Christmas is over, back to the "charts as usual" and fans streamed more "classic hits than Christmas hits did week as the 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation did very well on the U.K. charts.
On the U.S. chart we see the delay in sales reports with very strong "Christmas sales" for Elvis in the first week of 2006, topping the Top Rock Album and Top Rock and Alternative Albums charts!
Official U.K. charts
The 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation jumped from No. 81 to No. 62 on the Official U.K. Album Top 100, and from No. 72 to No. 48, on the nation's Streaming Album Top 100. On the Chart Update chart the set climbed from No. 70 to No. 50. 'The Classic Christmas Album' dropped off that chart after last week's re-entry at No. 93.
The song 'Blue Christmas' dropped off the Official U.K. Single Top 100 chart, the Streaming Singles chart, but it hung on to the Chart Update chart one more week, falling from No. 54 to No. 85 this week.
The 'Elvis The Searcher' re-entered the Music Video chart Top 40 at No. 37.
U.S. Billboard charts
On the U.S. Billboard charts Elvis is finding listed higher than on the U.K. charts.
'Blue Christmas' climbed from No. 27 to No. 21 on the Billboard's Main Hot 100 single chart. On the Global Top 200 chart the song climbed from No. 39 to No. 29, and it gained no less than 145 places on the Global Top 200 Excluding U.S. chart, climbing from No. 198 to No. 53 this week. On Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart the song re-entered the chart at No. 8 while it did the same on the Holiday Airplay Top 50 at No. 47.
On the Holiday 100 chart 'Blue Christmas' remained steady at No. 21 while it climbed from No. 24 to No. 21 on the Top Streaming Songs chart and dropped back from No. 8 to No 11 on the Rock Digital Song chart. On Billboard's Country Streaming Songs chart the 'Blue Christmas remained steady at No. 4.
'Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)' re-entered the the Top Streaming Songs chart at No. 17. It climbed from No 94 to No. 93 on the Holiday 100 chart, but on the Holiday Streaming Songs chart it remained steady at No. 21.
'O Little Town of Bethlehem' climbed from No. 13 to No. 3 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart this week.
'The Classic Christmas Album' jumped from No. 43 to No. 22 on the main Billboard 200 Album chart. On the Top Streaming Albums chart to album climbed from No. 32 to No. 20, and on the Catalog Album chart it bounced back on the charts, climbing from No. 22 to No. 17. The album climbed from No. 8 to No. 6 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, while 'The Essential Elvis Presley' climbed from No. 42 to No. 35 on that chart.
Hugh McIntyre wrote for Forbes: While all of the Billboard charts reflect current listening, and many of them are focused on what’s new and exciting, the past several weeks on the Top Rock and Alternative Albums chart have shown that when it comes to these styles, Americans prefer the classics. Just last week, Pink Floyd’s 'Wish You Were Here' launched at No. 1. This week that album falls to No. 28, making room for Presley’s holiday collection to jump from No. 5 to No. 1.
'The Classic Christmas Album' hit No. 1 on the Top Rock and Alternative Albums chart for the first time, 57 weeks into its tenure on the tally, and well over a decade since it was released in 2012. The compilation joined 'Elvis Presley Forever', which debuted at No. 1 back in September 2015.
On the Top Rock Albums chart, a slightly more specific variant of the more all-encompassing ranking, 'The Classic Christmas Album' jumped from No 6 to No. 1.
'The Classic Christmas Album' is one of dozens of yuletide projects that grow in stature every year and are enjoying their most impressive frames in months at the moment, just before disappearing entirely. The album is one of a relatively small number of releases that Billboard has classified as both "country" and "rock", meaning it can enter charts for both genres simultaneously.
On the Top Holiday Album chart the compilation won one spot climbed to No. 16 while the album climbed from No. 43 to No. 22 on Billboard's Global Top 200 Album chart.
The 'Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra' album climbed from No. 21 to No. 18 to the Classical Album chart.
On the Artists chart Elvis Presley climbed from No. 52 to No. 31 this week.
To be updated: 'Blue Christmas' returned to the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart at No. 24. 'Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)' jumped from No. 44 to No. 39 on the Global Top 200 chart.
Canadian Billboard Charts
On Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 chart, 'Blue Christmas' climbed from No. 19 to No. 17 while 'The Classic Christmas Album' rose from No. 32 to No. 17 on the Canadian Album Top 100 chart.
Irish Charts
The 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation climbed from No. 95 to No. 89 on the IRMA Album Top 100. But 'Blue Christmas' fell off the Single Top 100 chart from last week's listing at No. 59.
Rest of the World
The 'Blue Christmas' single dropped off the Australian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Swiss Single charts while 'Elvis' Christmas Album' exited the Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Swiss Album charts.
(Source: Billboard / Official Chart Company / UK Mix Forum / Janne Hokkanen / Forbes)