Ask Billboard: What Are The Best-Selling Holiday Albums?

Here's a look at the top-selling holiday albums in the U.S. dating to the advent of Nielsen Soundscan data in 1991:

1, "Miracles - the Holiday Album," Kenny G (7.23 million)
2, "Noel," Josh Groban (5.28)
3, "These Are Special Times," Celine Dion (5.17)
4, "Merry Christmas," Mariah Carey (5.12)
5, "Christmas in the Aire," Mannheim Steamroller (3.73)
6, "A Fresh Aire Christmas," Mannheim Steamroller (3.61)
7, "Christmas," Mannheim Steamroller (3.48)
8, "Now That's What I Call Christmas!," various artists (3.39)
9, "Christmas Eve and Other Stories," Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3.19)
10, "When My Heart Finds Christmas," Harry Connick, Jr. (3.08)

Just outside the top 10 are Bocelli's "My Christmas" (2.59 million) and Boyle's "The Gift (1.9 million).

Of the other albums you mention, McLachlan's "Wintersong" leads with to-date sales of 1,001,000, followed by Enya's "And Winter Came..." (838,000) and Sting's "If on a Winter's Night..." (613,000).

(*Update, per the comments below: Garth Brooks' "Beyond the Season" has sold 2.65 million, according to SoundScan, and "The Magic of Christmas," 1.44 million).

 

 

 

via billboard.com