X- X- X- X- X-15-19-22-17-21-26- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,2,11,22) _ 75 3 X- X- X- X- X-17-24-29-19-18-32- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,8,32) _ 13 15 X- X- X- X- X-18-25-39-23-16-15-27- X- X The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (0,0,0,0,5) _ 12 22 X- X- X- X- X-22-26-41-24-22-31- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,0,0) _ 102 1 X- X- X- X- X-23-20-14- 9-10-10-10- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,23,44,69,87) _ 41 1 X- X- X- X- X-24-28-50-29-29-37- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,8,10,16,25) _ 117 1 X- X- X- X- X-32-39-35-15- 3- 2- 2- 6- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (1,12,14,35,72) _ 8 25 X- X- X- X- X-34-44- X-35-45- X- X-48- X 'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various (0,0,0,0,0) _ 77 4 X- X- X- X- X-37-18-27-31-23-27- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,9,37) _ 4 38 X- X- X- X- X-38-42- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Holidays, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) _ 91 1 X- X- X- X- X-40-32-45-30-30-39- X- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,37,57) R 20 9 X- X- X- X- X-43-41- X- X-44- X- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,1,5) R 2 44 X- X- X- X- X-44- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Favorites, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) * 4 21 X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X-21-31-41- X- X- X Gold And Green, Sugarland (0,0,0,0,0) _ 61 4 X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,1,5,18) _ 16 8 X- X- X- X- X-50-14-34-26-25-22-45-49- X Joy To The World, Faith Hill (0,0,0,4,8) _ 15 1 X- X- X- X- X- X-31-12-22-13-20- X- X- X Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns (3,8,9,10,13) _ 18 25 X- X- X- X- X- X-33- X-39- X- X- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,0) * 6 14 X- X- X- X- X- X-37-47-14-17-14-16- X- X Christmas Cheers, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,0,4) R 14 15 X- X- X- X- X- X-47- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,3) * 4 18 X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X-18-20-25- X- X- X NOW That's What I Call A Country Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,2) * 1 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-10- X- X- X- X- X Barbie In A Christmas Carol, Soundtrack (0,0,0,1,1) _ 9 9 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-28-24-23- X- X- X Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,1,3) _ 21 11 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-32-40- X- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,4) _ 76 5 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-33-33-48- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 27 2 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-34-34-42- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (0,4,7,13,18) _ 91 4 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-36-39-50- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) _ 82 3 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-38-48- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) _ 21 6 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-40-32-24- X- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,0,2,9) * 2 41 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-41-41- X- X- X- X My Kind Of Christmas, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,0) _ 12 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-43-38-43- X- X- X And Winter Came..., Enya (0,0,0,1,5) _ 11 10 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-46- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Song, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,1,7) _ 74 4 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-47-36-34-41- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,3,15,40) * 1 48 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Number 1's [Hip-O], Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 37 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-37-40-39- X- X If On A Winter's Night..., Sting (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 42 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-42- X- X- X- X Thomas Kinkade: Handel's Messiah: Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride, The London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 7 25 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-49- X- X- X- X What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 11 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-11- X Joy, Jim Brickman (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 12 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-12- X Christmas Jazz Jam, Wynton Marsalis (0,0,0,0,1) R 14 24 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-36- X The Polar Express, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,0)

Late Weeks - March and April 2011:

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 03/26, 04/16-04/23-04/30 (2011) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 11 1 22, X- X- X My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli (4,7,7,8,8) * 6 9 X, 28-35- 9 If On A Winter's Night..., Sting (0,0,0,1,1)

BILLBOARD 200 (catalog albums only):

