The Roots Music Report's
Top Holiday Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Gulf Coast Christmas | Gulf Coast | Gulf Coast | Christmas |
| 2 | Uncle Mick's Christmas Album | Mick Kolassa | Endless Blues | Christmas: R&B |
| 3 | I Dream of Christmas | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Christmas |
| 4 | Holiday Swingin'! (A Kat Edmonson Christmas Vol. 1) | Kat Edmonson | Spinnerette | Christmas: Jazz |
| 5 | Christmas with the Blues | David Gogo | Cordova Bay | Christmas |
| 6 | The Gathering | Amber Weekes | Amber Inn Productions | Christmas: Jazz |
| 7 | The Christmas Swing | Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers | vizztone | Christmas |
| 8 | Christmas is Right Here | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers | Christmas |
| 9 | This Season | Hamilton Loomis | Ham-Bone | Christmas |
| 10 | For Christmas | Amanda Shires | Thirty Tigers | Christmas |
| 11 | Hark! | Andrew Bird | Loma Vista | Christmas |
| 12 | Eight Track Christmas | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Christmas: Jazz |
| 13 | O Come All Ye Faithful | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge | Christmas |
| 14 | Have Yourself a Rockin' Little Christmas | Lucinda Williams | Thirty Tigers | Christmas |
| 15 | The Christmas Album | Randy C Moore | Highway 59 | Christmas |
| 16 | Moonlight, Mistletoe & You | Keb Mo | Concord | Christmas |
| 17 | 7 Shades of Snow (feat. the Jon Burr Sextet) | June Bisantz | Arabesque | Christmas: Jazz |
| 18 | Christmas Time is Here | Carolyn Lee Jones | Catn'round Sound | Christmas: Jazz |
| 19 | Man, It's Christmas | Jimmie Bratcher | Ranson | Christmas |
| 20 | The Greatest Gift: Songs of the Season | Alexis Cole | Tiger Turn | Christmas: Jazz |
| 21 | Coming Back Home for Christmas | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers | Christmas |
| 22 | The Pianoman at Christmas | Jamie Cullum | Blue Note | Christmas: Jazz |
| 23 | Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Rounder | Christmas |
| 24 | Big Harp George Does Christmas | Big Harp George | Blues Mountain | Christmas |
| 25 | Christmas Vibes | Warren Wolf | Mack Avenue | Christmas: Jazz |
| 26 | Seasonal Shift | Calexico | Anti | Holiday |
| 27 | City of Silver Dreams | Ellis Paul | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 28 | Bluegrass Kinda Christmas | The Roys | Rural Rhythm | Christmas |
| 29 | Alabama Christmas | Alabama | RCA | Christmas |
| 30 | Spirit of Christmas | Matt Andersen | True North | Christmas |
| 31 | Happy Xmas | Eric Clapton | EPC | Christmas |
| 32 | Songs for a Winter's Night | Reid Jamieson | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 33 | A Kaleidoscope Christmas | Michael Falzarano | Hypnotation | Christmas |
| 34 | Christmas in 3D | 3D Jazz Trio | DIVA Jazz | Christmas: Jazz |
| 35 | Blue Yule/Christmas Blues and R&B Classics | Rhino | Rhino | Christmas |
| 36 | A Very Kacey Christmas | Kacey Musgraves | Mercury | Christmas |
| 37 | A Very Gypsy Christmas | Doug Munro | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 38 | Santa Goes Rockin' | Mick Clarke | Rockfold | Christmas |
| 39 | Christmas Time | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management | Christmas |
| 40 | Christmas Cheer | Judy Nazemetz | Smokey Lady Music | Christmas |
| 41 | Max Jazz Holiday | Maxx Jazz | MAXJAZZ | Christmas |
| 42 | Feliz Navidad 50th Anniversary | Jose Feliciano | Anthem | Christmas |
| 43 | Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas | Richie Cole | Self-Release | Christmas: Jazz |
| 44 | Merry & Bright | Jeff Hamilton Trio | Capri | Christmas: Jazz |
| 45 | Connor Ray Christmas | Trudy Lynn | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 46 | A Very Special Christmas 3 | Hip-O | Hip-O | Christmas |
| 47 | Regalito | Los Asesinos | Richard Johnson | Holiday |
| 48 | Bluegrass & White Snow - a Mountain Christmas | Patty Loveless | Sony | Christmas |
| 49 | 2020 Blind Raccoon Holiday Sampler | Blind Raccoon | Blind Raccoon | Christmas |
| 50 | The Heart of Christmas | Kerry Patrick Clark | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 51 | Classic Christmas | Lauren Henderson | Brontosaurus | Christmas: Jazz |
| 52 | Classic Christmas | Brynn Stanley | Sonopath | Christmas |
