The Jackson 5 Have Christmas To Thank For Their New Chart Peaks

Only a few months after scoring their first hits, the Jackson 5 turned to Christmas music to further endear themselves to the public. The American masses were still just getting to know Michael Jackson and his brothers when they released The Jackson 5 Christmas Album, and it’s that collection that has stood the test of time.

The Jackson 5 Christmas Album is, understandably, on the rise on the Billboard charts this week. The current rankings include sales and streaming data from during the Christmas holiday and the days before, so there are dozens of projects related to the most wonderful time of the year that are climbing. Some, like the Jackson 5’s decades-old offering, are bigger than ever.

The Jackson 5 Christmas Album reaches highest—among the two tallies where it surges to a new peak—on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On that list, which ranks only the most-consumed full-lengths and EPs that Billboard classifies as hip-hop, rap, or R&B, the sibling group jumps from No. 29 all the way to No. 8. That’s a new high for the set.

The same jolly collection also returns to the Top Streaming Albums chart for another year. The Jackson 5 Christmas Album reappears on the ranking of the most-streamed titles in the nation at No. 31, which also happens to be a more impressive slot than it’s reached in the past.

The Jackson 5 almost bring their holiday set to a new peak on the Top R&B Albums chart at the same time, though they just barely fail to do so. The Jackson 5 Christmas Album shoots from No. 8 to fifth place, tying its best placement again.

The Jackson 5 Christmas Album moved another 25,300 equivalent units throughout the past tracking week. That number comes from Luminate, the company that tracks sales and streaming data in the American music industry—information which Billboard uses to compile the charts. That figure is up more than 60% from the period before, and it will likely crater in only a few days.

All those sales and streams help The Jackson 5 Christmas Album soar on the Billboard 200, the most important albums chart in the U.S., though it doesn’t reach its previously-managed top placement. The holiday favorite pushes from No. 93 to No. 42 on that tally, as it reaches half a year on the roster.