Taylor Swift Wins The Xmas Chart Race

Idolator Staff | December 29, 2010 10:15 am

It was freaking Christmas last week, people. Did you think anyone was going to knock sweet, family-friendly cover girl Taylor Swift out of the top spot on the chart? Not a chance. (Oh Taylor, don’t act all surprised.) In what is traditionally one of the biggest weeks of the year for music sales, shoppers picked up another 276,000 copies of Speak Now, delivering Taylor her second straight week at #1. Swift easily held off new albums from Jamie Foxx and Keyshia Cole. But did anyone give Michael Jackson’s posthumous Michael for Xmas? Find out after the jump.

Last-minute shopping for the week ending Dec. 26 also benefitted a number of other albums that (presumably) made for lovely stocking stuffers: the Glee Christmas album sold 160,000 copies (up 1% to grab the #3 spot); Eminem’s Recovery jumped 15 spots to take #7, with 137,000 copies (that’s a 100% increase); and Rihanna’s Loud crept back into the top 10, rising 1 spot with sales of 111,000 copies (up 33%).

But all of that amounted to a lump of coal for Keri Hilson, whose No Boys Allowed album was denied a Top 10 debut. She had to settle for #11, with sales of 102,000. Wonder if anyone thinks this was Santa’s way of telling Keri she’s on the naughty list.

What did you think of this week’s results?

1. Taylor Swift, Speak Now *4 weeks* 2. Susan Boyle, The Gift 3. Glee Cast, Glee: The Music—The Christmas Album 4. Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night 5. Michael Jackson, Michael 6. Jamie Foxx, Best Night Of My Life *new* 7. Eminem, Recovery 8. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 9. Keyshia Cole, Calling All Hearts *new* 10. Rihanna, Loud