Billboard Top Christmas Albums of the 1990s explained

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.

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.

scope=col	Issue date	scope=col	Title	scope=col	Artist	scope=col class=unsortable
	Because It's Christmas		^[1]
			^[2]
		Mannheim Steamroller	^[3]
	Mannheim Steamroller Christmas	Mannheim Steamroller	^[4]
		Mannheim Steamroller	^[5]
			^[6]
			^[7]
	Beyond The Season		^[8]
			^[9]
	Home For Christmas		^[10]
			^[11]
			^[12]
			^[13]
			^[14]
	Let There Be Peace On Earth		^[15]
			^[16]
			^[17]
	When My Heart Finds Christmas		^[18]
			^[19]
			^[20]
	Merry Christmas		^[21]
			^[22]
			^[23]
			^[24]
			^[25]
			^[26]
			^[27]
	Christmas in the Aire	Mannheim Steamroller	^[28]
			^[29]
			^[30]
			^[31]
	Miracles: The Holiday Album		^[32]
			^[33]
	Christmas In The Aire	Mannheim Steamroller	^[34]
	Miracles: The Holiday Album		^[35]
			^[36]
			^[37]
			^[38]
			^[39]
			^[40]
			^[41]
			^[42]
			^[43]
	Christmas Live	Mannheim Steamroller	^[44]
			^[45]
	Snowed In	Hanson	^[46]
			^[47]
			^[48]
			^[49]
			^[50]
			^[51]
	These Are Special Times		^[52]
			^[53]
			^[54]
			^[55]
			^[56]
			^[57]
			^[58]
			^[59]
			^[60]
	Home For Christmas	N Sync	^[61]
	^[62]		^[63]
			^[64]
			^[65]
	Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas		^[66]
			^[67]
	Faith: A Holiday Album		^[68]
			^[69]
			^[70]
			^[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.

Rank	Album	Artist	Year Rlsd.	Peak Date	Peak Pos.	Weeks
						Peak	Top 10	Chart
1		Kenny G	1994	12/3/1994	1	17	43	50
2	These Are Special Times		1998	11/21/1998		9	19	19
3	Snowed In	Hanson	1997	12/6/1997		6	6	16
4	Christmas in the Aire	Mannheim Steamroller	1995	11/25/1995		5	30	41
5	Home for Christmas		1992	12/12/1992			24	52
6		Kenny G	1999	12/4/1999			7	7
7		Mannheim Steamroller	1988	12/7/1991		4	52	73
8	When My Heart Finds Christmas		1993	12/25/1993		3	34	53
9	Let There Be Peace On Earth		1993	12/4/1993			17	42
10	^[83]		1999	11/20/1999		2	9	9
11	Beyond The Season		1992	11/28/1992			9	9
12	Christmas Live	Mannheim Steamroller	1997	11/22/1997			8	17
13	Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas		1999	12/11/1999			6	6
14	Because It's Christmas		1990	12/22/1990			4	8
15	Mannheim Steamroller Christmas	Mannheim Steamroller	1984	12/14/1991		1	53	81
16	Merry Christmas		1994	11/26/1994			35	49
17	Home For Christmas	N Sync	1998	1/23/1999			18	18
18		Various Artists	1992	12/12/1992	2	5	15	41
19	Christmas Interpretations	Boyz II Men	1993	12/11/1993		2	20	37
20		Various Artists	1987	1/4/1992		1	30	70
21		Various Artists	1997	11/29/1997			10	20
22		Mannheim Steamroller	1998	11/21/1998				19
23			1996	11/30/1996			9	18
24	This Christmas	98 Degrees	1999	11/20/1999				9
25	^[84]		1997	11/22/1997			8	20
26		Jewel	1999	11/27/1999				9
27			1992	12/19/1992	3	3	13	39
28		with Patrick Williams and his Orchestra	1998	11/21/1998		1	9	19
29			1999	12/4/1999				9
30	^[85]		1992	11/25/1995			7	21
31	Disney's Christmas Collection^[86]		1995	1/16/1999			4	24
32			1960	12/7/1991	4	5	56	112
33	This Is Christmas		1995	12/16/1995		4	6	21
34	Chicago 25	Chicago	1998	12/12/1998		3	6	17
35	Christmas Island		1996	12/7/1996		2	7	24
36	Merry, Merry Christmas	New Kids On The Block	1989	12/22/1990			2	4
37		Point Of Grace	1999	12/11/1999		1	7	9
38	Christmastime		1998	11/21/1998			6	16
39	Honky Tonk Christmas		1998	12/12/1998			3	19
40	Bethlehem		1998	1/23/1999			2	11
41			1999	12/11/1999			1	8
42	Christmas Portrait		1978	12/21/1991	5	3	18	65
43	December		1982	12/7/1991		1	19	43
44	Star Bright		1996	1/11/1997			8	23
45			1983	12/14/1991			7	23
46	Superstar Christmas ^[87]	Various Artists	1997	11/21/1998				18
47	^[88]	Various artists	1994	12/7/1996			4	13
48		Veggie Tales	1996	1/23/1999			1	11
49			1967	12/21/1991	6	3	38	96
50	Christmas Eve and Other Stories	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	1996	12/27/1997			4	20

See also

• Billboard Christmas Hits 1983-1989
• Billboard Christmas Holiday Charts
• List of best-selling Christmas albums in the United States
• List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s

External links

• Current Top Holiday Albums chart at Billboard

Notes and References

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5. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 103, no. 51, December 21, 1991, p. 68.
6. Top Christmas Albums . . December 28, 1991 .
7. Top Christmas Albums . . January 4, 1992 .
8. Top Christmas Albums . . November 28, 1992 . (only #1 position available online)
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10. Top Christmas Albums . . December 12, 1992 .
11. Top Christmas Albums . . December 19, 1992 .
12. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 104, no. 53, December 26, 1992, p. 68.
13. Top Christmas Albums . . January 2, 1993 .
14. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 105, no. 2, January 9, 1993, p. 86.
15. Top Christmas Albums . . December 4, 1993 .
16. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 105, No. 50, December 11, 1993, p. 115.
17. Top Christmas Albums . . December 18, 1993 .
18. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 105, No. 52, December 25, 1993, p. 78.
19. Top Christmas Albums . . January 1, 1994 .
20. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 106, No. 2, January 8, 1994, p. 68.
21. Top Christmas Albums . . November 26, 1994 . (only #1 position available online)
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23. Top Christmas Albums . . December 10, 1994 .
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30. Top Christmas Albums . . December 9, 1995 .
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48. Top Christmas Albums . . December 20, 1997 .
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50. Top Christmas Albums . . January 3, 1998 .
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54. Top Christmas Albums . . December 5, 1998 .
55. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 110, No. 50, December 12, 1998, p. 68.
56. Top Christmas Albums . . December 19, 1998 .
57. "Top Christmas Albums." Billboard, vol. 110, No. 52, December 26, 1998, p. 71.
58. Top Christmas Albums . . January 2, 1999 .
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65. Top Christmas Albums . . December 4, 1999 .
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67. Top Christmas Albums . . December 18, 1999 .
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69. Top Christmas Albums . . January 1, 2000 .
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71. Top Christmas Albums . . January 15, 2000 .
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