A Very Special Christmas | ||||
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![]() Cover art by Keith Haring | ||||
Compilation album by various artists | ||||
Released | October 12, 1987 [1] | |||
Genre | Christmas music, Children's music | |||
Length | 50:57 (Original version) 51:11 (Revised version) | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | ||||
various artists chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
New Musical Express | 9/10 [3] |
A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on October 12, 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics. [4] The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.
On January 16, 1998, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States. [5]
As of November 2014, A Very Special Christmas is the 19th best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,520,000 copies according to SoundScan. [6]
According to the liner notes: [7]
Musicians
Technical personnel
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada | — | 210,000 [8] |
United States | — | 2,520,000 [6] |
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