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{{Short description|Best Selling Albums and Singles on Billboard's exclusive Christmas chart}}
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American music chart publisher ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine began publishing annual Christmas singles and albums charts, the '''[[Billboard Best Bets for Christmas|''Billboard'' Best Bets for Christmas]]''',{{efn|Known has '''Christmas Records''' from 1963 to 1964 and '''Top Christmas Sellers''' in 1965.}} in surveys from 1963 to 1973 for a total of 46 weeks.  Each survey included a top-selling Christmas LP's and a Christmas Singles chart that ran for 3–5 weeks each holiday season expanding in size as sales activity increased.  Before then, Christmas-themed hits were only included on the Hot 100 or on their other weekly charts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kimsloans.wordpress.com/tag/christmas-hit-records/ | title=Christmas Hit Records }}</ref>  ''Billboard'' charted Christmas albums and singles exclusively in this section until 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/History/Christmas_Countdown.htm | title=Appendix E: All Time Christmas Countdown }}</ref>
==''Billboard'' number one Best Bets For Christmas==
These are ''Billboard's'' Best Bets for Christmas number-one albums and singles:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col | Issue date
!scope=col | Albums
!scope=col | Artist
!scope=col | Singles
!scope=col | Artist
!scope=col class=unsortable | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|November 30, 1963}}
| rowspan="5" | ''{{sortname|The|Andy Williams Christmas Album}}''
| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
| rowspan="5" | "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]"
| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 75, no. 48, November 30, 1963, p. 11.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 7, 1963}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 75, no. 49, December 7, 1963, p. 8.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 14, 1963}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 75, no. 50, December 14, 1963, p. 8.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 21, 1963}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 75, no. 51, December 21, 1963, p. 8.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 28, 1963}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 75, no. 52, December 28, 1963, p. 7.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 5, 1964}}
|''{{sortname|The|Little Drummer Boy}}''
| {{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
| "[[Blue Christmas (song)|Blue Christmas]]" <ref>First released on the 1957 45 EP entitled Elvis Sings Christmas Songs (EPA-4108). It was first released as a commercially available single in 1964.</ref>
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 76, no. 49, December 5, 1964, p. 25.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 12, 1964}}
| rowspan="4" |''{{sortname|The|Andy Williams Christmas Album}}''
| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
| rowspan="9" |"{{sortname|The|Little Drummer Boy}}" <ref>First charted on the Hot 100 in 1958 peaking at #13</ref>
| rowspan="9" | {{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 76, no. 50, December 12, 1964, p. 22.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 19, 1964}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 76, no. 51, December 19, 1964, p. 34.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 26, 1964}}
|<ref>“Christmas Records.”  Billboard, vol. 76, no. 52, December 26, 1964, p. 36.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 11, 1965}}
|<ref>“Billboard Top Christmas Sellers.”  Billboard, vol. 77, no. 50, December 11, 1965, p. 7.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 18, 1965}}
| rowspan="2" |''{{sortname|The|Little Drummer Boy}}''
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
|<ref>“Billboard Top Christmas Sellers.”  Billboard, vol. 77, no. 51, December 18, 1965, p. 15.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 25, 1965}}
|<ref>“Billboard Top Christmas Sellers.”  Billboard, vol. 77, no. 52, December 25, 1965, p. 12.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 3, 1966}}
|''{{sortname|The|Dean Martin Christmas Album}}''
|{{sortname|Dean|Martin}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 78, no. 49, December 3, 1966, p. 56.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 10, 1966}}
|''[[Merry Christmas (Andy Williams album)|Merry Christmas]]''
|{{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 78, no. 50, December 10, 1966, p. 40.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 17, 1966}}
|''{{sortname|The|Little Drummer Boy}}''
|{{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 78, no. 51, December 17, 1966, p. 36.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 24, 1966}}
| ''Merry Christmas''
| {{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
| "[[Silent Night|Sleep in Heavenly Sleep (Silent Night)]]"
| {{sortname|Barbra|Streisand}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 78, no. 52, December 24, 1966, p. 33.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 2, 1967}}