Weeks through end of January 2011:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2009-2010 _ = Charted in the 2009-2010 season Wks Peak 10/23-10/30-11/06-11/13-11/20-11/27-12/04-12/11- 12/18-12/25- (2010) 01/01-01/08-01/15-01/22 (2011) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Top 40,Top 50,Top 75, Top 100,Top 150) _ 18 54 179- 54- 66- 66- 64- 56- 70- 79- 68- 58- 79-101- X- X It's A Wonderful Christmas, Michael W. Smith (0,0,8,11,16) _ 26 12 X- X- X- 29- 20- 43- 40- 58- 53- 56- 58-100- 33- 81 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (13,14,19,23,24) * 8 19 X- X- X- X- 27- 19- 20- 19- 30- 33- 70-154- X- X Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin (6,6,7,7,7) * 8 11 X- X- X- X- 87- 30- 28- 32- 14- 11- 20- 31- X- X My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli (7,7,7,8,8) _ 30 4 X- X- X- X-109- 41- 32- 27- 18- 27- 41- 48- X- X Noel, Josh Groban (21,25,26,27,30) _ 36 24 X- X- X- X-129- 58- 38- 44- 42- 51- 65- 93- X- X Let It Snow! (EP), Michael Buble (5,11,22,28,35) * 5 76 X- X- X- X-175- 76-170-146-173- X- X- X- X- X The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces [X5], Various (0,0,0,1,2) * 2 176 X- X- X- X-176- X- X- X- X-184- X- X- X- X Home For Christmas, Sheryl Crow (0,0,0,0,0) * 8 45 X- X- X- X-191- 64- 69- 81- 45- 52- 66- 99- X- X Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection, Mannheim Steamroller (0,1,5,7,7) _ 51 19 X- X- X- X- X- 91- 77- 88- 65- 45- 85-111- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (12,20,35,41,46) _ 27 63 X- X- X- X- X- 92- 85-112- 86- 94-111-170- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,2,11,22) _ 32 23 X- X- X- X- X-116- 92-129- 92-101-120-173- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (3,3,10,18,29) _ 28 58 X- X- X- X- X-120- 95-121-108-127-155- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,10,16,25) _ 38 60 X- X- X- X- X-129-115-143-114-116-164- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,2,6,24) _ 13 84 X- X- X- X- X-130-116-162-128-106-114-172- X- X The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (0,0,0,1,10) _ 12 98 X- X- X- X- X-141-119-166-129-128-163- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,1,9) _ 63 33 X- X- X- X- X-145- 99-104- 73- 71- 87-106- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4,14,33,43,55) _ 35 10 X- X- X- X- X-155-121-187-136-143-176- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,5,14,21,31) _ 42 61 X- X- X- X- X-172-124-124- 98-105-116-145- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,3,10,28) _ 55 30 X- X- X- X- X-177-159-154-101- 30- 30- 46- 95- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (7,12,22,32,44) _ 8 150 X- X- X- X- X-179-167- X-154-186- X- X- X- X 'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various (0,0,0,0,1) _ 51 69 X- X- X- X- X-183- 93-139-141-130-158- X- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,1,8,38) _ 4 162 X- X- X- X- X-184-162- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Holidays, The Starlite Orchestra And Singers (0,0,0,0,0) _ 45 55 X- X- X- X- X-187-139-175-137-153-185- X- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,2,12,31) _ 13 54 X- X- X- X- X- X- 83-153-132-137-146- X- X- X Joy To The World, Faith Hill (0,0,4,6,11) _ 15 11 X- X- X- X- X- X-135- 94-126-100-136- X- X- X Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns (8,9,9,12,15) _ 17 133 X- X- X- X- X- X-140-189-164- X- X- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,4) * 6 100 X- X- X- X- X- X-150-179-100-108-112-139- X- X Christmas Cheers, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,1,5) R 18 82 X- X- X- X- X- X-161- X-185-185- X- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,4,8) _ 1 174 X- X- X- X- X- X-174- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,0) * 5 111 X- X- X- X- X- X-182-190-111-120-154- X- X- X NOW That's What I Call A Country Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 2 186 X- X- X- X- X- X-186- X-190- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,0,0) * 5 122 X- X- X- X- X- X-188-199-122-154-188- X- X- X Gold And Green, Sugarland (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 193 X- X- X- X- X- X-193- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 84 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- 84- X- X- X- X- X Barbie In A Christmas Carol, Soundtrack (0,0,0,1,1) _ 9 68 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-134-132-147- X- X- X Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (0,0,2,3,6) _ 18 102 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-149-177- X- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,6) _ 15 132 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-150-161- X- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,5) _ 25 20 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-152-163-190- X- X- X Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3, Various (3,5,11,16,19) _ 14 129 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-156-175- X- X- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,1) _ 31 77 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-163-193- X- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,5,15) _ 19 59 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-165-158-150- X- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,2,7,14) * 2 167 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-167-180- X- X- X- X My Kind Of Christmas, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,0) _ 12 57 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-170-174-192- X- X- X And Winter Came..., Enya (0,0,1,2,6) _ 11 63 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-176- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Song, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,2,4,7) _ 47 61 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-177-172-167- X- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,8,22,38) * 1 180 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-180- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Number 1's [Hip-O], Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 3 173 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-187-173-186- X- X- X If On A Winter's Night..., Sting (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 106 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-189-196- X- X- X- X What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,0,2) _ 8 111 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-191-200- X- X- X- X Christmas Duets, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,3) * 1 195 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-195- X- X- X- X- X I Wish You A Merry Christmas, Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 181 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-181- X- X- X- X Thomas Kinkade: Handel's Messiah: Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride, The London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 113 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-113- X Joy, Jim Brickman (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 125 X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-125- X Christmas Jazz Jam, Wynton Marsalis (0,0,0,0,1)

Late Weeks - March and April 2011:

Code: Select all: Wks Peak 03/26, 04/23-04/30 (2011) * 8 11 180, X- X My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli (7,7,7,8,8) * 5 95 X, 189- 95 If On A Winter's Night..., Sting (0,0,0,1,1)

The Gang's All Here - 2010-2011 Edition: In each of the four weeks in December, the entire 50-position Catalog chart also placed on the Billboard 200. There were 56, 58, 56, and 51 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 during these weeks, respectively.

