#1 Album on December 31, 2004

The Red Light District
Ludacris

Ludacris reached #1 in the winter of 2004. Almost every track on Red Light features a different producer. Featured producer guests on the album include DMX, Sleepy Brown, Bobby V. and Trick Daddy. Ludacris was born Christopher Bridges in Champaign, Illinois, and grew up in suburban Atlanta.
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#1 Album on December 30, 1994

Vitalogy
Pearl Jam

Vitalogy produced three singles. The song "Spin the Black Circle" earned the band its first Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The released singles "Not for You" and "Immortality" did not fare as well as the album tracks "Better Man" and "Corduroy", which received generous radio air-play.

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#1 Album on December 29, 2005

Curtain Call: The Hits
Eminem

Curtain Call is a greatest hits compilation plus three new songs from rapper Eminem. The album gave Eminem his fourth straight #1 record. With Curtain Call came speculation that Eminem would transition from performer to producer and record label front man.

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#1 Album on December 28, 1968

The Beatles (White Album)
Beatles

The White Album is the band's best-selling album of all and is ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums. Most of the album's songs were conceived during the group's visit to Rishikesh, India in the spring of 1968. The White Album is noted by many as the beginning of the end for the Beatles.
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#1 Album on December 27, 1980

Double Fantasy
John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Fans eagerly welcomed John and Yoko back after a five year recording hiatus. The album produced several hit singles and won the 1982 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Double Fantasy was released three weeks before the murder of John Lennon.
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#1 Album on December 26, 1981

For Those About to Rock We Salute You
AC/DC

The Australian rock group AC/DC was formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. For Those About to Rock was the band's first #1 album in the U.S. The release spawned two AC/DC classics, including the title track and "Lets Get It Up".
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#1 Album on December 25, 1988

Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker

Giving You was Anita Baker's first #1 album. The album was released in October 1989 and topped the charts for four weeks. The album features the title track single and earned three Grammy Awards. Anita was born in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Detroit, Michigan.

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#1 Album on December 24, 1983

Thriller
Michael Jackson

Seven singles from Thriller were top ten singles, and the album earned seven Grammy Awards. Jackson wrote four songs for Thriller: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "The Girl Is Mine", "Beat It" and "Billie Jean". Jackson and producer Quincy Jones worked on over 300 songs for the album.

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#1 Album on December 22, 1999

All The Way... a Decade of Song
Celine Dion

All the Way was a huge international success for Canadian singer Celine Dion. The greatest hits compilation album sold over 22 million copies worldwide and topped the charts around the globe. Celine Dion's manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record.

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#1 Album on December 21, 1996

Tragic Kingdom
No Doubt

No Doubt hit #1 in December 1996 completing the album's recording and promotion journey that began in March 1993. Tragic Kingdom yielded several singles, including "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", "Excuse Me Mr.", "Sunday Morning" and "Don't Speak". No Doubt is from Anaheim, California.

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#1 Album on December 19, 2000

Black & Blue
Backstreet Boys

Black & Blue was a huge international success that produced three top ten hits: "Shape of My Heart", "The Call" and "More Than That." The teen band was created by Lou Pearlman and first performed on July 8, 1993 for 3,000 teenagers at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

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#1 Album on December 18, 1980

Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits is the best selling county music compilation release of all time, selling over 22 million copies. This album was the first of many greatest hits collections released by Rogers. Kenny's music career began in the mid-1950s when he recorded with the doo-wop group The Scholars.

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#1 Album on December 16, 1995

Anthology 1
Beatles

Anthology 1 is part 1 of 3 compilation volumes released for The Beatles in the mid 1990s. The album's sixty tracks include material from 1958-1964. The album features interviews, live recordings, original mono recordings, as well as recordings from when the band was known as The Quarrymen.

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#1 Album on December 15, 1991

Dangerous
Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's phenomenal hit Dangerous spent four weeks at #1 and 117 weeks on the charts. The album took over sixteen months to record. Nine of the album's fourteen tracks hit the charts from October 1991 to November 1993. Jackson would not release another album until Invincible in 2001.
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#1 Album on December 14, 1975

Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits
Chicago

Chicago's Greatest Hits collection includes the best of Chicago from 1969, when they were called The Chicago Transit Authority, to 1974. The band was formed in 1967 as a group of DePaul University music students who began playing under the name The Big Thing on and nearby campus.