| rowspan="5" |''{{sortname|A|Christmas Album|dab=Barbra Streisand album}}''
| rowspan="5" |{{sortname|Barbra|Streisand}}
| rowspan="5" | "[[Snoopy's Christmas]]"
| rowspan="5" |{{sortname|The|Royal Guardsmen}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 79, no. 48, December 2, 1967, p. 8.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 9, 1967}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 79, no. 49, December 9, 1967, p. 92.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 16, 1967}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 79, no. 50, December 16, 1967, p. 61.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 23, 1967}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 79, no. 51, December 23, 1967, p. 50.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 30, 1967}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 79, no. 52, December 30, 1967, p. 40.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 7, 1968}}
| rowspan="2" |''[[Christmas Album (Herb Alpert album)|Christmas Album]]''
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Herb|Alpert}} & The Tijuana Brass
| rowspan="3" | "{{sortname|The|Christmas Song}}" <ref>The flip side "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]" peaked at #45 on the Hot 100 the same year.</ref>
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Herb|Alpert}} & The Tijuana Brass
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 80, no. 49, December 7, 1968, p. 82.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 14, 1968}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 80, no. 50, December 14, 1968, p. 84.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 21, 1968}}
| rowspan="2" |''[[That Christmas Feeling]]''
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Glen|Campbell}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 80, no. 51, December 21, 1968, p. 69.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 28, 1968}}
|"{{sortname|The|Little Drummer Boy|nolink=1}}"
|{{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 80, no. 52, December 28, 1968, p. 57.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 6, 1969}}
|''[[Give Me Your Love for Christmas]]''
|{{sortname|Johnny|Mathis}}
| "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" <ref>First released in 1942 peaking at #1 for 11 weeks</ref>
|[[Bing Crosby]]
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 81, no. 49, December 6, 1969, p. 11.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 13, 1969}}
| ''{{sortname|The|Christmas Song|The Magic of Christmas (Nat King Cole album)}}''
| {{sortname|Nat King|Cole}}
| "{{sortname|The|Christmas Song}}" <ref>The King Cole Trio version charted at #3 in 1946.  This 1953 recording with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra first charted in 1954 peaking at #29.</ref>
|{{sortname|Nat King|Cole}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 81, no. 50, December 13, 1969, p. 10.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 20, 1969}}
|''Merry Christmas''
|{{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
| rowspan="2" | "[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" <ref>First charted on Billboard's Top 100 in 1957 peaking at #6.</ref>
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Bobby|Helms}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 81, no. 51, December 20, 1969, p. 12.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 27, 1969}}
|''[[Jim_Nabors_discography#Albums|Jim Nabors' Christmas Album]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jim-nabors-christmas-mw0000225358 | title=Jim Nabors - Jim Nabors Christmas Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
|{{sortname|Jim|Nabors}}
|<ref>“Billboard Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 81, no. 52, December 27, 1969, p. 10.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 19, 1970}}
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Jackson 5 Christmas Album]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vocal.media/beat/jackson-5-gave-love-on-christmas-day-but-did-not-celebrate-the-holiday-themselves | title=Jackson 5 gave love on Christmas Day but did not celebrate the holiday themselves }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[Jackson 5]]
| "[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town#The Jackson 5 version|Santa Claus Is Coming to Town]]"
| [[Jackson 5]]
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 82, no. 51, December 19, 1970, p. 12.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 26, 1970}}
| "[[Merry Christmas, Darling]]"
| [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]]
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 82, no. 52, December 26, 1970, p. 59.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 18, 1971}}
| rowspan="2" |''{{sortname|A|Partridge Family Christmas Card}}''
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|The|Partridge Family}}
| "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" / "Christmas Won't Be the Same This Year"
| Jackson 5
