Billboard Christmas Hits 1983–1989

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The Billboard Christmas Hits survey ran each holiday season between 1983 until 1989 except for 1986. The singles chart only ran a total 6 of weeks between 1983 and 1985.

List of number one Billboard Christmas Hits 1983–1989

These are the Billboard Christmas Hits chart number-one albums and singles from 1983 until 1989.[1]

Issue date Albums Artist Singles Artist Ref.
December 17, 1983 Christmas Kenny Rogers "White Christmas" Bing Crosby [2]
December 24, 1983 "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" Elmo N' Patsy [3]
December 15, 1984 Once Upon a Christmas Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton [4]
December 22, 1984 [5]
December 21, 1985 Alabama Christmas Alabama [6]
December 28, 1985 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" Bruce Springsteen [7]
December 12, 1987 A Very Special Christmas Various artists no chart no chart [8]
December 19, 1987 [9]
December 10, 1988 [10]
December 24, 1988 A Fresh Aire Christmas Mannheim Steamroller [11]
January 7, 1989 [12]
December 23, 1989 Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids on the Block [13]
January 6, 1990 [14]

Top Christmas Hits Albums of the 1980's

The Billboard Christmas Hits album charts ran a total of 13 weeks. Those that reached the top 10 are ranked below.[15][16][17][18] The peak position reflects the highest position the album reached on the Christmas Hits chart between December 17, 1983 and January 6, 1990, but the top 10 and total weeks include the total weeks charted since the first Christmas Records chart in 1958.[19][20][21][22][23]

The current online chart history of Billboard Top Holiday Albums begins with the December 21, 1985 Christmas Hits album chart. [24]

Rank Album Artist Year
Rlsd.		 Peak
Date		 Peak
Pos.		 Weeks
Peak Top 10 Chart
1 A Very Special Christmas[25] Various Artists 1987 12/12/1987 #1 3 7 7
2 Once Upon A Christmas[26] Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 1984 12/15/1984 2 5 11
3 Alabama Christmas Alabama 1985 12/21/1985 4 9
4 Kenny Rogers' Christmas Album Kenny Rogers 1981 12/17/1983 6
5 A Fresh Aire Christmas[27] Mannheim Steamroller 1988 12/24/1988 4
6 Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids On The Block 1989 12/23/1989 2 2
7 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Mannheim Steamroller[28] 1984 12/21/1985 #2 5 11 11
8 A Christmas Album[29][lower-alpha 1] Barbra Streisand 1967 12/17/1983 2 29 33
9 Christmas Portrait[30] The Carpenters 1978 12/15/1984 10 13
10 December George Winston 1982 12/19/1987 9 9
11 Merry Christmas Bing Crosby 1955 12/17/1983 #3[lower-alpha 2] 2 36 49
12 Christmas Rap (Profile 1247)[31] Various Artists 1987 12/12/1987 #4 3 3 3
13 Christmas Wishes Anne Murray 1981 12/17/1983 2 4 6
14 A GRP Christmas Collection [32] Various Artists 1988 12/24/1988 #5 3 4 4
15 The Christmas Song[lower-alpha 3] Nat King Cole 1963 12/17/1983 2 40 46
16 An Old Time Christmas Randy Travis 1989 12/23/1989 1 2 2
17 Elvis' Christmas Album[lower-alpha 4] Elvis Presley 1957 12/21/1985 #6 1 32 41
18 O Holy Night [33] Luciano Pavarotti/Kurt Herbert Adler/National Philharmonic Orchestra 1976 12/15/1984 4 8
19 Give Love at Christmas The Temptations 1980 12/17/1983 2 9
20 A Winter Solstice II [34] Various Artists 1988 12/24/1988 #8 2 2 4
21 A Chipmunk Christmas The Chipmunks 1981 12/22/1984 1 3 3
22 Christmas at Our House Barbara Mandrell 1984 12/15/1984 2 2
23 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer [35] Elmo & Patsy 1982 12/12/1987 1 7
24 Christmas Time with the Judds The Judds 1987 12/12/1987 #9 3 3 6
25 A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)[36] Vince Guaraldi Trio 1965 12/24/1988 2 3 7
26 Pretty Paper Willie Nelson 1979 12/17/1983 2 2
27 A Christmas Album Amy Grant 1983 12/28/1985 1 2 9
28 Christmas All Over the World New Edition 1985 12/21/1985 2
29 My Gift To You Alexander O'Neal 1988 1/7/1989 1 2
30 Christmas with Placido [37] Placido Domingo 1981 12/15/1984 1
31 The Christmas Album Air Supply 1987 12/19/1987 #10 2 2 3
32 A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra[lower-alpha 5] 1957 12/22/1984 1 2 13
33 A Christmas Together[38] John Denver[39] and The Muppets[40] 1979 12/17/1983 1 1

See also

Notes

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  2. ↑ 1983 Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 95, no. 51, December 17, 1983, p. 6.
  3. ↑ 1983 Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 95, no. 52, December 24, 1983, p. 6.
  4. ↑ 1984 Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 96, no. 50, December 15, 1984, p. 8.
  5. ↑ 1984 Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 96, no. 51, December 22, 1984, p. 8.
  6. ↑ 1985 Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 97, no. 51, December 21, 1985, p. 57.
  7. ↑ 1985 Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 97, no. 52, December 28, 1985, p. 57.
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  14. ↑ "Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 102, no. 1, January 6, 1990, p. 87.
  15. ↑ "1983 Christmas Hits." Billboard, vol. 95, no. 51-52, December 17, 1983-December 24, 1983, pp. 6 & 6.
  16. ↑ "1984 Christmas Hits." Billboard, vol. 96, no. 50-51, December 15, 1984-December 22, 1984, pp. 8 & 8.
  17. ↑ "1985 Christmas Hits." Billboard, vol. 97, no. 51-52, December 21, 1985-December 28, 1985, pp. 57 & 57.
  18. ↑ "Christmas Hits.” Billboard, vol. 99-102, no. 51, 71 & 87, December 19, 1987-January 6, 1990, pp. 73, 71 & 87.
  19. ↑ "Deejay's Favorite Christmas Disks." The Billboard, vol. 70, no. 47, November 24, 1958, p. 2.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ "Billboard Top Christmas Sellers." Billboard, vol. 77, no. 50-52, December 11, 1965-December 25, 1965, pp. 7, 15 & 12.
  22. ↑ "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.
  23. ↑ "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.
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