Elvis Presley's holiday album 'Blue Christmas' has climbed to the top spot on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, driven by the resurgence of his classic holiday songs.
In the week ending Dec. 26, Elvis Presley's 'Blue Christmas' holiday album earned 40,000 equivalent album units, a jump of 59%, according to Luminate. The collection, which was released in 2012 and features 17 holiday-themed hits from Presley’s catalog, including “Blue Christmas” and “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane),” is Presley’s second No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums chart, which began in 2006, after 'The Essential Elvis Presley' led for a week in 2015.
That album accompanied a “forever” postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service that year. The album was driven by 27.1 million official U.S. streams (up 61%). “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)” also appears on the tally, at No. 11 (8.1 million, up 43%). “Blue Christmas” was the set’s top radio track, with 9 million in audience (up 33%). “Blue Christmas” rises to No. 21, a year after it reached a No. 18 best. The late Presley ties for the longest span of appearing on the chart – stretching across its entire existence, as he placed at No. 4 on the inaugural ranking (dated Aug. 4) with “Hard Headed Woman” and at No. 34 with “Don’t Ask Me Why” (both with the Jordanaires). Also with a 66-year and five-month span of hitting the Hot 100 from its first to its latest week, and likewise due to resurgent holiday hits: fellow late legends
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