The Top Holiday Albums chart is a seasonal chart published weekly by Billboard during October, November, December, and January. It tracks the best-selling holiday albums in the United States. Throughout the 2010s, 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).
Several artists collected multiple number one albums during the decade. Lady Antebellum first visited the top of the chart with their EP A Merry Little Christmas in 2010, and returned with their fourth studio album, On This Winter's Night, in 2012. American a cappella group Pentatonix scored four number ones with That's Christmas to Me (2014), A Pentatonix Christmas (2016), Christmas Is Here! (2018), and The Best of Pentatonix Christmas (2019), totaling 40 non-consecutive weeks at the chart's summit. That's Christmas to Me and A Pentatonix Christmas accounted for 18 weeks at the top each, with the former album occupying the top position for 10 of the 12 weeks during the 2014-2015 holiday season. Pentatonix has sold over 4.5 million holiday albums in the US, as of December 2019. Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas II You debuted at the top spot in November 2010, while her first holiday album Merry Christmas (1994) reached number one in November 2019 following the release of its deluxe edition. Because of Carey's surge in popularity during the holiday season, she is often referred to by publications as the "Queen of Christmas".
The soundtrack to the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas reached the top spot several times throughout the decade, with a special edition release of album also reaching number one in 2015. Scottish singer Susan Boyle released her second studio album, The Gift, in 2010 to commercial success, simultaneously topping both the Top Holiday Albums and the main all-genre Billboard 200 chart. It went on to sell 3.7 million copies during the 2010–2011 season. In 2013, Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, an album performed by the cast of the American reality television series Duck Dynasty, reached the top of the chart for five non-consecutive weeks. It also reached number one on Billboards Top Country Albums, selling 138,000 copies in its first four weeks. American singer Reba McEntire previously appeared on the Top Holiday Albums chart in 1994 and 2000, but achieved her first number one on the chart with My Kind of Christmas in 2016. Several of the albums on the list, including Carey's Merry Christmas, Michael Bublé's Christmas (2011), and Celine Dion's These Are Special Times (1998), are among the best-selling holiday albums of all time in the US.
Chart history
Reachednumber one Artist Title Weeks atnumber one + My Christmas 2 References regarding My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli (January 2–9, 2010):
1 References regarding The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection by Taylor Swift (January 16, 2010; November 13, 2010):
Celtic Thunder Celtic Thunder: Christmas 2 References regarding Celtic Thunder: Christmas by Celtic Thunder (October 16–23, 2010):
Lady Antebellum 2 References regarding A Merry Little Christmas by Lady Antebellum (October 30 – November 6, 2010):
1 Merry Christmas II You 1 Reference regarding Merry Christmas II You by Mariah Carey: (November 20, 2010): 8 References regarding The Gift by Susan Boyle: (November 27, 2010 – January 15, 2011):
David Crowder Band Oh for Joy 2 References regarding Oh for Joy by David Crowder Band: (October 22–29, 2011):
Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship 1 Reference regarding Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin: (November 5, 2011): Christmas 1 References regarding Christmas by Michael Bublé: (November 12, 2011; November 26, 2011 – January 14, 2012; December 29, 2012 – January 5, 2013; November 24, 2018; December 8, 2018 – January 12, 2019; December 7–28, 2019):
Under the Mistletoe 1 Reference regarding Under the Mistletoe by Justin Bieber: (November 19, 2011): Christmas 8 Christmas: God with Us 1 Reference regarding Christmas: God with Us by Jeremy Camp: (October 13, 2012): Cheers, It's Christmas 2 References regarding Cheers, It's Christmas by Blake Shelton: (October 20–27, 2012):
Christmas with Scotty McCreery 1 Reference regarding Christmas with Scotty McCreery by Scotty McCreery: (November 3, 2012): Lady Antebellum On This Winter's Night 1 Reference regarding On This Winter's Night by Lady Antebellum (November 10, 2012): Merry Christmas, Baby 6 References regarding Merry Christmas, Baby by Rod Stewart (November 17 – December 22, 2012):
Christmas 2 Various artists Now Christmas 1 Reference regarding Now Christmas by various artists (October 26, 2013): 1 Reference regarding A Mary Christmas by Mary J. Blige (November 2, 2013): Buon Natale: The Christmas Album 1 Reference regarding Buon Natale: The Christmas Album by Il Volo (November 9, 2013): Wrapped in Red 1 References regarding Wrapped in Red by Kelly Clarkson (November 16, 2013; December 21–28, 2013; January 11, 2014):
Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas 4 References regarding Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas by the Robertsons (November 23, 2013 – December 14, 2013; January 4, 2014):
Wrapped in Red 2 Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas 1 Wrapped in Red 1 1 Reference regarding Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit of Christmas by Michael W. Smith (October 25, 2014): Holiday Wishes 1 References regarding Holiday Wishes by Idina Menzel (November 1, 2014): Pentatonix That's Christmas to Me 10 References regarding That's Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (November 8, 2014 – January 10, 2015; November 21, 2015 – January 9, 2016):
Soundtrack 1 Reference regarding Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition by soundtrack (October 24, 2015): MercyMe MercyMe, It's Christmas! 1 Reference regarding MercyMe, It's Christmas! by MercyMe (October 31, 2015): Christmas Is Here 1 Reference regarding Christmas Is Here by Danny Gokey (November 7, 2015): Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship 1 Reference regarding Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship by Chris Tomlin (November 14, 2015): Pentatonix That's Christmas to Me 8 My Kind of Christmas 1 Reference regarding My Kind of Christmas by Reba McEntire (October 22, 2016): These Are Special Times 1 Reference regarding These Are Special Times by Celine Dion (October 29, 2016): It Must Be Christmas 1 Reference regarding It Must Be Christmas by Chris Young (November 5, 2016): Pentatonix 9 References regarding A Pentatonix Christmas by Pentatonix (November 12, 2016 – January 7, 2017; November 25, 2017 – January 13, 2018):
Soundtrack 1 References regarding Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by soundtrack (October 21, 2017; November 4, 2017; October 20, 2018; October 19, 2019 – November 9, 2019):
You Make It Feel Like Christmas 1 Reference regarding You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Gwen Stefani (October 28, 2017): Soundtrack 1 Warmer in the Winter 1 References regarding Warmer in the Winter by Lindsey Stirling (November 11, 2017; November 3, 2018):
Christmas Together 1 Reference regarding Christmas Together by the Piano Guys (November 18, 2017): Pentatonix 9 Soundtrack 1 Happy Xmas 1 Reference regarding Happy Xmas by Eric Clapton (October 27, 2018): Warmer in the Winter 1 1 Reference regarding A Legendary Christmas by John Legend (November 10, 2018): Pentatonix Christmas Is Here! 1 References regarding Christmas Is Here! by Pentatonix (November 17, 2018; December 1, 2018):
Christmas 1 Pentatonix Christmas Is Here! 1 Christmas 6 Soundtrack 4 Merry Christmas 1 Reference regarding Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey (November 16, 2019): Pentatonix 2 References regarding The Best of Pentatonix Christmas by Pentatonix (November 23–30, 2019):
Christmas 4
See also List of best-selling Christmas albums in the United States
References
External links Current Top Holiday Albums chart at Billboard