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It Was All Christmas Bells On Billboard's Holiday Week Chart

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It Was All Christmas Bells On Billboard's Holiday Week Chart

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Michael Bublé’s Christmas popped 2-1 on Billboard’s final Canadian Albums chart of 2021, earning the highest on-demand streams for the week. It is the album’s 9th week at No. 1 since the album was originally released in 2011.


Adele’s 30, the No. 1 album for the last five weeks, fell to. 2nd place, but still earning the highest album sales total for the week. Ed Sheeran’s = edged 4-3.

With the final chart week of the year encompassing Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, six more holiday albums in addition to Bublé placed in the top ten. Bing Crosby’s White Christmas posted at 4, followed by Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas at 5, Nat King Cole’s Christmas Song at 6, Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas at 7, Phil Spector’s Christmas Gift For You at 8, and Frank Sinatra’s Ultimate Christmas at 10.

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The top new release for the week went to the soundtrack for the new Disney movie Encanto at No. 24, while Nas’ Magic entered at 58.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC Data's Paul Tuch

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