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 83, no. 51, December 18, 1971, p. 49.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 25, 1971}}
| "Merry Christmas, Darling"
| Carpenters
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 83, no. 52, December 25, 1971, p. 49.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 9, 1972}}
| ''[[Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
| "[[Jingle Bells]]"
| {{sortname|The|Singing Dogs}}
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 84, no. 51, December 9, 1972, p. 40.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 16, 1972}}
|''{{sortname|The|Christmas Song|nolink=1}}''
| {{sortname|Nat King|Cole}}
| "[[Please Come Home for Christmas]]" <ref>First charted on the Hot 100 in 1961 peaking at #76. </ref>
| {{sortname|Charles|Brown|dab=musician}}
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 84, no. 52, December 16, 1972, p. 51.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 23, 1972}}
| ''Jackson 5 Christmas Album''
| Jackson 5
| "{{sortname|The|Christmas Song|nolink=1}}"
| {{sortname|Nat King|Cole}}
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 84, no. 53, December 23, 1972, p. 4.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 8, 1973}}
| ''Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas''
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
| "Merry Christmas, Darling"
| Carpenters
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 85, no. 49, December 8, 1973, p. 28.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 15, 1973}}
| ''{{sortname|A|Motown Christmas}}''
| [[Various artists]]
| "[[Step into Christmas]]"
| {{sortname|Elton|John}}
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 85, no. 50, December 15, 1973, p. 25.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{dts|December 22, 1973}}
|''{{sortname|A|Christmas Album|dab=Barbra Streisand album}}''
|{{sortname|Barbra|Streisand}}
| "Blue Christmas"
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
|<ref>“Best Bets For Christmas.”  Billboard, vol. 85, no. 51, December 22, 1973, p. 22.</ref>
|-
|}
==Top 10 Christmas Albums==
These are the LPs that reached the top 10 on ''Billboard's'' Christmas Record charts from 1958 until 1973.   Record collectors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/collecting-christmas-records | title=Collecting Christmas records | date=14 December 2022 }}</ref> and holiday music fans<ref>{{cite web | url=https://christmaslpstocd.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/billboards-best-selling-christmas-albums-of-the-1960s/ | title=Billboard's Best Selling Christmas Albums of the 1960s | date=9 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://christmaslpstocd.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/billboards-top-selling-christmas-album-1970s/comment-page-1/ | title=Billboard's Top-Selling Christmas Album – 1970s | date=16 January 2012 }}</ref> believe that every contemporary holiday album owes a debt to one or more of the albums below.<ref>"Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks." The Billboard, vol. 70, no. 47, November 24, 1958, p. 2.</ref><ref>"Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 75-76, no. 48-52 & 49-52, November 30, 1963-December 26, 1964, pp. 11, 8, 8, 7, 25, 22, 22, 34 & 36.</ref><ref>"Billboard Top Christmas Sellers." Billboard, vol. 77, no. 50-52, December 11, 1965-December 25, 1965, pp. 7, 15 & 12.</ref><ref>"Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 78-81, no. 49-52, 48-52, 49-52 & 49-52, December 3, 1966-December 27, 1969, pp. 56, 40, 36, 33, 8, 92, 61, 50, 40, 82, 84, 69, 57, 11, 10, 12, & 10.</ref><ref>"Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 82-85, no. 51-52, 51-52, 51-53 & 49-51, December 19, 1970-December 22, 1973, pp. 12, 59, 49, 49, 40, 51, 4, 28, 25 & 22.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2"| Rank
! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Artist
! rowspan="2"| Year<br>Rlsd.
! rowspan="2"| Peak<br>Date
! rowspan="2"| Peak<br>Pos.
! colspan="3"| Weeks
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| Peak
! width="40"| Top 10
! width="40"| Chart
|- style="font-size:larger;"
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''{{sortname|The|Andy Williams Christmas Album}}''
| {{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
| align="center"| 1963
| 11/30/1963
| rowspan="15" align="center"| #1
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| 23
| align="center"| 30
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''{{sortname|A|Christmas Album|dab=Barbra Streisand album}}''
| {{sortname|Barbra|Streisand}}
| align="center"| 1967
| 12/2/1967
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 16
| align="center"| 20
|-
| align="center"| 3
| ''{{sortname|The|Little Drummer Boy}}''
| {{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
| align="center"| 1959
| 12/5/1964
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 25
| align="center"| 35
|-
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[Merry Christmas (Andy Williams album)|Merry Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Andy|Williams}}
| align="center"| 1966
| 12/10/1966
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 12
