#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 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 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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