Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits is a set of two Christmas-themed
compilation albums released by
Rhino Records in 1989, each featuring ten popular Christmas recordings from 1935 to 1983, many of which charted on the
Billboard record charts. Both volumes were certified Gold by the
RIAA in the U.S., with the second volume being certified Platinum.[1]
Shawn Haney of
Allmusic says the album is a "charming collection of golden classic Christmas favorites" that "should appeal to all ages." Featuring "everybody and everything from the
Bing himself to
Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" to "All I Want for Christmas," a comedic, hilarious family favorite".[2]
The album peaked at #24 on Billboard'sTop Christmas Albums chart in 1991 and charted a total of 7 weeks.[5]
Allmusic critic Stewart Mason calls the album "a rather skimpy but nonetheless useful compilation of Christmas songs" and says it "wisely steers mostly clear of the annoying novelty Christmas songs of the rock era." While it does include the "horrifyingly bad 'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer'," it also includes "
Charles Brown's 'Please Come Home for Christmas', maybe the best R&B Christmas song ever".[6] The album peaked at #15 on Billboard'sTop Christmas Albums chart in 1991 and charted a total of 59 weeks.[5]
Other albums
Rhino Records subsequently released five other albums as Billboard Christmas hits:
"Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/O Little Town Of Bethlehem/
Silent Night" —
John Gary(from the John Gary Christmas Album, Christmas album chart #3)
Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits is a set of two Christmas-themed
compilation albums released by
Rhino Records in 1989, each featuring ten popular Christmas recordings from 1935 to 1983, many of which charted on the
Billboard record charts. Both volumes were certified Gold by the
RIAA in the U.S., with the second volume being certified Platinum.[1]
Shawn Haney of
Allmusic says the album is a "charming collection of golden classic Christmas favorites" that "should appeal to all ages." Featuring "everybody and everything from the
Bing himself to
Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" to "All I Want for Christmas," a comedic, hilarious family favorite".[2]
The album peaked at #24 on Billboard'sTop Christmas Albums chart in 1991 and charted a total of 7 weeks.[5]
Allmusic critic Stewart Mason calls the album "a rather skimpy but nonetheless useful compilation of Christmas songs" and says it "wisely steers mostly clear of the annoying novelty Christmas songs of the rock era." While it does include the "horrifyingly bad 'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer'," it also includes "
Charles Brown's 'Please Come Home for Christmas', maybe the best R&B Christmas song ever".[6] The album peaked at #15 on Billboard'sTop Christmas Albums chart in 1991 and charted a total of 59 weeks.[5]
Other albums
Rhino Records subsequently released five other albums as Billboard Christmas hits:
"Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/O Little Town Of Bethlehem/
Silent Night" —
John Gary(from the John Gary Christmas Album, Christmas album chart #3)