| align="center"| 20
|-
| align="center"| 5
| ''[[Jackson 5 Christmas Album]]''
| [[Jackson 5]]
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/26/1970
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| 10
|-
| align="center"| 6
| ''{{sortname|The|Christmas Song|dab=Nat King Cole album}}''
| {{sortname|Nat King|Cole}}
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/13/1969
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 29
| align="center"| 35
|-
| align="center"| 7
| ''[[Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
| align="center"| 1971
| 12/9/1972
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 8
|-
| align="center"| 8
| ''[[Christmas Album (Herb Alpert album)|Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Christmas Album]]''
| {{sortname|Herb|Alpert}}
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/7/1968
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 10
|-
| align="center"| 9
| ''[[That Christmas Feeling]]''
| {{sortname|Glen|Campbell}}
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/21/1968
| align="center"| 10
|-
| align="center"| 10
| ''{{sortname|A|Partridge Family Christmas Card}}''
| {{sortname|The|Partridge Family}}
| align="center"| 1971
| 12/18/1971
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 11
| ''{{sortname|The|Dean Martin Christmas Album}}''
| {{sortname|Dean|Martin}}
| align="center"| 1966
| 12/3/1966
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 14
| align="center"| 19
|-
| align="center"| 12
| ''[[Jim_Nabors_discography#Albums|Jim Nabors' Christmas Album]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/338344-Jim-Nabors-Jim-Nabors-Christmas-Album | title=Jim Nabors - Jim Nabors' Christmas Album | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1967 }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Jim|Nabors}}
| align="center"| 1967
| 12/27/1969
| align="center"| 13
| align="center"| 21
|-
| align="center"| 13
| ''[[Give Me Your Love For Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Johnny|Mathis}}
| align="center"| 1969
| 12/6/1969
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| 12
|-
| align="center"| 14
| ''{{sortname|A|Motown Christmas}}''
| [[Motown|Various Artists]]
| align="center"| 1973
| 2/15/1973
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 3
|-
| align="center"| 15
| ''[[Percy_Faith#Discography|Music of Christmas]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/262684-Percy-Faith-And-His-Orchestra-Music-Of-Christmas | title=Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Music of Christmas | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1954 }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Percy|Faith}} And His Orchestra
| align="center"| 1957
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 2
|-
| align="center"| 16
| ''[[Elvis' Christmas Album]]''
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
| align="center"| 1957
| 12/11/1965
| rowspan="8" align="center"| #2
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"| 23
| align="center"| 31
|-
| align="center"| 17
| ''[[Merry Christmas (Johnny Mathis album)|Merry Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Johnny|Mathis}}
| align="center"| 1958
| 11/30/1963
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 27
| align="center"| 29
|-
| align="center"| 18
| ''[[Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album)|Merry Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Bing|Crosby}}
| align="center"| 1955
| 12/26/1964
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 34
| align="center"| 40
|-
| align="center"| 19
| ''[[Sounds of Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Johnny|Mathis}}
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/21/1963
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"| 20
|-
| align="center"| 20
| ''[[Lou_Rawls#Discography|Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho!]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/merry-christmas-ho%21-ho%21-ho%21-mw0000310416 | title=Lou Rawls - Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Lou|Rawls}}
| align="center"| 1967
| 12/9/1967
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"| 10
|-
| align="center"| 21
| ''[[Mahalia_Jackson_discography#Columbia|Christmas with Mahalia]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-with-mahalia-columbia--mw0002348379 | title=Mahalia Jackson - Christmas with Mahalia &#91;Columbia&#93; Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Mahalia|Jackson}}
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/13/1969
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 22
| ''[[Bobby_Sherman#Original_LPs|Christmas Album]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-album-mw0000619207 | title=Bobby Sherman - Christmas Album Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Bobby|Sherman}}
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/19/1970
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 3
|-
| align="center"| 23
| ''{{sortname|A|Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra}}''
| {{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}}
| align="center"| 1957
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 11
