| A Very Special Christmas | ||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:A_Very_Special_Christmas.jpg) Cover art by Keith Haring | ||||
| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | October 12, 1987[1] | |||
| Genre | Christmas music, Children's music | |||
| Length | 50:57 (Original version) 51:11 (Revised version) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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| Various artists chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| New Musical Express | 9/10[3] |
A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on October 12, 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics.[4] The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.
On January 16, 1998, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.[5]
As of November 2014, A Very Special Christmas is the 19th best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,520,000 copies according to SoundScan.[6]
- ^ A Very Special Christmas Vol. 1 | A Very Special Christmas
- ^ A Very Special Christmas at AllMusic
- ^ Quantick, David (14 November 1987). "33". New Musical Express. p. 34. ISSN 0028-6362.
- ^ McGee, Matt (2008). U2: A Diary. Omnibus Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-84772-108-2.
- ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
- ^ Billboard Staff (2014-12-01). "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-12-02.