| 53 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | The Fred Hughes Trio | Shorething | Christmas: Jazz |
| 54 | Bleak Midwinter | Barnaby Bright | Self-Release | Holiday |
| 55 | A Little Magic | Liz Longley | Tone Tree | Holiday |
| 56 | Hanuká! | Sarah Aroeste | Aroeste Music | Holiday |
| 57 | All I Got for Christmas is the Blues | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Pretty Good For A Girl | Christmas |
| 58 | La Di Da & Ho Ho Ho | Donna Singer | Emerald Baby | Christmas: Jazz |
| 59 | Llegó Navidad | Los Lobos | Rhino | Christmas |
| 60 | Singing Christmas | Lucy Smith Quartet | Self-Release | Christmas: Jazz |
| 61 | It's a Holiday Soul Party | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Christmas: R&B |
| 62 | Unwrapped | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Bonfire | Christmas |
| 63 | Christmas in Blue | Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers | BluesKitty | Christmas |
| 64 | A MacDaddy Christmas | Gregg Martinez | Nola Blue | Christmas |
| 65 | Christmas: a Season of Love | Idina Menzel | Decca | Christmas |
| 66 | It's Christmas Time in the City | Ed Sweeney | Trespass Music | Christmas |
| 67 | Christmas in the Spirit | Marsha Bartenetti | Disk Eyes | Christmas |
| 68 | Noel | Tianna Hall | Blue Bamboo Music | Holiday |
| 69 | These Christmas Days | Jason Paul Curtis | Self-Release | Christmas: Jazz |
| 70 | Holiday for Swing! | Seth MacFarlane | Republic | Christmas: Jazz |
| 71 | A Very ChimyTina Christmas | Martina DaSilva & Dan Chmielinski | Outside In Music | Christmas: Jazz |
| 72 | A Joyful Sound | Kelly Finnigan | Colemine | Christmas: R&B |
| 73 | Christmas | Nnenna Freelon | Brown Boulevard | Christmas: Jazz |
| 74 | An Nollaig: an Irish Christmas | Eileen Ivers | Compass | Christmas |
| 75 | Christmas Anyway | Heather Maloney | Signature Sounds | Christmas |
| 76 | Socks | JD McPherson | New West | Christmas |
| 77 | Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas | Tim Warfield | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 78 | December Wishing | Ana Velinova | Ward Street | Christmas: Jazz |
| 79 | Christmas Time in New Orleans | The NOLA Players | Aim Higher | Christmas |
| 80 | Simply Christmas | Leslie Odom, Jr. | S-Curve | Christmas |
| 81 | Holiday Spirits (10th Anniversary Edition) | Straight No Chaser | Atlantic | Christmas |
| 82 | Justin Time for Christmas, Vol. 6 | Justin Time | Justin Time | Christmas |
| 83 | Harmony for the Holidays | Duchess | Anzic | Holiday |
| 84 | Christmas in My Dreams | Chad Lawson | Decca | Christmas: Jazz |
| 85 | Have Yourself an OK Christmas | The OK Factor | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 86 | Stumbling Home (for the Holidays) | The Sea The Sea | AntiFragile | Christmas |
| 87 | Lovers Holiday | Jason Paul Curtis | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 88 | Rockin' Christmas Blues | Joe Bonamassa | Self-Release | Christmas |
| 89 | Georgia Christmas | Diane Durrett & Soul Suga | Blooming Tunes | Christmas |
| 90 | Christmas Comes Alive | Shenandoah | Cumberland Road | Christmas |
| 91 | The Christmas Album | Lynn Anderson | Sony | Christmas |
| 92 | Ray Stevens Christmas Through a Different Window | Ray Stevens | Clyde | Christmas |
| 93 | Christmas Present | The Statler Brothers | Mercury | Christmas |
| 94 | For Christmas | Clinton Gregory | Step One | Christmas |
| 95 | A Cowboy Christmas | Moe Bandy | Spur | Christmas |
| 96 | 2022 Blind Raccoon Holiday Sampler | Blind Raccoon | Blind Raccoon | Christmas |
| 97 | My Favorite Holiday | Patricia Vonne | Bandolera | Holiday |
| 98 | Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular | The Sweetback Sisters | Signature Sounds | Christmas |
| 99 | Christmas on a Greyhound Bus | Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters | Organic | Christmas |
| 100 | Here Comes Frani Claus | Francine Reed | CMO | Christmas |
| 101 | James Brown's Funky Christmas | James Brown | Universal Records | Christmas |
| 102 | Simply & Acoustically: Merry Christmas | Roger "Hurricane" Wilson | Blue Storm | Christmas |
| 103 | Sacred Steel for the Holidays | The Campbell Brothers | Arhoolie | Holiday |
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