|-
| align="center"| 24
| ''[[John_Gary#Discography|John Gary Christmas Album]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-john-gary-christmas-album-mw0001235174 | title=John Gary - the John Gary Christmas Album Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|John|Gary}}
| align="center"| 1964
| 12/5/1964
| rowspan="3" align="center"| #3
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 17
|-
| align="center"| 25
|''[[Messiah (Mormon Tabernacle Choir album)|Handel: Messiah]]''
| {{sortname|The|Philadelphia Orchestra}} / [[The Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] / [[Eugene Ormandy]]
| align="center"| 1959
| 12/13/1969
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 6
|-
| align="center"| 26
| ''{{sortname|The|Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas}}''
| {{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}} featuring [[Frank Sinatra Jr.]], [[Nancy Sinatra]] and [[Tina Sinatra]]
| align="center"| 1969
| 12/13/1969
| align="center"| 4
|-
| align="center"| 27
| ''[[Robert_Goulet#Discography|This Christmas I Spend With You]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-christmas-i-spend-with-you-mw0000622789 | title=Robert Goulet - This Christmas I Spend with You Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Robert|Goulet}}
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/21/1963
| rowspan="5" align="center"| #4
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 13
|-
| align="center"| 28
| ''[[Sound of Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Ramsey|Lewis Trio}}
| align="center"| 1961
| 12/18/1965
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 24
|-
| align="center"| 29
| ''{{sortname|The|Temptations Christmas Card}}''
| {{sortname|The|Temptations}}
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/23/1972
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 30
| ''[[Merle Haggard's Christmas Present]]''
| {{sortname|Merle|Haggard}}
| align="center"| 1973
| 12/8/1973
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 3
|-
| align="center"| 31
| ''[[Jackie_Gleason#Album_discography|Merry Christmas]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/672708-Jackie-Gleason-Merry-Christmas | title=Jackie Gleason - Merry Christmas | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1956 }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Jackie|Gleason}}
| align="center"| 1956
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 7
|-
| align="center"| 32
| ''[[We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Ray Conniff album)|We Wish You A Merry Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Ray|Conniff}}
| align="center"| 1962
| 12/9/1972
| rowspan="5" align="center"| #5
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 20
|-
| align="center"| 33
| ''[[Season's Greetings from Perry Como]]''
| {{sortname|Perry|Como}}
| align="center"| 1959
| 12/7/1963
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 20
|-
| align="center"| 34
| ''[[Harry_Simeone#"The_Little_Drummer_Boy"|O' Bambino — The Little Drummer Boy]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/o-bambino-the-little-drummer-boy-mw0001227644 | title=Harry Simeone Chorale - O Bambino/The Little Drummer Boy Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Harry|Simeone Chorale}}
| align="center"| 1965
| 2/3/1966
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 35
| ''[[The_New_Christy_Minstrels#Albums|Merry Christmas!]]''
| [[New Christy Minstrels]]
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/28/1963
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 8
|-
| align="center"| 36
| ''[[Christmas Carols (Mantovani album)|Christmas Carols]]''
| [[Mantovani]]
| align="center"| 1954
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
|-
| align="center"| 37
| ''[[Noël (Joan Baez album)|Noël]]''
| {{sortname|Joan|Baez}}
| align="center"| 1966
| 12/3/1966
| rowspan="7" align="center"| #6
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"| 13
|-
| align="center"| 38
| ''[[Merry Christmas (The Supremes album)|Merry Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|The|Supremes}}
| align="center"| 1965
| 12/11/1965
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 12
|-
| align="center"| 39
| ''[[Snoopy And His Friends]]''
| {{sortname|The|Royal Guardsmen}}
| align="center"| 1967
| 12/23/1967
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 7
|-
| align="center"| 40
| ''{{sortname|The|Beach Boys' Christmas Album}}''
| {{sortname|The|Beach Boys}}
| align="center"| 1965
| 12/18/1965
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 13
|-
| align="center"| 41
| ''{{sortname|A|Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector}}''
| [[Phil Spector|Various Artists]]
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/23/1972
| align="center"| 6
|-
| align="center"| 42
| ''Songs of Christmas''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/604854-The-Norman-Luboff-Choir-Songs-Of-Christmas | title=The Norman Luboff Choir - Songs of Christmas | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1956 }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Norman|Luboff Choir}}
| align="center"| 1956
