Billboard Christmas Hits 1983–1989

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The Billboard Christmas Hits survey ran each holiday season between 1983 until 1989 except for 1986. The singles chart only ran a total 6 of weeks between 1983 and 1985.

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List of number one Billboard Christmas Hits 1983–1989

These are the Billboard Christmas Hits chart number-one albums and singles from 1983 until 1989. [1]

Issue dateAlbumsArtistSinglesArtistRef.
December 17, 1983 Christmas Kenny Rogers "White Christmas" Bing Crosby [2]
December 24, 1983"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" Elmo N' Patsy [3]
December 15, 1984 Once Upon a Christmas Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton [4]
December 22, 1984 [5]
December 21, 1985 Alabama Christmas Alabama [6]
December 28, 1985"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" Bruce Springsteen [7]
December 12, 1987 A Very Special Christmas Various artists no chartno chart [8]
December 19, 1987 [9]
December 10, 1988 [10]
December 24, 1988 A Fresh Aire Christmas Mannheim Steamroller [11]
January 7, 1989 [12]
December 23, 1989 Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids on the Block [13]
January 6, 1990 [14]

Top Christmas Hits Albums of the 1980's

The Billboard Christmas Hits album charts ran a total of 13 weeks. Those that reached the top 10 are ranked below. [15] [16] [17] [18] The peak position reflects the highest position the album reached on the Christmas Hits chart betweem December 17, 1983 and January 6, 1990, but the top 10 and total weeks include the total weeks charted since the first Christmas Records chart in 1958. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

The current online chart history of Billboard Top Holiday Albums begins with the December 21, 1985 Christmas Hits album chart. [24]

RankAlbumArtistYear
Rlsd.		Peak
Date		Peak
Pos.		Weeks
PeakTop 10Chart
1 A Very Special Christmas [25] Various Artists 198712/12/1987#1377
2 Once Upon A Christmas [26] Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 198412/15/19842511
3 Alabama Christmas Alabama 198512/21/198549
4 Kenny Rogers' Christmas Album Kenny Rogers 198112/17/19836
5 A Fresh Aire Christmas [27] Mannheim Steamroller 198812/24/19884
6 Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids On The Block 198912/23/198922
7 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Mannheim Steamroller [28] 198412/21/1985#251111
8 A Christmas Album [29] [lower-alpha 1] Barbra Streisand 196712/17/198322933
9 Christmas Portrait [30] The Carpenters 197812/15/19841013
10 December George Winston 198212/19/198799
11 Merry Christmas Bing Crosby 195512/17/1983#3 [lower-alpha 2] 23649
12Christmas Rap (Profile 1247) [31] Various Artists 198712/12/1987#4333
13 Christmas Wishes Anne Murray 198112/17/1983246
14 A GRP Christmas Collection [32] Various Artists 198812/24/1988#5344
15 The Christmas Song [lower-alpha 3] Nat King Cole 196312/17/198324046
16 An Old Time Christmas Randy Travis 198912/23/1989122
17 Elvis' Christmas Album [lower-alpha 4] Elvis Presley 195712/21/1985#613241
18 O Holy Night [33] Luciano Pavarotti /Kurt Herbert Adler/National Philharmonic Orchestra 197612/15/198448
19 Give Love at Christmas The Temptations 198012/17/198329
20 A Winter Solstice II [34] Various Artists 198812/24/1988#8224
21 A Chipmunk Christmas The Chipmunks 198112/22/1984133
22 Christmas at Our House Barbara Mandrell 198412/15/198422
23 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer [35] Elmo & Patsy 198212/12/198717
24 Christmas Time with the Judds The Judds 198712/12/1987#9336
25 A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack) [36] Vince Guaraldi Trio 196512/24/1988237
26 Pretty Paper Willie Nelson 197912/17/198322
27 A Christmas Album Amy Grant 198312/28/1985129
28 Christmas All Over the World New Edition 198512/21/19852
29 My Gift To You Alexander O'Neal 19881/7/198912
30 Christmas with Placido [37] Placido Domingo 198112/15/19841
31 The Christmas Album Air Supply 198712/19/1987#10223
32 A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra [lower-alpha 5] 195712/22/19841213
33 A Christmas Together [38] John Denver [39] and The Muppets [40] 197912/17/198311

See also

Notes

    1. ↑ Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album peaked at #1 on the Best Bets For Christmas 12/2/1967.
    2. ↑ Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas peaked at #2 on the Christmas Records chart 12/26/1964.
    3. ↑ Nat "King" Cole's The Christmas Song peaked at #2 on the Best Bets For Christmas 12/13/1969.
    4. ↑ Elvis' Christmas Album peaked at #2 on the Top Christmas Sellers 12/11/1965.
    5. ↑ A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra peaked at #2 on Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks 11/24/1958.

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