Christmas Eve and Other Stories / Trans-Siberian Orchestra ~ 3,430,000.Now That's What I Call Christmas! / various artists ~ 3,480,000.Mannheim Steamroller Christmas / Mannheim Steamroller ~ 3,500,000.A Fresh Aire Christmas / Mannheim Steamroller ~ 3,660,000.Christmas in the Aire / Mannheim Steamroller ~ 3,740,000.These Are Special Times / Celine Dion ~ 5,310,000.Merry Christmas / Mariah Carey ~ 5,370,000.Miracles: The Holiday Album / Kenny G ~ 7,310,000.Nielsen Music began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991. This is a list of the 25 best-selling Christmas albums of the Nielsen SoundScan era in the United States for cumulative sales as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan through December 1, 2014. Merry Christmas / Johnny Mathis ~ 5,240,000 īest-selling Christmas albums from Nielsen SoundScan tracking data (through December 1, 2014).A Christmas Album / Barbra Streisand ~ 5,370,000.These Are Special Times / Celine Dion ~ 5,440,000.Merry Christmas / Mariah Carey ~ 5,500,000.A Fresh Aire Christmas / Mannheim Steamroller ~ 6,000,000.
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas / Mannheim Steamroller ~ 6,000,000.The Christmas Song / Nat King Cole ~ 6,000,000.
Miracles: The Holiday Album / Kenny G ~ 7,370,000.Elvis's Christmas Album (1970 version) / Elvis Presley ~ 10,000,000.For albums released before SoundScan started collecting data in 1991, Billboard used their RIAA certification to determine sales. In November 2016, Billboard has compiled a list of the top ten selling Christmas albums, using both RIAA certification information and actual point-of-sale data from Nielsen SoundScan. įrom March 1, 1991, through the present day, the Nielsen SoundScan tracking system has been more widely used to accurately track sales of record albums and singles at the point of sale (POS) based on inventory bar code scans.īest-selling Christmas albums (using RIAA certifications and Nielsen SoundScan sales through November 2016) (3 million copies of the original 1957 release on RCA Victor Records, plus 10 million copies of a "budget" edition first released by RCA Camden in 1970 and then by Pickwick Records in 1975, and 4 million copies of another RCA reissue titled It's Christmas Time released in 1985). According to the most recent record album certifications, the holiday album title that has shipped the most copies in the United States is Elvis Presley's 1957 LP Elvis' Christmas Album, which is certified by the RIAA for shipment of 17 million copies in the U.S. Prior to March 1, 1991, the only means of tracking sales figures for record albums and singles in the United States was via the certification system of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), based specifically on shipments (less potential returns) on a long-term basis. It includes artists from all over the world, but it only includes sales in the United States of America.
This page shows the best-selling Christmas albums in the United States.
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