Ten different Christmas catalog albums made the Billboard 200 during one of these weeks without cracking the Catalog Top 50 in the same week:
(*) Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (#53/#186 on Dec 4; #54/#190 on Dec 18)
Gold And Green, Sugarland (#54/#188 on Dec 4; #58/#199 on Dec 11)
(*) Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (#56/#193 on Dec 4)
Holiday Collection, Kenny G (#52/#189 on Dec 11)
NOW That's What I Call A Country Christmas, Various (#53/#190 on Dec 11)
The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (#51/#185 on Dec 18)
If On A Winter's Night..., Sting (#52/#187 on Dec 18)
What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (#53/#189 on Dec 18)
(*) Christmas Duets, Elvis Presley (#55/#190 on Dec 18; #51/#200 on Dec 25)
(*) I Wish You A Merry Christmas, Bing Crosby (#56/#195 on Dec 18)
Albums marked with an asterisk did not make the Catalog chart at all in the 2010-2011 season. Three of these made the Catalog chart previously. The exception is "I Wish You A Merry Christmas" by Bing Crosby, which as of the end of the 2010-2011 Christmas season is the only Christmas "catalog" album to reach the Billboard 200 but not the Catalog chart!

Other Notes:
Christmas Crush on Catalog: There were 41 Christmas albums on the December 18, 2010 Catalog chart, and an equal number on the December 25 chart; it was short of the record of 45 set on December 21, 1996, but these two weeks had the highest totals posted since 42 Christmas albums appeared on the December 28, 1996 chart. Also, the December 18 edition of the Billboard 200 featured an astounding 47 catalog Christmas albums, as six catalog albums below the last notch of the Catalog chart reached the Billboard 200, and they were all Christmas albums.
Christmas In March - And April: Retail store closures may have been a factor in Andrea Bocelli's returning to the Catalog chart for a week in late March with "My Christmas", and Sting charting for three straight weeks (and reaching #9!) on Catalog, and two on the Billboard 200, with "If On A Winter's Night..." in late April. With more Christmas albums charting in September 2011, this makes May, June, and July the only months that have not seen a Christmas album on the Billboard 200 or Comprehensive chart.
Christmas Century 3: "Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra made it to 102 weeks on the Catalog chart, thus becoming the third Christmas album to reach the 100-week milestone, joining "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi Trio (117 weeks) and "Merry Christmas" by Mariah Carey (109).
Home For The Holidays: A couple of long-absent country music entries returned to the charts this year. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Once Upon A Christmas", last seen on the Catalog chart in the 1994-1995 season, returned to the Catalog chart and Billboard 200. Alan Jackson's "Honky Tonk Christmas", which charted for two seasons in the mid-1990s and again in the 2007-2008 season on Catalog only, returned to the Billboard 200 but not to the Catalog chart.
Albums by Kenny G ("The Greatest Holiday Classics") and Starlite Orchestra ("Christmas Favorites"), as well as the "Polar Express" soundtrack, also returned to the charts after an absence of at least one season.
More The Merrier Christmas: Fifty-three different Christmas albums reached the Catalog chart this year, a record number. Three of these (Starlite Orchestra/Christmas Favorites, Burl Ives, "Polar Express") did not reach the Billboard 200. But four albums did reach the BB200 that did not make the Catalog chart, so the number was even higher there: 54 Christmas catalog albums appeared on the Billboard 200, also a record.
Farewell: Two albums that had been on the Catalog chart in seven previous Christmas seasons, including 2009-2010, were unable to return this year: the original "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" collection, and "Christmas With The Rat Pack" by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. The latter was on a technicality, as it was re-released with enough new material to be considered a "current album" again in 2010; it would have returned to the chart if it had been eligible. We also said goodbye to "Christmas Songs" by Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (four previous seasons) and Third Day's "Christmas Offerings" (three seasons).
Burl Ives' "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" was able to return to the Catalog chart for just one week, extending its run of consecutive Catalog seasons to 13, but it was unable to return to the Billboard 200. Its streak of seasons returning to the top 200 sellers ended at seven.
The most successful album from last year which did not return this year was Yo-Yo Ma's "Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace", which charted for eight weeks on Catalog last year (six on Billboard 200) and reached #20 (#116).
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Fifteen Christmas albums reached the Catalog chart for the first time this year, and two additional albums ("I Wish You A Merry Christmas" by Bing Crosby and "Honky Tonk Christmas" by Alan Jackson) reached the Billboard 200 only as Catalog albums for the first time. "Honky Tonk Christmas" has a previous Catalog history, so of the sixteen truly new entries, two made it to #1, and four others made the top 10. Both the Bocelli and Tomlin albums seem set for long runs. Of the other top tens, "Christmas: 25th Anniversary Edition" by Mannheim Steamroller (#5) might have potential for long-term chart success, but the others do not; Sting's "If On A Winter's Night..." didn't reach the top 10 until April, and the other two (99 Most Essential, and Barbie Christmas Carol) seem like short shelf-life entries. Time will tell if any of the others can stick around. Sugarland's #21 peak for "Gold And Green" was somewhat disappointing.

Statistics for 2010-2011 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 18 (*New Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: October 23, 2010 (*New Record* for first consecutive week)
Last consecutive week with Christmas albums: January 22, 2011
Last week with Christmas albums: April 30, 2011
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 53 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-1-1-4-10-28-30-24-41-41-33-18-8-1, 1, 1-1-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 11
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 27
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 42
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 71
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 118
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 245

Statistics for 2010-2011 - Billboard 200 catalog albums:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 17 (*New Record*)
First week with Christmas albums: October 23, 2010 (*New Record* for earliest consecutive week)
Last consecutive week with Christmas albums: January 22, 2011
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 54 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 1-1-1-2-9-23-33-27-47-42-31-15-4-1, 1, 1-1 (42 on the Dec 18 chart is a *New Record*)
Highest position reached: #11, "My Christmas", Andrea Bocelli
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 24
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 33 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 56
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 87
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 155
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 240 (*New Record*)

Regards, Miguelito

by **WolfSpear** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:17 pm

Wow, I love this thread. I wonder which album spent the most seasons on the Billboard 200 before the Catalog chart took over.

by **Miguelito** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:18 pm

WolfSpear wrote:Wow, I love this thread. I wonder which album spent the most seasons on the Billboard 200 before the Catalog chart took over.

