Vince Guaraldi Trio’s timeless soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas hit a new high on Billboardit is Top Selling Albums chart, as the set climbs 5-2 (on the list dated Dec. 24). This surpasses its previous high, reached just a week ago, when the album rose 7 to 5, beating its previous high of No. 1. 6, reached last holiday season (December 18, 2021).
The companion album to the 1965 animated television special sold 17,000 copies in the United States during the week ending December 21. 15 (up 24%), according to Luminate. Most of this sum (14,000) is driven by sales of vinyl albums. A Charlie Brown Christmas is available in over 15 vinyl variations (most differing in color from its vinyl LP), including versions exclusive to Barnes & Noble, Newbury Comics, independent record stores, Target, Urban Outfitters, Vinyl Me, Please and Walmart .
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a solid and consistent performer on vinyl, as it was the best-selling holiday album on vinyl each year in the United States from 2012 to 2021.
Since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991, A Charlie Brown Christmas sold 4.3 million traditional albums in all formats (CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download album, etc.), including 469,000 in vinyl record sales.
Also in the top 10 of the new chart of best-selling albums, Taylor Swift’s Midnights holds at No. 1 for an eighth consecutive week – the most weeks at No. 1. 1 since Adele’s 30 also spent its first eight weeks atop the list a year ago). Meanwhile, Zach Bryan american grief It reached a new high when it re-entered the chart at No. 1. 4 following its vinyl release.
Billboardit is Top Selling Albums The chart ranks the best-selling albums of the week based solely on traditional album sales. The history of the chart dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began compiling tables with information on electronically controlled room counts from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the only metric used by the Billboard 200 the albums scroll through the list dated December 31. 6, 2014, after which this chart switched to a methodology that mixes album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all charting news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Twitter and Instagram.
A Charlie Brown Christmas It came out in 1965 but didn’t reach anyone Billboard ranking until 1987, when it debuted on the Top Holiday Albums chart, where it later peaked at No. 1. 2 (January 27, 2007). On the Billboard 200 chart, the ensemble reached a new high last season, climbing to No. 1. 6 on the list as of Jan. 1, 2022. A year prior, it reached the top 10 for the first time ( #10 on the January 2, 2021 chart).
the A Charlie Brown Christmas Television special that aired annually on CBS during the holiday season from 1965 to 2000. ABC picked up the rights to the show from 2001 to 2019. In 2020, subscription service Apple TV+ acquired the rights to the special – as well as other classic Peanuts animated programs. A Charlie Brown Christmas is one of several animated specials based on the Peanuts comic book characters. It was followed by familiar favorites like It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973).
A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on Apple TV+ on December 2. 4, 2020. Apple originally partnered with PBS to bring the special back to free live TV with commercial-free broadcasts on PBS and sister network PBS KIDS in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, Apple TV+ and PBS did not collaborate on a Peanuts presentation. Instead, Apple TV+ has offered free, limited-time screenings of three Peanuts specials to anyone who logs into the service using their Apple ID. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown was available for free between Oct. 28-31, followed by A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving in Nov. 23-27 in. A Charlie Brown Christmas the dec. 22-25.
At No. 1 on Best Selling Albums, Taylor Swift’s Midnights spends eighth consecutive week at the top – the most weeks at No. 1. 1 since Adele’s 30 also led for its first eight weeks on the list (December 24, 2021-January 22, 2022). Midnights spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other Swift album since 1989 recorded 10 non-consecutive weeks in charge (2014). Since 1989she scored seven more No. 1s albums, including Midnights.
During the last week of follow-up, Midnights sold 74,000 copies – up 10%. Its cumulative sales in the United States amount to 1.666 million.
Old No. 1 Harry’s house falls 2-3 with 16,000 sold (down 41%).
by Zach Bryan american grief reached a new high as it re-entered the top-selling album chart at No. 1. 4 following its vinyl release. The album sold 15,000 copies in the tracking week – up 956% – including 14,000 on vinyl. american grief It was released on May 20 via digital download and CD (as well as via streaming services). His vinyl LP – a triple LP set – was not released until December. 9. (Unlike the many vinyl variants of the Charlie Brown Christmas album, Bryan’s set was only available as a standard black vinyl edition.)
american grief has already spent a week on top-selling albums, debuting at No. 1. 7 on the chart dated June 4 with 6,000 sold in its first week of availability.
At Matteo, Andrea and Virginia Bocelli A FamilyChristmas falls 3-5 on top selling albums with 14,000 sold (down 40%), Michael Jackson Polar climbs 7-6 with 13,000 (up 7%), Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors climbs 8-7 with nearly 13,000 (up 8%) and former No. 1 Swift. 1 always bumps 12-8 with 12,000 (up 21%). To complete the new top 10, the former leader of Michael Bublé Christmasrising 11-9 with nearly 10,000 (down 5%) and The Beatles’ Revolverleaping 14-10 with 9,000 (up 21%).
In the week ending Dec. On January 15, 2.911 million albums were sold in the United States (+11.9% compared to the previous week). It’s the biggest week of 2022 and the biggest for album sales since the week ending December 21. 23, 2021, when 4.231 million have been sold.
In the week ending Dec. 15, physical albums (CDs, vinyls, cassettes, etc.) accounted for 2.526 million (up 14.7%) and digital albums accounted for 375,000 (down 4.2%).
There were 1.001 million CD albums sold in the week ending December 21. 15 (up 7.7% week-over-week) and 1.521 million vinyl albums sold (up 20.1%). Both represent the largest sales weeks for each album format in 2022. Volume was greatest for both in the week ending December 21. On December 23, 2021, when there were 1.584 million CD albums sold and 2.113 million vinyl albums sold.
Additionally, the 1.521 million vinyl albums sold in the week ending December 21. 15 marks the third-biggest week for vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. (The biggest week in the Luminate era for vinyl was the week ending December 23, 2021.)
Year-to-date CD album sales were 33.822 million (down 11.3% from the same period a year ago) and vinyl album sales year-to-date the year amounted to 39.659 million (up 3.5%).
Overall year-to-date album sales were 93.462 million (down 8.5% from the same year-to-date period a year ago). Year-to-date, physical album sales totaled 74.013 million (down 3.8%) and digital album sales totaled 19.450 million (down 22.7%).
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