Elvis Presley can almost always be counted on to appear on the Billboard charts, and around this time of the year, his holiday recordings become must-hears again, helping him to return to several charts this week. U.S. Billboard charts:
'The Classic Christmas Album' re-entered Billboard Album Top 200 chart at No. 123. Elvis Presley’s 'Elvis Christmas Album' was the first chart-topping holiday set, as it topped the chart for three weeks in December 1957, moved aside for Crosby for a week and then returned to No. 1 for one more week in January 1958.
His 'Classic Christmas Album' reappeared on four different Billboard tallies and was already listed on one other chart. The 2012 Holiday compilation made a re-entry at No. 17 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, and at No. 24 on the Top Rock and Alternative Albums tally. On Billboard's Top Country Albums ranking the compilation settled at No. 26 while the 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation dropped 3 places to No. 43.
'The Classic Christmas Album' performed well enough to land at No. 123 on the main Billboard Top 200 chart, and remained steady at No. 17 on the Top Holiday Album chart this week.
On the Country Streaming Songs chart, 'Blue Christmas' made a re-entry at No. 18 and on the Holiday Streaming Songs chart the song landed at No. 23 this week. On the Holiday 100 chart, 'Blue Christmas' was listed at No. 22 while 'Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)' settled at No. 81 the Holiday 100 overview.
US Book Charts:
Extra charts from the U.S. this week, for the Lisa Marie Presley biography. On the New York Times 'Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction' bestsellers lists, 'From Here To The Great Unknown' returned to the Top 10, landing at No. 10. On the nonfiction hardcover bestsellers list the memoir almost made up for lat week's loss, and climbed back to No. 9. On the Audiobook bestsellers list for November, the book dropped from No. 2 to No. 9 (this is a monthly list).
The New York Times compiled a list of the best (audio) books for 2024, stating "From vertiginous, ensemble-cast excursions through the dark web and French Polynesia to searing inner monologues of the antebellum South, the Brooklyn rave scene and American music royalty: The year’s best audiobooks are exceptional not just for their writing, but for the vocal performances that make these narratives particularly absorbing in your ear." Lisa's memoir, as read by Riley Keough and Julia Roberts made the list.
The newspaper stated: When she died in 2023, Presley left behind an unfinished memoir and hours of interviews she recorded for it, shards of a life that have been gathered into a tortured and mesmerizing whole by her daughter. It is the story of a little girl who has everything she wants except, eventually, her father; who is sexually abused and thrown out of school and falls hopelessly in love, again and again and again. Presley’s life is so slippery and complex it feels right to hear it through a prism of multiple viewpoints. Roberts gives a pained and powerful expression to Presley’s writing; Keough fills in the gaps with her own memories, her delicate voice laden with fresh grief; and Presley’s own recordings interrupt with the haunting effect of a ghost.
The book dropped to No. 16 on Publisher's Weekly Top 25 Non Fiction Hardcover list.
Official U.K. charts:
Many of Elvis Presley’s most famous songs are upbeat and rocking, but he also had a darker, more somber side. The superstar’s most famous holiday single is decidedly not very happy, and it doesn’t celebrate all the joy of the season, as so many other tunes from that era insisted on doing. The tone of the cut didn’t hamper its commercial success; actually, it seems like it may have helped it break out, and clearly, stand the test of time.
Presley’s most familiar holiday track is back on the charts in the United Kingdom. 'Blue Christmas' reappears on a pair of rankings in the nation, as millions of people get into the holiday spirit.
'Blue Christmas' restarts highest on the Official Streaming chart. On that list, which tracks the most-streamed songs in the U.K., Presley lands at No. 75.
The tune also once again ranks among the 100 most-consumed tracks in the U.K. 'Blue Christmas' blasts back onto the main songs tally in the country, starting what is often an annual comeback at No. 93.
'Blue Christmas' has climbed much, much higher on both charts in the past. Presley’s single once became the rare top 40 win for a legacy act on the Official Streaming chart, as it peaked at No. 37. The tune soared even further on the singles tally, where it missed out on adding to the late star’s list of top 10 hits by just one space.
Despite the fact that it was released in the fifties, and its immense popularity, 'Blue Christmas' has only spent a fairly short period of time on the U.K. charts it appears on this frame. The cut has racked up 35 stays on the streaming-only roster so far. It has spent even less time - just half a year, or 26 weeks - on the singles chart.
- Official Album chart: 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' dropped from No 55 to No. 56.
- Official Streaming Album chart: 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' dropped 4 places, from No. 38 to No. 42.
- Official Music Video chart: 'Elvis The King of Rock and Roll' dropped off the video chart after last week's re-entry at No. 46.
- Official Singles Chart: 'Blue Christmas' made a re-entry at No. 93, on the Streaming Singles Chart the song made a re-entry at No. 75 and on the Audio Streaming Singles Chart it debuted at No. No. 68 this week.
Irish IRMA charts: (to be updated on IRMA site this week)
- Official Irish Album chart: 'ELV1S 30#1 Hits' won 5 places, climbing to No. 77.
Elvis 2024 Spotify Wrapped: Spotify Wrapped is all about celebrating the fans and artists who helped make 2024 the fandom-shaking year it was. No surprise that Taylor Swift was the most streamed artist with The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billy Eilish as the Top 5.
Elvis did pretty well for himself getting over 1.23Billion Streams. That's not bad for an artist who first recorded back in 1954 and hasn't recorded any new material since 1977! Last year Elvis had 71Million listeners on Spotify so his listener numbers have gone up by 23 million.
Graceland posted the results for Elvis.
(Source: Billboard / Official Chart Company / IRMA / UK Mix Forum/ IPFI / Amazon / NY Times / Publisher's Weekly / Entertainment Weekly / Forbes)