Good question! I haven't exhaustively researched the answer, but it is very probably "December" by George Winston, which spent 178 weeks on the Billboard 200 starting in 1983 and ending in 1991, but reached only #54. In many years it charted well into the non-holiday season. (I think that number is right, it's close anyway, I have to check it.)

Another notable one is Bing Crosby's "Merry Christmas" which spent 89 weeks on the chart over many seasons and reached #1.

More later in an update.

Regards, Miguelito

by **Miguelito** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:03 pm

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

5,281,154 through 30 October 2011 according to information posted to this weeks (week ending 12 November 2011) US chart update thread by "arab".

Regards, Miguelito

by **Miguelito** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:12 pm

greek_boy wrote:Do u know the sales of the Xtmas album by Christina Aguilera?

I have an answer! (courtesy of "nickf1" on the Nov 19 chart thread): It's sold 122,213 as of November 6, 2011 (including 529 this week to surge to #150 on the Holiday Albums chart):

4 191 168 150 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS 529 253 150 122213

Regards, M

by **Emo** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:24 am

Miguelito wrote:
greek_boy wrote:Do u know the sales of the Xtmas album by Christina Aguilera?
I have an answer! (courtesy of "nickf1" on the Nov 19 chart thread): It's sold 122,213 as of November 6, 2011 (including 529 this week to surge to #150 on the Holiday Albums chart):

4 191 168 150 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS 529 253 150 122213

Regards, M

this is the repackage...
bacause the first version sold 892 k

by **Miguelito** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:28 am

CHRISTMAS CATALOG/BILLBOARD 200 RUNS - 2011

The Christmas catalog chart champion of 2011, for the second straight year, was:
"My Christmas" by Andrea Bocelli.
It was #1 for three weeks centered around Christmas, and reached #16 on the Billboard 200, the highest position achieved by a catalog album this season.

Only one other album reached #1, which is my nominee for second best Christmas catalog album of 2011:
"The Gift" by Susan Boyle.
It was #1 for two weeks before Bocelli took over, and reached #29 on the big chart, a year after topping it in its original release.

The top of the chart was otherwise populated by a mix of first-time catalog albums and old classics, as described in the rundown below.

CATALOG CHART:

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2010-2011 _ = Charted in the 2010-2011 season Wks Peak 09/24, 11/05-11/12-11/19-11/26-12/03-12/10- 12/17-12/24-12/31- (2011) 01/07-01/14-01/21 (2012) Album Title, Artist (Wks in Num 1,Top 3,Top 5,Top 10, Top 20) * 1 7 7, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Memories, Anuna (0,0,0,1,1) * 10 1 15, X-19- 4- 2- 1- 1- 3- 5- 5- 4- X- X The Gift, Susan Boyle (2,4,8,8,10) _ 19 1 X, 12- 2- 3- 4- 6- 6- 6- 6- 6- 6- X- X Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin (3,7,9,16,17) * 9 8 X, X-44-10-10- 8-20-16- 9-12-23- X- X O Holy Night (EP), Jackie Evancho (0,0,0,4,7) * 9 5 X, X-46-11- 6- 5- 7- 5- 7- 7-12- X- X NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 4, Various (0,0,2,6,8) _ 85 4 X, X- X- 8-11-10-24-11- 8-11-16- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,12,44) * 8 8 X, X- X-18- 8- 9- 9-14-14-16-14- X- X Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Soundtrack - TV (0,0,0,3,8) _ 40 1 X, X- X-19- 7- 4- 3- 2- 2- 4- 7- X- X Noel, Josh Groban (11,27,31,33,38) _ 19 1 X, X- X-26- 5- 3- 4- 1- 1- 1- 2- X- X My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli (7,12,14,15,15) R 50 1 X, X- X-42-19-18-45-20-21-27-50- X- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (2,13,14,18,28) _ 46 1 X, X- X- X- 9-11-40-36-49- X- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,8,10,17,27) _ 33 1 X, X- X- X-14-12- 8- 8-18-14-31- X- X The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (4,12,18,24,31) _ 81 3 X, X- X- X-15-14-30-12-26-29- X- X -X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,2,5,8,35) _ 34 11 X, X- X- X-17-16-18-21-12-18-22- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,22) * 9 3 X, X- X- X-22-17-11- 7-20-22-27- 3- 8 A Merry Little Christmas (EP), Lady Antebellum (0,1,1,3,6) * 4 23 X, X- X- X-23-41- X-39-42- X- X- X- X Phineas And Ferb: Holiday Favorites, Soundtrack - TV (0,0,0,0,0) _ 60 1 X, X- X- X-24-13-14-15-11-10-21- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (10,25,29,42,54) _ 116 1 X, X- X- X-28-25-16- 9-16-17-20- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (2,17,27,38,76) _ 23 25 X, X- X- X-29-32- X-37-38-45- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,0) _ 23 9 X, X- X- X-30-29- X-41- X- X- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,1,5) _ 28 6 X, X- X- X-32-27-29-17-23-21-35- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,0,2,10) _ 43 4 X, X- X- X-36-21-31-31-30-35- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,2,11,22) _ 40 3 X, X- X- X-43-34-46-34-25-26-42- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (0,2,4,10,27) * 1 48 X, X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X Do You Hear What I Hear?: Women Of Christmas [Sony Music], Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 7 20 X, X- X- X-50-20-41-22-24-25-33- X- X Merry Christmas II You, Mariah Carey (0,0,0,0,1) * 4 7 X, X- X- X- X- 7-21-18-39- X- X- X- X Joy To The World, Pink Martini (0,0,0,1,2) _ 14 5 X, X- X- X- X-28-13-25-13-20-32- X- X Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,1,7,10) _ 124 1 X, X- X- X- X-30-26-10- 3- 3- 3-15- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (1,15,17,39,77) _ 108 1 X, X- X- X- X-31-19-13-17-13-17- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (5,23,44,69,92) _ 20 1 X, X- X- X- X-38-32-27-19-38- X- X- X Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns (3,8,9,10,14) _ 15 22 X, X- X- X- X-40- X-40-46- X- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,0,0) _ 97 1 X, X- X- X- X-42-38-33-28-28-46- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (7,11,22,37,57) _ 26 11 X, X- X- X- X-47-44-19-33-42- X- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,0,5) _ 12 12 X, X- X- X- X-49- X-45-48- X- X-12- X 'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various (0,0,0,0,1) _ 7 18 X, X- X- X- X-50-28-44- X- X- X- X- X NOW That's What I Call A Country Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,2) _ 18 9 X, X- X- X- X- X-27-32-10- 9-19- X- X The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (0,0,0,2,8) _ 13 9 X, X- X- X- X- X-42-42-45-33- X- X- X Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,1,3) R 19 6 X, X- X- X- X- X-48- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,4,8) _ 10 14 X, X- X- X- X- X-49-38-36-34- X- X- X Christmas Cheers, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,0,4) R 11 31 X, X- X- X- X- X-50- X-31-43- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) _ 17 8 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X- X- X Joy To The World, Faith Hill (0,0,0,4,8) _ 17 15 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-47-40-46- X- X- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,3) _ 85 3 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-48-44-48- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,1,1,7,29) _ 79 5 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-49-37-39- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,3,7,22) _ 94 4 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-34-31-41- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,10,27,41) R 2 41 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-43- X- X- X- X Christmas Classics [Empire], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,0) _ 4 41 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-47-47- X- X- X My Kind Of Christmas, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 50 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X- X Christmas, Celtic Thunder (0,0,0,0,0) _ 8 25 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-50- X- X- X What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 20 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-20- X 123 Favorite Christmas Songs [Pacific], Various (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 30 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-30- X Winter Wonderland Melodies, The Snowman (0,0,0,0,0)

BILLBOARD 200 (catalog albums only):