| 11/24/1958
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1
|-
| align="center"| 43
| ''[[Merry Christmas from the Brady Bunch]]''
| {{sortname|The|Brady Bunch}}
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/25/1971
|-
| align="center"| 44
| ''[[Mantovani#Christmas_and_religious_music|Christmas Greetings From Mantovani And His Orchestra]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-greetings-from-mantovani-and-his-orchestra-mw0001249597 | title=Mantovani - Christmas Greetings from Mantovani and His Orchestra Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| [[Mantovani]]
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/21/1963
| rowspan="5" align="center"| #7
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 14
|-
| align="center"| 45
| ''[[Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee]]''
| {{sortname|Brenda|Lee}}
| align="center"| 1964
| 12/16/1972
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 15
|-
| align="center"| 46
| ''[[Christmas with Conniff]]''
| {{sortname|Ray|Conniff}}
| align="center"| 1959
| 12/27/1969
| align="center"| 11
|-
| align="center"| 47
| ''{{sortname|The|Christmas Spirit}}''
| {{sortname|Johnny|Cash}}
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/13/1969
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 48
| ''Now Is The Caroling Season''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/now-is-the-caroling-season-mw0000101538 | title=Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians, Fred Waring - Now is the Caroling Season Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Fred|Waring and his Pennsylvanians}}
| align="center"| 1957
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
|-
| align="center"| 49
| ''[[Handel's Messiah]]''
| {{sortname|Robert|Shaw Chorale}} and Orchestra
| align="center"| 1966
| 12/7/1968
| rowspan="10" align="center"| #8
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 50
| ''[[Christmas in My Home Town]]''
| {{sortname|Charley|Pride}}
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/23/1972
| rowspan="9" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 6
|-
| align="center"| 51
| ''[[More Sounds of Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Ramsey|Lewis Trio}}
| align="center"| 1964
| 12/26/1964
| rowspan="8" align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 15
|-
| align="center"| 52
| ''[[Al_Martino#Studio_albums|Merry Christmas]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/merry-christmas-mw0000101407 | title=Al Martino - Merry Christmas Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Al|Martino}}
| align="center"| 1964
| 12/19/1964
| align="center"| 11
|-
| align="center"| 53
| ''[[The_King_Family_Show#Discography|Christmas with The King Family]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-with-the-king-family-mw0001227400 | title=King Family - Christmas with the King Family Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|The|King Family|The King Family Show}}
| align="center"| 1965
| 12/18/1965
| align="center"| 2
|-
| align="center"| 54
| ''{{sortname|The|Joy of Christmas}}''
| {{sortname|The|Mormon Tabernacle Choir}} / [[The New York Philharmonic]] / [[Leonard Bernstein]]
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/11/1965
| align="center"| 11
|-
| align="center"| 55
| ''[[Soul Christmas]]'' ([[Atco Records]] 33-269) <ref>https://www.hipchristmas.com/albums/s/soul.php</ref>
| [[Various artists]]
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/6/1969
| align="center"| 6
|-
| align="center"| 56
|''Beloved Choruses'' <ref>https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Mormon%20Tabernacle%20Choir%2C%20Richard%20P.%20Condie%20-%20The%20Philadelphia%20Orchestra%2C%20Eugene%20Ormandy&title=The%20Beloved%20Choruses</ref>
| {{sortname|The|Philadelphia Orchestra}} / [[The Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] / [[Eugene Ormandy]]
| align="center"| 1958
| 12/18/1965
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 4
|-
| align="center"| 57
| ''[[Christmas '64]]''
| {{sortname|Jimmy|Smith|dab=musician}}
| align="center"| 1964
| 12/5/1964
|-
| align="center"| 58
| ''{{sortname|The|Voices of Christmas|Walter_Schumann#Career}}''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/778489-The-Voices-Of-Walter-Schumann-The-Voices-Of-Christmas | title=The Voices of Walter Schumann - the Voices of Christmas | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1955 }}</ref>
| {{sortname|The|Voices of Walter Schumann|Walter Schumann}}
| align="center"| 1955
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
|-
| align="center"| 59
| ''[[The_Ventures_discography#Studio_albums|Ventures' Christmas Album]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ventures-christmas-album-mw0000264637 | title=The Ventures - the Ventures' Christmas Album Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|The|Ventures}}
| align="center"| 1965
| 12/18/1965
| rowspan="10" align="center"| #9
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 2
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 9
|-
| align="center"| 60
