Billboard Top Christmas Albums of the 1990s

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.

Issue date Title Artist Ref.
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, 1995 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G [32]
December 30, 1995 [33]
January 6, 1996 Christmas In The Aire Mannheim Steamroller [34]
November 16, 1996 Miracles: 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, 1999 Faith: 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]

Rank Album Artist Year
Rlsd.		 Peak
Date		 Peak
Pos.		 Weeks
Peak Top 10 Chart
1 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G 1994 12/3/1994 #1 17 43 50
2 These Are Special Times Celine Dion 1998 11/21/1998 #1 9 19 19
3 Snowed In Hanson 1997 12/6/1997 #1 6 6 16
4 Christmas in the Aire Mannheim Steamroller 1995 11/25/1995 #1 5 30 41
5 Home for Christmas Amy Grant 1992 12/12/1992 #1 5 24 52
6 Faith: A Holiday Album Kenny G 1999 12/4/1999 #1 5 7 7
7 A Fresh Aire Christmas Mannheim Steamroller 1988 12/7/1991 #1 4 52 73
8 When My Heart Finds Christmas Harry Connick Jr. 1993 12/25/1993 #1 3 34 53
9 Let There Be Peace On Earth Vince Gill 1993 12/4/1993 #1 3 17 42
10 A Rosie Christmas [83] Rosie O'Donnell 1999 11/20/1999 #1 2 9 9
11 Beyond The Season Garth Brooks 1992 11/28/1992 #1 2 9 9
12 Christmas Live Mannheim Steamroller 1997 11/22/1997 #1 2 8 17
13 Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas Garth Brooks 1999 12/11/1999 #1 2 6 6
14 Because It's Christmas Barry Manilow 1990 12/22/1990 #1 2 4 8
15 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Mannheim Steamroller 1984 12/14/1991 #1 1 53 81
16 Merry Christmas Mariah Carey 1994 11/26/1994 #1 1 35 49
17 Home For Christmas N Sync 1998 1/23/1999 #1 1 18 18
18 A Very Special Christmas 2 Various Artists 1992 12/12/1992 #2 5 15 41
19 Christmas Interpretations Boyz II Men 1993 12/11/1993 #2 2 20 37
20 A Very Special Christmas Various Artists 1987 1/4/1992 #2 1 30 70
21 A Very Special Christmas 3 Various Artists 1997 11/29/1997 #2 1 10 20
22 The Christmas Angel: A Family Story Mannheim Steamroller 1998 11/21/1998 #2 1 10 19
23 This Is the Time: The Christmas Album Michael Bolton 1996 11/30/1996 #2 1 9 18
24 This Christmas 98 Degrees 1999 11/20/1999 #2 1 9 9
25 The Gift [84] Jim Brickman 1997 11/22/1997 #2 1 8 20
26 Joy: A Holiday Collection Jewel 1999 11/27/1999 #2 1 8 9
27 The Christmas Album Neil Diamond 1992 12/19/1992 #3 3 13 39
28 Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection Vince Gill with Patrick Williams and his Orchestra 1998 11/21/1998 #3 1 9 19
29 A Christmas to Remember Amy Grant 1999 12/4/1999 #3 1 9 9
30 A Romantic Christmas [85] John Tesh 1992 11/25/1995 #3 1 7 21
31 Disney's Christmas Collection[86] Walt Disney Records 1995 1/16/1999 #3 1 4 24
32 The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 1960 12/7/1991 #4 5 56 112
33 This Is Christmas Luther Vandross 1995 12/16/1995 #4 4 6 21
34 Chicago 25 Chicago 1998 12/12/1998 #4 3 6 17
35 Christmas Island Jimmy Buffett 1996 12/7/1996 #4 2 7 24
36 Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids On The Block 1989 12/22/1990 #4 2 2 4
37 A Christmas Story Point Of Grace 1999 12/11/1999 #4 1 7 9
38 Christmastime Michael W. Smith 1998 11/21/1998 #4 1 6 16
39 Honky Tonk Christmas Alan Jackson 1998 12/12/1998 #4 1 3 19
40 Bethlehem Brian McKnight 1998 1/23/1999 #4 1 2 11
41 A Family Christmas [85] John Tesh 1999 12/11/1999 #4 1 1 8
42 Christmas Portrait The Carpenters 1978 12/21/1991 #5 3 18 65
43 December George Winston 1982 12/7/1991 #5 1 19 43
44 Star Bright Vannessa Williams 1996 1/11/1997 #5 1 8 23
45 A Christmas Album Amy Grant 1983 12/14/1991 #5 1 7 23
46 Superstar Christmas [87] Various Artists 1997 11/21/1998 #5 1 7 18
47 A Contemporary Gospel Christmas [88] Various artists 1994 12/7/1996 #5 1 4 13
48 A Very Veggie Christmas Veggie Tales 1996 1/23/1999 #5 1 1 11
49 A Christmas Album Barbra Streisand 1967 12/21/1991 #6 3 38 96
50 Christmas Eve and Other Stories Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1996 12/27/1997 #6 3 4 20

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 only listed online for the weeks of November 28, 1992, December 5, 1992, November 26, 1994 and November 22, 1997.

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