Billboard_Best_Bets_for_Christmas_1963–1973

List of <i>Billboard</i> Best Bets for Christmas 1963–1973

List of Billboard Best Bets for Christmas 1963–1973

Best Selling Albums and Singles on Billboard's exclusive Christmas chart

American music chart publisher Billboard magazine began publishing annual Christmas singles and albums charts, the Billboard Best Bets for Christmas,[lower-alpha 1] 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.[1] Billboard charted Christmas albums and singles exclusively in this section until 1972.[2]

Billboard number one Best Bets For Christmas

These are Billboard's Best Bets for Christmas number-one albums and singles:

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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[51] and holiday music fans[52][53] believe that every contemporary holiday album owes a debt to one or more of the albums below.[54][55][56][57][58]

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See also

Notes

  1. Known has Christmas Records from 1963 to 1964 and Top Christmas Sellers in 1965.

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    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.
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    First charted on the Hot 100 in 1961 peaking at #76.
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