| ''[[Eydie_Gormé#Albums|Christmas Hymns & Carols]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-hymns-and-carols-vol-1-mw0002984608 | title=Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale - Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. 1 Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Robert|Shaw|dab=conductor}}
| align="center"| 1957
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 8
|-
| align="center"| 61
| ''[[12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album)|12 Songs Of Christmas]]''
| {{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}}, [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Fred Waring]]
| align="center"| 1964
| 12/19/1964
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 3
|-
| align="center"| 62
| ''[[Feliz Navidad (José Feliciano album)|Merry Xmas From José Feliciano]]''
| {{sortname|José|Feliciano}}
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/8/1973
|-
| align="center"| 63
| ''[[Eydie_Gormé#Albums|Navidad Means Christmas]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/navidad-means-christmas-mw0000264013 | title=Eydie Gorme, Eydie Gorme y Trio los Panchos, el Trio los Panchos - Navidad Means Christmas Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Eydie|Gorme}} & Trio [[Los Panchos]]
| align="center"| 1966
| 12/17/1966
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 4
|-
| align="center"| 64
| ''[[Holiday Sing Along with Mitch]]''
| {{sortname|Mitch|Miller}} and The Gang
| align="center"| 1961
| 12/28/1963
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 17
|-
| align="center"| 65
| ''[[Christmas with The Chipmunks#Volume 2|Christmas with The Chipmunks Volume 2]]''
| {{sortname|David|Seville}} & [[The Chipmunks]]
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/21/1963
| align="center"| 13
|-
| align="center"| 66
| ''{{sortname|A|Christmas Treasure|nolink=1}}'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-christmas-treasure-mw0000315612 | title=Julie Andrews - A Christmas Treasure Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Julie|Andrews}} with [[Andre Previn]]
| align="center"| 1967
| 12/2/1967
| align="center"| 6
|-
| align="center"| 67
| ''{{sortname|A|Christmas Festival|nolink=1}}'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-christmas-festival-polygram--mw0000436734 | title=Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra - A Christmas Festival &#91;Polygram&#93; Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Arthur|Fiedler}} & [[Boston Pops Orchestra]]
| align="center"| 1970
| 12/19/1970
| align="center"| 2
|-
| align="center"| 68
| ''[[Roger_Wagner_Chorale#History|Joy to The World]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/572995-The-Roger-Wagner-Chorale-Joy-To-The-World | title=The Roger Wagner Chorale - Joy to the World | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1956 }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Roger|Wagner Chorale}}
| align="center"| 1956
| 11/24/1958
| align="center"| 1
|-
| align="center"| 69
| ''[[Wayne_Newton#Discography|Songs For A Merry Christmas]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-a-merry-christmas-mw0000846873 | title=Wayne Newton - Songs for a Merry Christmas Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Wayne|Newton}}
| align="center"| 1966
| 12/3/1966
| rowspan="7" align="center"| #10
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 10
|-
| align="center"| 70
| ''[[Christmas Wonderland]]''
| {{sortname|Bert|Kaempfert}}
| align="center"| 1963
| 12/7/1963
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 13
|-
| align="center"| 71
| ''[[Paul Revere & the Raiders discography#Studioalbums|Christmas Present...And Past]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-christmas-presentand-past-mw0000690062 | title=Paul Revere & the Raiders - A Christmas Present...And Past Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| {{sortname|Paul|Revere & the Raiders}}
| align="center"| 1967
| 12/9/1967
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 5
|-
| align="center"| 72
| ''[[Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album]]''
| {{sortname|Tony|Bennett}}
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/14/1968
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 3
|-
| align="center"| 73
| ''{{sortname|A|Soulful Christmas}}''
| {{sortname|James|Brown}}
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/13/1969
|-
| align="center"| 74
| ''{{sortname|The|Perry Como Christmas Album}}''
| {{sortname|Perry|Como}}
| align="center"| 1968
| 12/26/1970
|-
| align="center"| 75
| ''{{sortname|The|Christmas Album: 20 Great Christmas Favorites By 20 Great Artist|nolink=1}}'' ([[Columbia Records]] 30763) <ref>https://musicbrainz.org/release/80a8d1a9-09d6-4935-83fd-ea45a2d1ca0b</ref>
| [[Various artists]]
| align="center"| 1972
| 12/8/1973
|-
|}
==See also==
*[[Billboard Christmas Hits 1983–1989|''Billboard'' Christmas Hits 1983-1989]]
*[[Billboard Christmas Holiday Charts|''Billboard'' Christmas Holiday Charts]]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Billboard Christmas Holiday Singles & Song charts}}
{{Billboard Holiday charts}}
{{Billboard}}
[[Category:Billboard charts|Christmas]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Billboard Best Bets for Christmas 1963-1973}}