Code: Select all: First column: * = New entry R = Re-entry from a previous season before 2010-2011 _ = Charted in the 2010-2011 season Wks Peak 09/24, 11/05-11/12-11/19-11/26-12/03-12/10- 12/17-12/24-12/31- (2011) 01/07-01/14-01/21 (2012) 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- X- X- X Christmas Memories, Anuna (0,0,0,1,1) * 10 29 119, X-125- 61- 36- 32- 45- 29- 33- 40- 53- X- X The Gift, Susan Boyle (5,6,8,8,10) _ 18 19 X, 115- 43- 45- 42- 47- 58- 33- 36- 42- 55- X- X Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin (8,13,16,16,17) _ 59 60 X, X- X- 94- 82- 78-116- 63- 60- 72-105- X- X It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley (0,0,4,14,46) * 8 60 X, X- X-101- 80- 60-109- 74- 61- 74-115- X- X O Holy Night (EP), Jackie Evancho (0,0,4,5,8) * 8 31 X, X- X-105- 64- 46- 63- 31- 45- 52- 93- X- X NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 4, Various (1,3,6,7,8) * 8 66 X, X- X-124- 77- 66- 72- 68- 71- 86-102- X- X Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Soundtrack - TV (0,0,4,6,8) _ 38 4 X, X- X-129- 75- 43- 49- 27- 25- 36- 66- X- X Noel, Josh Groban (24,30,33,34,38) _ 17 11 X, X- X-149- 62- 36- 50- 17- 16- 19- 36- X- X My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli (12,13,14,15,16) R 36 44 X, X- X-189-117-100-159- 84- 92-117-182- X- X Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller (0,2,4,11,23) _ 41 10 X, X- X- X- 79- 80-152-122-156-179- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (3,5,14,23,34) _ 33 12 X, X- X- X- 99- 85- 64- 49- 82- 82-140- X- X The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift (13,15,21,29,31) _ 44 60 X, X- X- X-100- 94-130- 64-104-119- X- X- X White Christmas, Martina McBride (0,0,3,9,30) _ 34 63 X, X- X- X-109- 96-107- 86- 68- 94-114- X- X Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley (0,0,3,15,29) * 9 36 X, X- X- X-127- 99- 77- 46- 89-111-131- 36- 74 A Merry Little Christmas (EP), Lady Antebellum (1,2,3,6,9) * 4 126 X, X- X- X-128-148- X-126-144- X- X- X- X Phineas And Ferb: Holiday Favorites, Soundtrack - TV (0,0,0,0,4) _ 58 19 X, X- X- X-131- 90- 96- 71- 66- 71-111- X- X The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (12,20,38,46,53) _ 49 54 X, X- X- X-142-119-104- 54- 74- 87-110- X- X Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (0,0,5,13,35) _ 22 123 X, X- X- X-143-131- X-123-132-149- X- X- X Holiday Collection, Kenny G (0,0,0,0,9) _ 22 82 X, X- X- X-145-125- X-128-163- X- X- X- X The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (0,0,0,4,11) _ 26 59 X, X- X- X-152-123-124- 78- 97-110-145- X- X James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor (0,0,2,9,20) _ 34 58 X, X- X- X-158-108-132-112-113-130- X- X- X Christmas With The Chipmunks [Capitol], The Chipmunks with David Seville (0,0,10,16,30) _ 39 23 X, X- X- X-176-134-162-120-100-116-164- X- X A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman (3,3,10,19,33) * 5 166 X, X- X- X-189-193- X-168-181-166- X- X- X Do You Hear What I Hear?: Women Of Christmas [Sony Music], Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 7 88 X, X- X- X-194-107-153- 88- 98-115-142- X- X Merry Christmas II You, Mariah Carey (0,0,0,2,5) _ 63 23 X, X- X- X-197-126-119- 56- 27- 23- 37-108- X A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (10,15,26,36,51) _ 17 98 X, X- X- X-198-144- X-127-150-174- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (0,0,0,1,12) _ 15 45 X, X- X- X-200-124- 90- 94- 69-109-141- X- X Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection, Mannheim Steamroller (0,1,6,10,13) * 6 59 X, X- X- X- X- 59-112- 79-139-171-200- X- X Joy To The World, Pink Martini (0,0,1,2,4) _ 69 33 X, X- X- X- X-128-108- 65- 77- 78-107- X- X Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4,14,34,46,61) _ 20 11 X, X- X- X- X-141-137-104- 88-134- X- X- X Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns (8,9,9,13,20) _ 51 55 X, X- X- X- X-154-150-117-108-118-172- X- X These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (0,0,2,12,35) _ 24 81 X, X- X- X- X-177-158- 81-120-143-192- X- X Elf, Soundtrack (0,0,0,1,9) _ 12 87 X, X- X- X- X-180- X-141-153- X- X- 87- X 'Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various (0,0,0,1,3) _ 9 111 X, X- X- X- X-181-123-140-190- X- X- X- X NOW That's What I Call A Country Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,4) _ 19 65 X, X- X- X- X-186-120-113- 65- 67-109- X- X The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (0,0,2,3,15) _ 5 141 X, X- X- X- X-189- X-149-141-151- X- X- X Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (0,0,0,0,2) _ 14 68 X, X- X- X- X- X-155-137-149-127-198- X- X Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (0,0,2,3,9) _ 3 165 X, X- X- X- X- X-165- X- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller (0,0,0,0,0) _ 11 100 X, X- X- X- X- X-166-124-124-129-191- X- X Christmas Cheers, Straight No Chaser (0,0,0,1,8) R 8 116 X, X- X- X- X- X-169-182-116-144- X- X- X The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,2) _ 16 57 X, X- X- X- X- X-173-176-180-198- X- X- X And Winter Came..., Enya (0,0,1,2,6) _ 19 126 X, X- X- X- X- X-175-153-126-137- X- X- X Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (0,0,0,0,7) _ 7 122 X, X- X- X- X- X-200-186- X- X- X- X- X Gold And Green, Sugarland (0,0,0,0,1) _ 15 54 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-138-187- X- X- X- X Joy To The World, Faith Hill (0,0,4,6,12) _ 34 77 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-151-148-155- X- X- X White Christmas [MCA], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,5,16) _ 5 152 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-162-152-153- X- X- X My Kind Of Christmas, Dean Martin (0,0,0,0,0) R 4 147 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-167-147-164- X- X- X Christmas Classics [Empire], Bing Crosby (0,0,0,0,1) _ 18 121 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-171-121-124-162- X- X The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (0,0,0,0,3) * 3 158 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-178-158-165- X- X- X Christmas, Celtic Thunder (0,0,0,0,0) _ 10 111 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-183-196- X- X- X- X Christmas Duets, Elvis Presley (0,0,0,0,3) _ 2 180 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-185- X- X- X- X- X Christmas Number 1's [Hip-O], Various (0,0,0,0,0) R 11 76 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-195- X- X- X- X- X Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (0,0,0,3,6) _ 4 174 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-197-174-188- X- X- X Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (0,0,0,0,0) R 34 84 X, X- X- X- X- X- X-198- X- X- X- X- X Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (0,0,0,3,19) _ 10 106 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-175-163- X- X- X What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (0,0,0,0,2) R 3 190 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-192-190- X- X- X A Very Special Christmas, Various (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 198 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X-198- X- X- X- X Alabama Christmas, Alabama (0,0,0,0,0) R 31 34 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-180- X- X- X NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (2,4,12,17,24) _ 48 61 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-196- X- X- X The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (0,0,8,22,38) * 1 197 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-197- X- X- X Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra (0,0,0,0,0) * 1 131 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-131- X 123 Favorite Christmas Songs [Pacific], Various (0,0,0,0,1) * 1 165 X, X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X- X-165- X Winter Wonderland Melodies, The Snowman (0,0,0,0,0)