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#1 Album on December 13, 1997

Sevens
Garth Brooks

The first single from Sevens, "In Another' Eyes", was recorded with country singer Trisha Yearwood. The album also produced the hits "Two Pina Coladas" and "To Make You Feel My Love". Garth's mother Colleen Carroll was a country singer who recorded several records and appeared regularly on TV.

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#1 Album on December 12, 1992

The Bodyguard
Soundtrack

The Bodyguard features Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You", originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton. The single spent 14 weeks at #1. The Bodyguard won a Grammy for Album of the Year and is the best selling soundtrack of all time selling over 42 million copies worldwide.

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#1 Album on December 11, 2007

Noël
Josh Groban

Josh Groban's Christmas album held the #1 position for five weeks starting in late 2007. This was the first Christmas album to hold #1 for five weeks. Josh is from Los Angeles. He left Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh during his first semester after he was offered a recording contract at Warner Brothers.
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#1 Album on December 10, 2002

Up!
Shania Twain

Up! hit #1 in several countries and sold over 15 million copies. Three versions of the album were released: a country edition, a pop version, and an international edition. Born Eilleen Regina Edwards, the up-and-coming singer changed her name to Shania, an Ojibwa word meaning "On my way".
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#1 Album on December 9, 1972

Seventh Sojourn
Moody Blues

Seventh Sojourn was the first #1 album from the English progressive rock group The Moody Blues. The album produced two charted singles "Isn't Life Strange" and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)". The band was formed in 1964 in Birmingham, England and scored their first hit "Go Now" in 1965.
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#1 Album on December 8, 2001

Weathered
Creed

The final album by the hard rock group Creed stayed #1 for eight weeks during winter 2001. The highly successful album produced five charted singles. The band's front man Scott Stapp began recording his debut solo album in June 2004, marking the official break-up of the group.
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#1 Album on December 7, 1963

The Singing Nun
Soeur Sourire

Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers, with the stage name Soeur Sourire, became internationally famous in 1963 with the hit song "Dominique" from the album The Singing Nun. The song inspired the 1966 film The Singing Num that starred Debbie Reynolds. The TV show The Flying Nun aired a year later.

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#1 Album on December 6, 1964

Beach Boys Concert
Beach Boys

Beach Boys Concert was the first #1 album by the Beach Boys. The live album features recordings from Beach Boy concerts held in 1963 and 1964. Originally named The Pendletones, the band was surprised to learn their name was changed to The Beach Boys by the studio that recorded their first album.
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#1 Album on December 5, 1998

Double Live
Garth Brooks

Double Live captured a series of Garth Brooks concerts during his 1998 world tour. No singles were released from the album although "It's Your Song" reached #9 on the country charts. Double Live is the best selling live album in the recording industry having surpassed 21 million copies worldwide.

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#1 Album on December 4, 1983

Can't Slow Down
Lionel Richie

Can't Slow Down spent over three years on the charts. The album delivered several Lionel Richie classics including "Hello", "All Night Long", "Stuck On You", "Running With the Night" and "Penny Lover". Richie's first success came as lead singer for The Commodores during the 1970s and 1980s.

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#1 Album on December 3, 1977

Simple Dreams
Linda Ronstadt

The two singles "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy" made the top five at the same time. Linda also covered the Rolling Stones "Tumbling Dice" and sang a duet with Dolly Parton on "I Never Will Marry". Linda Ronstadt's first career hit "Different Drum" was written by Monkees member Michael Nesmith.
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#1 Album on December 2, 1967

Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
Monkees

The Monkees fourth album gave us the classic hit "Pleasant Valley Sunday". The Monkees last #1 hit "Daydream Believer" was recorded with the album but released previous to Pisces. The album is also notable for being one of the first pop rock productions to feature the Moog synthesizer.
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#1 Album on December 1, 2000

TP-2.com
R. Kelly

R. Kelly's sophomore release TP-2.com reached #1 in late autumn 2000. The album was most notable for the remix of the party anthem, "Fiesta", which Kelly re-recorded with Jay-Z. Before his solo success, a young Robert Kelly and his group MGM earned $100,000 on the TV talent show Big Break hosted by Natalie Cole.
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