The Top Holiday Albums chart is a seasonal chart published weekly by Billboard during the holiday months of each year. It tracks the best-selling Christmas and holiday albums in the United States. Throughout the 2000s, many albums, compilation albums, extended plays, and soundtrack albums reached the top spot of the chart. Italian opera singer and songwriter Andrea Bocelli received the first number one of the 2010s with his album My Christmas (2009). [1]
Issue date | Title | Artist | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
January 1, 2000 | Faith: A Holiday Album | Kenny G | [2] |
January 8, 2000 | [3] | ||
January 15, 2000 | [4] | ||
November 25, 2000 | My Kind of Christmas | Christina Aguilera | [5] |
December 2, 2000 | Dream a Dream | Charlotte Church | [6] |
December 9, 2000 | [7] | ||
December 16, 2000 | [8] | ||
December 23, 2000 | [9] | ||
December 30, 2000 | [10] | ||
January 6, 2001 | [11] | ||
January 13, 2001 | My Kind of Christmas | Christina Aguilera | [12] |
January 20, 2001 | [13] | ||
November 17, 2001 | Christmas Extraordinaire | Mannheim Steamroller | [14] |
November 24, 2001 | [15] | ||
December 1, 2001 | Now That's What I Call Christmas! | Various artists | [16] |
December 8, 2001 | [17] | ||
December 15, 2001 | [18] | ||
December 22, 2001 | [19] | ||
December 29, 2001 | Christmas Extraordinaire | Mannheim Steamroller | [20] |
January 5, 2002 | [21] | ||
January 12, 2002 | Now That's What I Call Christmas! | Various artists | [22] |
January 19, 2002 | [23] | ||
November 16, 2002 | [24] | ||
November 23, 2002 | [25] | ||
November 30, 2002 | [26] | ||
December 7, 2002 | [27] | ||
December 14, 2002 | [28] | ||
December 21, 2002 | [29] | ||
December 28, 2002 | [30] | ||
January 4, 2003 | [31] | ||
January 11, 2003 | Christmas Extraordinaire | Mannheim Steamroller | [32] |
January 18, 2003 | Christmas Memories | Barbra Streisand | [33] |
November 15, 2003 | Harry for the Holidays | Harry Connick Jr. | [34] |
November 22, 2003 | Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection | Various artists | [35] |
November 29, 2003 | Harry for the Holidays | Harry Connick Jr. | [36] |
December 6, 2003 | [37] | ||
December 13, 2003 | Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection | Various artists | [38] |
December 20, 2003 | Harry for the Holidays | Harry Connick Jr. | [39] |
December 27, 2003 | [40] | ||
January 3, 2004 | [41] | ||
January 10, 2004 | [42] | ||
January 17, 2004 | Christmas Extraordinaire | Mannheim Steamroller | [43] |
November 13, 2004 | Christmas Celebration | [44] | |
November 20, 2004 | The Lost Christmas Eve | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | [45] |
November 27, 2004 | The Polar Express | Soundtrack | [46] |
December 4, 2004 | Merry Christmas with Love | Clay Aiken | [47] |
December 11, 2004 | [48] | ||
December 18, 2004 | [49] | ||
December 25, 2004 | [50] | ||
January 1, 2005 | [51] | ||
January 8, 2005 | [52] | ||
January 15, 2005 | Christmas Celebration | Mannheim Steamroller | [53] |
November 19, 2005 | Christmas Songs | Diana Krall featuring the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra | [54] |
November 26, 2005 | [55] | ||
December 3, 2005 | The Christmas Collection | Il Divo | [56] |
December 10, 2005 | [57] | ||
December 17, 2005 | [58] | ||
December 24, 2005 | Christmas Songs | Diana Krall featuring the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra | [59] |
December 31, 2005 | [60] | ||
January 7, 2006 | [61] | ||
January 14, 2006 | [62] | ||
January 21, 2006 | A Very Merry Kidz Bop | Kidz Bop Kids | [63] |
November 18, 2006 | Wintersong | Sarah McLachlan | [64] |
November 25, 2006 | [65] | ||
December 2, 2006 | [66] | ||
December 9, 2006 | [67] | ||
December 16, 2006 | [68] | ||
December 23, 2006 | [69] | ||
December 30, 2006 | [70] | ||
January 6, 2007 | [71] | ||
January 13, 2007 | Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3 | Various artists | [72] |
January 20, 2007 | [73] | ||
January 27, 2007 | Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition | Soundtrack | [74] |
October 20, 2007 | Homecoming | Jim Brickman | [75] |
October 27, 2007 | Noël | Josh Groban | [76] |
November 3, 2007 | [77] | ||
November 10, 2007 | [78] | ||
November 17, 2007 | [79] | ||
November 24, 2007 | [80] | ||
December 1, 2007 | [81] | ||
December 8, 2007 | [82] | ||
December 15, 2007 | [83] | ||
December 22, 2007 | [84] | ||
December 29, 2007 | [85] | ||
January 5, 2008 | [86] | ||
January 12, 2008 | [87] | ||
January 19, 2008 | Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection | Elliott Yamin | [88] |
October 11, 2008 | Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition | Soundtrack | [89] |
October 18, 2008 | Nightmare Revisited | Various artists | [90] |
October 25, 2008 | [91] | ||
November 1, 2008 | [92] | ||
November 8, 2008 | [93] | ||
November 15, 2008 | Noël | Josh Groban | [94] |
November 22, 2008 | [95] | ||
November 29, 2008 | And Winter Came... | Enya | [96] |
December 6, 2008 | [97] | ||
December 13, 2008 | Noël | Josh Groban | [98] |
December 20, 2008 | [99] | ||
December 27, 2008 | [100] | ||
January 3, 2009 | [101] | ||
January 10, 2009 | [102] | ||
January 17, 2009 | All Wrapped Up | Various artists | [103] |
October 10, 2009 | And Winter Came... | Enya | [104] |
October 17, 2009 | This Christmas | Michael McDonald | [105] |
October 24, 2009 | Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship | Chris Tomlin | [106] |
October 31, 2009 | Christmas in the Heart | Bob Dylan | [107] |
November 7, 2009 | [108] | ||
November 14, 2009 | If on a Winter's Night... | Sting | [109] |
November 21, 2009 | My Christmas | Andrea Bocelli | [110] |
November 28, 2009 | [111] | ||
December 5, 2009 | [112] | ||
December 12, 2009 | [113] | ||
December 19, 2009 | [114] | ||
December 26, 2009 | [115] | ||
January 2, 2010 | [1] | ||
January 9, 2010 | [1] | ||
January 16, 2010 | The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection | Taylor Swift | [116] |
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