Viewpoint : Merry Christmas Music 3

もののついでですから、クリスマスに或る意味最も欲しがられた”声”を、年を追ってみてみましょう。Billboardのランキングをもとにうちだした、”ホリデイ”アルバムの作品別年間売上No.1アーティストで。

USA Christmas/Holiday Albums’ Bestseller Artist <Year By Year>

1940s(’45 – ’49)
Bing Crosby <’45/’46/’47/’48/’49>

1950s(’50 – ’59)
Bing Crosby <’50> Mario Lanza <’51> Robert Shaw Chorale <’52> Arthur Godfrey <’53> Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee <’54> – <’55> Lawrence Welk <’56> Elvis Presley <’57> Mitch Miller & The Gang <’58/’59>

1960s(’60 – ’69)
Mitch Miller & The Gang <’60/’61> Johnny Mathis <’62> Andy Williams <’63/’64/’66> Harry Simeone Chorale <’65> Barbra Streisand <’67> Glen Campbell <’68> Jim Nabors <’69>

1970s(’70 – ’79)
The Jackson 5 <’70/’72> The Partridge Family <’71> Elvis Presley <’73> Earl Hamner Jr./The Holiday Singers <’74> John Denver <’75> The Salsoul Orchestra <’76/’77> The Carpenters <’78> John Denver And The Muppets <’79>

1980s(’80 – ’89)
Meco <’80> Kenny Rogers <’81/’83> The Oak Ridge Boys <’82> Kenny Rogers  & Dolly Parton <’84> Alabama <’85> George Strait <’86> *”A Very Special Christmas” <’87> Mannheim Steamroller <’88> New Kids On The Block <’89>

1990s(’90 – ’99)
Barry Manilow <’90> Mannheim Steamroller <’91/’95> Garth Brooks <’92> Harry Connick Jr. <’93> Kenny G <’94/’96/’99> Hanson <’97> Celine Dion <’98>

2000s(’00 – ’09)
Charlotte Church <’00> *”Now That’s What I Call Christmas!” <’01/’02> Harry Connick Jr. <’03> Clay Aiken <’04> Il Divo <’05> Sarah McLachlan <’06> Josh Groban <’07/’08> Andrea Bocelli <’09>

2010
Susan Boyle

*”A Very Special Christmas”
The Pointer Sisters, Eurythmics, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, The Pretenders, John Cougar Mellencamp, Sting, Run-D.M.C., U2, Madonna, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Alison Moyet, Stevie Nicks

*”Now That’s What I Call Christmas!”
Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, Burl Ives, Gene Autry, Elmo & Patsy, Brenda Lee, Bobby Helms, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, Kathy Mattea, Bing Crosby & David Bowie, John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir, Bruce Springsteen, Band Aid, Paul McCartney, Michael Bolton, Harry Connick Jr., Diana Krall, Mannheim Steamroller, Ottmar Liebert, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion, Joe, The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, The Big Yard Family featuring Shaggy, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Luther Vandross, Boyz II Men