The Gang's All Here - 2011-2012 Edition: For seven straight weeks from November 26, 2011 through January 7, 2012, the entire Catalog chart qualified for inclusion on the Billboard 200. There were 53, 59, 63, 69, 68, 70, and 59 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 during these weeks, respectively.

The following lists the 48 weeks spent on the Billboard 200 during this span by 33 different catalog Christmas albums that did not reach the Catalog chart in the same week:
(*) Alabama Christmas, Alabama (198/Dec 24)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio (197/Nov 26)
Christmas, Celtic Thunder (178/Dec 17; 165/Dec 31)
Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection, Mannheim Steamroller (200/Nov 26)
(*) The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (196/Dec 31)
Christmas Cheers, Straight No Chaser (191/Jan 7)
Christmas Classics [Empire], Bing Crosby (167/Dec 17; 164/Dec 31)
The Christmas Collection, Amy Grant (198/Nov 26; 174/Dec 31)
The Christmas Collection, Il Divo (179/Dec 31)
The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra (182/Dec 17)
(*) Christmas Duets, Elvis Presley (183/Dec 17; 196/Dec 24)
(*) Christmas Number 1's [Hip-O], Various (185/Dec 17)
Christmas Portrait, The Carpenters (175/Dec 10)
The Christmas Song, Nat "King" Cole (171/Dec 17)
(*) Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra (197/Dec 31)
Do You Hear What I Hear?: Women Of Christmas [Sony Music], Various (193/Dec 3; 168/Dec 17; 181/Dec 24; 166/Dec 31)
Elf, Soundtrack (192/Jan 7)
The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (186/Dec 3)
(*) Gold And Green, Sugarland (200/Dec 10; 186/Dec 17)
The Greatest Holiday Classics, Kenny G (163/Dec 24)
Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser (198/Jan 7)
(*) Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson (197/Dec 17; 174/Dec 24; 188/Dec 31)
Joy To The World, Faith Hill (187/Dec 24)
Joy To The World, Pink Martini (171/Dec 31; 200/Jan 7)
My Kind Of Christmas, Dean Martin (162/Dec 17)
(*) NOW That's What I Call Christmas!, Various (180/Dec 31)
NOW That's What I Call A Country Christmas, Various (190/Dec 24)
Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (189/Dec 3)
(*) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives (198/Dec 17)
(*) A Very Special Christmas, Various (192/Dec 24; 190/Dec 31)
What A Night! A Christmas Album, Harry Connick Jr. (175/Dec 24)
(*) And Winter Came..., Enya (173/Dec 10; 176/Dec 17; 180/Dec 24; 198/Dec 31)
(*) Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan (195/Dec 17)
The twelve albums marked with an asterisk did not make the Catalog chart at all in the 2011-2012 season.
Of these, eleven reached the Catalog chart in previous years; the only one which did not is "Christmas Songs By Sinatra" by Frank Sinatra. This joins Bing Crosby's "I Wish You A Merry Christmas" as the only Christmas catalog albums to make the Billboard 200 without ever reaching the Catalog chart.

In years past, it was common for Christmas albums on the Catalog chart to miss out on the Billboard 200, but this year, every Christmas album that reached the Catalog chart also reached the Billboard 200; in fact, there were only two individual occasions where albums reached the Catalog chart without making the Billboard 200 in the same week:

Other Notes:
Christmas Crush on Catalog: The number of Christmas albums in the Catalog top 50 topped out at 42 on December 24. It was short of the record of 45 set on December 21, 1996, but had the highest total since December 28, 1996 also had 42 Christmas albums.
Catalog Crest on Billboard 200: The December 17 version of the Billboard 200 featured 53 Christmas albums in Catalog status, even more than the 47 seen on December 25, 2010. That number of 47 was also surpassed on December 24 (with 52) and December 31 (with 48). The December 17 chart included all 40 Christmas albums on the Catalog chart, plus 13 more catalog Christmas albums not in the Catalog top 50.
Christmas In September: The demise of the Borders retail chain may have been responsible for sending two Christmas albums onto the Catalog chart (and Billboard 200) on September 24. One of these, Anuna's "Christmas Memories", never resurfaced; the other, Susan Boyle's "The Gift", got a jump on its successful 2011 season. ("The Gift" was also on the BB200 on September 17, but wasn't included on the Catalog chart.)
Please Come Home For Christmas: Several albums returned after a chart absence of a season or more, but none of these had a more successful season than "Christmas Extraordinaire" by Mannheim Steamroller. Last seen on the charts in 2008, it had a solid 8-week run this year with a peak in the Catalog top 20 and the Billboard top 100. Other albums to return this year included:
- Christmas Live, Mannheim Steamroller - returned to the Catalog chart for the first time since 2002-03. (It also reached the Billboard 200, but managed to do that in 2010-11 as well.)
- The Christmas Collection, Frank Sinatra - last on the charts in 2008-09; it reached its Catalog (#31) and BB200 (#116) peak positions this season.
- Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby - was on the charts once previously, in 2009-10; it reached a new peak on the BB200 (#147).
- Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan - returned only to the BB200, where it last charted in 2009-10; it has not been on the Catalog chart since 2008-09 (four seasons on BB200 and only two on Catalog).
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives - returned to the BB200, where it last charted in 2009-10; however, it missed the Catalog chart for the first time in 13 seasons.
- A Very Special Christmas (original collection) - returned to the BB200, where it also charted in 2009-10; it charted for 12 seasons on Catalog, but not since 2002-03.
- NOW That's What I Call Christmas! (original collection) - returned to the BB200, where it last charted in 2009-10; however, it was unable to return to the Catalog chart for the first time since 2009-10.
More The Merrier Christmas: A total of 51 different Christmas albums reached the Catalog chart, which was two short of the record set in 2010-11. However, 63 different Christmas catalog albums (including the 51 from Catalog, plus 12 others) reached the Billboard 200 this year, which flattened the old record of 54 set last year.
Farewell: Nineteen Christmas albums that made the Catalog chart in 2010-11, and thirteen Christmas albums that made the Billboard 200 that year, did not return to those charts this year. This includes five albums that made the Catalog top 10, and one which made #1 (Michael W. Smith's "It's A Wonderful Christmas").
Two long consecutive-season streaks came to an end on the Catalog chart, as Burl Ives' "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" was unable to return for a 14th straight season, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "The Christmas Attic" was unable to extend its run to 13 straight seasons. Ironically, both albums made the Billboard 200 (even though "Rudolph" didn't do that last year). Other streaks of four or more years to end were "NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 3" and Michael Buble's "Let It Snow! (EP)" (both 4 straight seasons). Buble's EP had been a top 5 in each of those seasons, but was replaced this year with his blockbuster new Christmas album.
On the Billboard 200, the longest consecutive season string to come to an end was four seasons (for the "NOW! 3" and Buble albums previously mentioned).
Also, while hardly making a departure from the chart, "Christmas Eve And Other Stories" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra failed to return to the top 10 this year, peaking at #13. This ends the album's run of consecutive Christmas seasons reaching the Top 10 of the Catalog chart at an incredible 14 seasons. The irony is that it got higher this year on the Billboard 200 (#65) than last year (#71).
Evaluation of the year's new entries: Thirteen Christmas albums reached the Catalog chart for the first time this year, and two additional albums ("Alabama Christmas" by Alabama, and "Christmas Songs By Sinatra" by Frank Sinatra) reached the Billboard 200 only as Catalog albums for the first time. "Alabama Christmas" has a previous Catalog history, so there are 14 albums charting for the first time; of these, seven made the Catalog top 10, but only three reached the top 5, and one of these, "A Merry Little Christmas (EP)" by Lady Antebellum, did it late in the season after Christmas. The others that made the top 5 were "The Gift" by Susan Boyle (#1) and "NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 4" (#5).
On the Billboard 200 side, three of these albums reached the top 50, with Boyle (#29) making it the highest (NOW! 4 was #31, and Lady Antebellum #36). Some of the 2010 Christmas albums becoming catalog-eligible were disappointing; Jackie Evancho reached #60 after #2 last year (but she had another new Christmas album!), and Mariah Carey topped out at #88 after a #4 peak last year (market saturation?).
I would guess that the Susan Boyle, Lady Antebellum, and Mariah Carey (because of the name) selections are the best bets for success in future seasons.

Statistics for 2011-2012 - Catalog chart:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 13
First week with Christmas albums: September 24, 2011 (earliest since Aug 4, 2001)
First consecutive week with Christmas albums: November 5, 2011
Last consecutive week with Christmas albums: January 21, 2012
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 51
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 2, 1-4-9-24-33-33-40-42-36-23-5-1
Christmas Weeks at #1: 5
Christmas Weeks in the top 3: 18
Christmas Weeks in the top 5: 29
Christmas Weeks in the top 10: 63
Christmas Weeks in the top 20: 125
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 253 (*New Record*)

Statistics for 2011-2012 - Billboard 200 catalog albums:
Weeks with Christmas albums on chart: 13
First week with Christmas albums: September 24, 2011 (earliest since Aug 4, 2001)
First consecutive week with Christmas albums: November 5, 2011
Last consecutive week with Christmas albums: January 21, 2012
Total number of Christmas albums reaching chart: 63 (*New Record*)
Number of Christmas albums on chart by week: 2, 1-2-9-27-36-36-53-52-48-27-5-1 (53 on the Dec 17 chart is a *New Record*)
Highest position reached: #16, "My Christmas", Andrea Bocelli
Christmas Weeks in the top 40: 20
Christmas Weeks in the top 50: 33 (*Ties Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 75: 69 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 100: 110 (*New Record*)
Christmas Weeks in the top 150: 217 (*New Record*)
Total Christmas Weeks on the chart: 299 (*New Record*)