Billboard Top Christmas Albums of the 1990s

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The Top Christmas Albums (renamed Top Holiday Albums in 2000) is published weekly by Billboard during the holiday season of each year tracking the best-selling Christmas albums in the United States.

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Number-one Top Christmas Albums of the 1990s

The following are the albums that reached the Number one position on the Top Christmas Album Charts before it was renamed Top Holiday Albums on November 25, 2000.

Issue dateTitleArtistRef.
December 22, 1990 Because It's Christmas Barry Manilow [1]
January 5, 1991 [2]
December 7, 1991 A Fresh Aire Christmas Mannheim Steamroller [3]
December 14, 1991 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Mannheim Steamroller [4]
December 21, 1991 A Fresh Aire Christmas Mannheim Steamroller [5]
December 28, 1991 [6]
January 4, 1992 [7]
November 28, 1992 Beyond The Season Garth Brooks [8]
December 5, 1992 [9]
December 12, 1992 Home For Christmas Amy Grant [10]
December 19, 1992 [11]
December 26, 1992 [12]
January 2, 1993 [13]
January 9, 1993 [14]
December 4, 1993 Let There Be Peace On Earth Vince Gill [15]
December 11, 1993 [16]
December 18, 1993 [17]
December 25, 1993 When My Heart Finds Christmas Harry Connick, Jr. [18]
January 1, 1994 [19]
January 8, 1994 [20]
November 26, 1994 Merry Christmas Mariah Carey [21]
December 3, 1994 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G [22]
December 10, 1994 [23]
December 17, 1994 [24]
December 24, 1994 [25]
December 31, 1994 [26]
January 7, 1995 [27]
November 25, 1995 Christmas in the Aire Mannheim Steamroller [28]
December 2, 1995 [29]
December 9, 1995 [30]
December 16, 1995 [31]
December 23, 1995Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G [32]
December 30, 1995 [33]
January 6, 1996Christmas In The AireMannheim Steamroller [34]
November 16, 1996Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G [35]
November 23, 1996 [36]
November 30, 1996 [37]
December 7, 1996 [38]
December 14, 1996 [39]
December 21, 1996 [40]
December 28, 1996 [41]
January 4, 1997 [42]
January 11, 1997 [43]
November 22, 1997 Christmas Live Mannheim Steamroller [44]
November 29, 1997 [45]
December 6, 1997 Snowed In Hanson [46]
December 13, 1997 [47]
December 20, 1997 [48]
December 27, 1997 [49]
January 3, 1998 [50]
January 10, 1998 [51]
November 21, 1998 These Are Special Times Celine Dion [52]
November 28, 1998 [53]
December 5, 1998 [54]
December 12, 1998 [55]
December 19, 1998 [56]
December 26, 1998 [57]
January 2, 1999 [58]
January 9, 1999 [59]
January 16, 1999 [60]
January 23, 1999 Home For Christmas N Sync [61]
November 20, 1999 A Rosie Christmas [62] Rosie O'Donnell [63]
November 27, 1999 [64]
December 4, 1999 Faith: A Holiday Album Kenny G [65]
December 11, 1999 Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas Garth Brooks [66]
December 18, 1999 [67]
December 25, 1999Faith: A Holiday Album Kenny G [68]
January 1, 2000 [69]
January 8, 2000 [70]
January 15, 2000 [71]

The 50 Top Christmas Albums of the 90s

These are the top 50 albums that charted The Top Christmas Albums survey. The chart was renamed Top Holiday Albums at the beginning of the 2000 holiday season. [72] [73] The peak position reflects the highest position the album charted between December 22, 1990 until January 15, 2000, but the top 10 and total weeks include the total weeks charted since the first Christmas Records chart in 1958, [74] all the Christmas album surveys from November 30, 1963 until December 22, 1973 [75] [76] [77] [78] and the weeks charted on the Christmas Hits survey from December 17, 1983 until January 6, 1990. [79] [80] [81] [82] Many of the albums continued to chart on the Top Holiday Albums chart. [lower-alpha 1]

