On the Charts: Veteran Artists Take 10 of the Top 15 Singles

Brenda Lee is at #3 for the Second Week

The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is in parenthesis:

1. Christmas - Michael Buble (#4)
2. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole (#8)
3. Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey (#10)
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio (#12)
5. A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists (#17)
6. The Best of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Bing Crosby (#23)
7. The Classic Christmas Album - Perry Como (#24)
8. A Holly Dolly Christmas - Dolly Parton (#26)
9. The Classic Christmas Album - Elvis Presley (#30)
10. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings - Brenda Lee (#32)

The top 10 charting singles by veteran artists:

1. All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey (#2)
2. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (#3)
   
3. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (#4)
4. A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (#6)
5. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (#7)
6. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano (#10)
7. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin (#11)
8. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12)
9. Last Christmas - Wham! (#14)
10. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole (#15)