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Merry, Merry Christmas

New Kids On The Block

1989

Peak position: #9
Weeks on chart: 28

Merry, Merry Christmas (1989) is a New Kids On The Block album in the RetroVerse archive.

Why this album mattered

Merry, Merry Christmas (1989) is a New Kids On The Block album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #9 and charted for 28 weeks.

The music

1
This One’s for the Children
2
Last Night I Saw Santa Claus
3
I’ll Be Missin’ You Come Christmas (A Letter to Santa)
4
I Still Believe in Santa Claus
5
Merry, Merry Christmas
6
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
7
Funky, Funky Xmas
8
White Christmas
9
Little Drummer Boy
10
This One’s for the Children (reprise)

One bar, one chart week

The chart journey

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Milestones

Chart entryDebuts at #52Oct 1989
Top 40Breaks into the upper chartOct 1989
Top 10Reaches the chart’s top tierDec 1989
Peak weekReaches its high at #9Dec 1989

Chart Journey

Oct 14, 1989#52

Similar chart journeys

Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.

Slow climbA Merry Little Christmas (EP)lady antebellumA patient rise into view · 2010 · Similar similar slow climb and long chart run.
Slow climbHoliday Wishesidina menzelA patient rise into view · 2014 · Similar similar slow climb and multiple returns to the chart.
Return journeyHome For Christmassusan boyle

Album facts

ArtistNew Kids On The Block
Year1989

Explore further

ArtistNew Kids On The Block
Year1989
Songs10 tracks
Chart weekPeak chart week
Related albumA Merry Little Christmas (EP)

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Oct 21#31

Oct 28#22

Nov 4#18

Nov 11#18

Nov 18#16

Nov 25#14

Dec 2#14

Dec 9#14

Dec 16#14

Dec 23#9

Dec 30#10

1990

Jan 6, 1990#10

Jan 13#18

Jan 20#64

Jan 27#101

Feb 3#160

Feb 10#191

Nov 17#141

Nov 24#110

Dec 1#83

Dec 8#63

Dec 15#55

Dec 22#54

Dec 29#54

1991

Jan 5, 1991#48

Jan 12#79

Jan 19#200

A Christmas return — the song came back during the late-year season when familiar hits reclaim the chart. Entered at #52, exploded upward for 11 weeks to reach #9, then spent 3 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 18 weeks on the chart. Returned after 39 weeks off the chart at #141, reaching #48 over 10 more weeks. 28 total weeks on chart.

Found its way back · 2013 · Similar multiple returns to the chart.

Slow climbGreatest Hits, Ect.paul simonA patient rise into view · 1977 · Similar similar slow climb and long chart run.