RankAlbumArtistYear
Rlsd.
Peak
Date
Peak
Pos.
Weeks
PeakTop 10Chart
1 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G 199412/3/1994#1174350
2 These Are Special Times Celine Dion 199811/21/199891919
3 Snowed In Hanson 199712/6/19976616
4 Christmas in the Aire Mannheim Steamroller 199511/25/199553041
5 Home for Christmas Amy Grant 199212/12/19922452
6 Faith: A Holiday Album Kenny G199912/4/199977
7 A Fresh Aire Christmas Mannheim Steamroller198812/7/19914 [lower-alpha 2] 5273
8 When My Heart Finds Christmas Harry Connick Jr. 199312/25/199333453
9 Let There Be Peace On Earth Vince Gill 199312/4/19931742
10 A Rosie Christmas [83] Rosie O'Donnell 199911/20/1999299
11 Beyond The Season Garth Brooks 199211/28/199299
12 Christmas Live Mannheim Steamroller199711/22/1997817
13 Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas Garth Brooks 199912/11/199966
14 Because It's Christmas Barry Manilow 199012/22/199048
15 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Mannheim Steamroller198412/14/199115381
16 Merry Christmas Mariah Carey 199411/26/19943549
17 Home For Christmas N Sync 19981/23/19991818
18 A Very Special Christmas 2 Various Artists 199212/12/1992#251541
19 Christmas Interpretations Boyz II Men 199312/11/199322037
20 A Very Special Christmas [lower-alpha 3] Various Artists 19871/4/199213070
21 A Very Special Christmas 3 Various Artists 199711/29/19971020
22 The Christmas Angel: A Family Story Mannheim Steamroller199811/21/199819
23 This Is the Time: The Christmas Album Michael Bolton 199611/30/1996918
24 This Christmas 98 Degrees 199911/20/19999
25 The Gift [84] Jim Brickman 199711/22/1997820
26 Joy: A Holiday Collection Jewel 199911/27/19999
27 The Christmas Album Neil Diamond 199212/19/1992#331339
28 Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection Vince Gill with Patrick Williams and his Orchestra199811/21/19981919
29 A Christmas to Remember Amy Grant 199912/4/19999
30 A Romantic Christmas [85] John Tesh 199211/25/1995721
31Disney's Christmas Collection [86] Walt Disney Records 19951/16/1999424
32 The Christmas Song [lower-alpha 4] Nat King Cole 196012/7/1991#4556112
33 This Is Christmas Luther Vandross 199512/16/19954621
34 Chicago 25 Chicago 199812/12/19983617
35 Christmas Island Jimmy Buffett 199612/7/19962724
36 Merry, Merry Christmas [lower-alpha 5] New Kids On The Block 198912/22/199024
37 A Christmas Story Point Of Grace 199912/11/1999179
38 Christmastime Michael W. Smith 199811/21/1998616
39 Honky Tonk Christmas Alan Jackson 199812/12/1998319
40 Bethlehem Brian McKnight 19981/23/1999211
41 A Family Christmas [85] John Tesh 199912/11/199918
42 Christmas Portrait [lower-alpha 6] The Carpenters 197812/21/1991#531865
43 December [lower-alpha 7] George Winston 198212/7/199111943
44 Star Bright Vannessa Williams 19961/11/1997823
45 A Christmas Album Amy Grant 198312/14/1991723
46 Superstar Christmas [87] Various Artists 199711/21/199818
47A Contemporary Gospel Christmas [88] Various artists 199412/7/1996413
48 A Very Veggie Christmas Veggie Tales 19961/23/1999111
49 A Christmas Album [lower-alpha 8] Barbra Streisand 196712/21/1991#633896
50 Christmas Eve and Other Stories Trans-Siberian Orchestra 199612/27/1997420

See also

Notes

    1. 'Billboard's online Top Holiday Album chart history only goes back to the December 21, 1985 Christmas Hits chart. Most of the survey weeks of the Top Christmas Album charts were not available in print. Only the data for the #1 positions are listed online for the weeks of November 28, 1992, December 5, 1992, November 26, 1994 and November 22, 1997.
    2. Mannheim Steamroller's A Fresh Aire Christmas peaked at #1 for 2 additional weeks during the 1980s on the Christmas Hits chart starting 12/24/1988.
    3. A Very Special Christmas peaked at #1 on the Christmas Hits chart 12/12/1987.
    4. Nat "King" Cole's The Christmas Song peaked at #2 on the Best Bets For Christmas 12/13/1969.
    5. New Kids On The Block's Merry, Merry Christmas peaked at #1 on the Christmas Hits chart 12/23/1989.
    6. The Carpenter's Christmas Portrait peaked at #2 on the Christmas Hits chart 12/15/1984.
    7. George Winston's December peaked at #2 on the Christmas Hits chart 12/15/1984.
    8. Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album peaked at #1 on the Best Bets For Christmas 12/2/1967.

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