Jackson 5 Christmas Album

Jackson 5 Christmas Album
Studio album by the Jackson 5
Released	October 15, 1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Christmas R&B
Length	34:13
Label	Motown
Producer	The Corporation Hal Davis
The Jackson 5 chronology
Third Album (1970) Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) Maybe Tomorrow (1971)
Alternative cover
2009 remaster
Singles from Jackson 5 Christmas Album
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Released: November 25, 1970

Jackson 5 Christmas Album was the first Christmas album, and fourth studio album, by Motown family quintet the Jackson 5, released on October 15, 1970. Included on the Christmas Album is the Jacksons' hit single version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". The Jacksons' versions of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" remain frequent radio requests during the Christmas season.^[1] The album spent four weeks at the number one position on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling Christmas album of that year and also of the year 1972 in the United States.^[2][3] This album was a top seller and had the potential to chart high on the US Billboard Top LPs ranking, but from 1963 to 1973, holiday albums were not allowed to chart in it. The album has been praised by music critics and has since sold over 3 million copies worldwide.^[4]

In the US, the album was released on CD in 1986. In 2003, Universal Motown re-released the album as part of their 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection series. This version of the album was remastered and included the Michael Jackson solo song "Little Christmas Tree" as a bonus track (from the various artists compilation A Motown Christmas, originally released in 1973). In 2009, the album was once again re-released as Ultimate Christmas Collection, with Christmas greetings from four of the band members, remixes, and a medley of songs from the album.