Now is the time we all start digging out our Favourite Christmas albums, For many SMILER’s it will be Rod’s 2012 album Merry Christmas Baby although this year sees very little advertising for the album even though Rod has included Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in the set on his current tour.
The UK Official charts have just released the Official Top 20 biggest selling Christmas albums of the century
Most people will associate Christmas albums with Michael Bublé his seasonal set entitled Christmas is an obvious number one, but you might be surprised at Rod’s position.
Here’s the full Official Top 20 biggest selling Christmas albums:
1 CHRISTMAS – MICHAEL BUBLE-2011
2 MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY – ROD STEWART -2012
3 CLIFF AT CHRISTMAS – CLIFF RICHARD -2003
4 ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS PARTY – JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS 2003
5 CHRISTMAS PEACE – ELVIS PRESLEY -2008
6 MERRY CHRISTMAS – MARIAH CAREY 1994
7 MY CHRISTMAS – ANDREA BOCELLI 2009
8 THE CHRISTMAS – ALBUM ALED JONES 2004
9 DREAM A DREAM CHARLOTTE CHURCH 2000
10 HOME FOR CHRISTMAS – SUSAN BOYLE 2013
11 THIS IS CHRISTMAS – KATHERINE JENKINS 2012
12 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM – FRANK SINATRA 1998
13 CHRISTMAS WITH LOVE – LEONA LEWIS 2013
14 CHRISTMAS – MICHAEL BALL 1999
15 KYLIE CHRISTMAS – KYLIE MINOGUE 2015
16 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM – TWEENIES 2001
17 THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION – IL DIVO 2012
18 ESSENTIAL CAROLS – KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS 2014
19 O’ HOLY NIGHT – THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM DANIEL O’DONNELL 2010
20 CHRISTMAS WISHES – ELVIS PRESLEY 2006
And don’t forget Rod inclusion in this little gem from last year
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1fgfLg7y2n4WmrFny1P8jk/download-shaun-keavenys-christmas-single-for-free
Photos by Tommy Kevitt