With
A Charlie Brown Christmasâ 14,000 copies sold in the latest tracking week, its total sales in the Nielsen Music/MRC Data era (1991-present) jump past 4 million, rising to 4.005 million. The soundtrack to the animated TV special, which premiered in 1965 on CBS TV, is the sixth-biggest selling holiday album of the Nielsen Music/MRC Data era.
A Charlie Brown Christmas did not reach any Billboard ranking until 1987, when it debuted on the Top Holiday Albums chart, where it later peaked at No. 2 (Jan. 27, 2007). On Album Sales,
A Charlie Brown Christmas has so far peaked at No. 7 (Dec. 14, 2019) while on the Billboard 200 chart, it has reached as high as No. 13 (Dec. 28, 2019). On the latest Holiday Albums and Billboard 200 charts, dated Dec. 12,