Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current music charts. Chart highlights:

• Enya takes over the top album by a veteran artist position with her holiday entry, And Winter Came...
• Holiday music is everywhere on the charts now and we have added the Top Holiday Albums and Singles Charts for the next month.
• Rod Stewart has the highest debut for a veteran artist as his Definitive Collection starts at number 70. In England, where it's called Some Guys Have All the Luck , it debuts at 19 and in Canada is begins at 26.
• The only other premier in the U.S. is Sammy Hagar's Cosmic Universal Fashion, which begins at 95.
  
• In England, the big premier is Simply Red 's 25: The Greatest Hits , which debuts at 9. Also premiering in the U.K. is Tom Jones ' 24 Hours at 32 and The Informer by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra at 48.
  

Previous week position noted in parenthesis.

Comprehensive

Top 100 Albums

• #9 (8) - And Winter Came... - Enya
  
• #10 (6) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #25 (56) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
  
• #33 (19) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
  
• #45 (55) - The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas - Various Artists (including John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Paul McCartney, Elton John , more)
• #48 (72) - Christmasville - Mannheim Steamroller
• #49 (89) - A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band
• #61 (37) - Troubadour - George Strait
  
• #63 (44) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
  
• #65 (48) - Covers - James Taylor
  
• #70 (-) - Definitive - Rod Stewart
  
• #71 (46) - Hit Man - David Foster and Friends
  
• #77 (76) - The Christmas Collection - Amy Grant
  
• #80 (71) - A Candlelight Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
• #95 (-) - Cosmic Universal Fashion - Sammy Hagar

Top 50 Singles

• None

Top 25 Digital Songs

• None
  

Top 25 Pop Catalog Albums

• #5 (4) - Christmas with the Chipmunks - Chipmunks with David Seville
• #8 (12) - Now That's What I Call Christmas 3 - Various Artists (including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Chipmunks , more)
• #9 (R) - Escape - Journey
  
• #10 (19) - Christmas Song - Mannheim Steamroller
• #13 (17) - A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guraldi Trio
• #14 (5) - Back in Black - AC/DC
  
• #18 (15) - Greatest Hits - Journey
  
• #20 (28) - Christmas with the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis, Jr.
• #21 (14) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
  
• #23 (27) - It's Christmas Time - Elvis Presley

R&B

Top 50 R&B Albums

• None

Top 50 R&B Songs

• None
  

Top 10 R&B Catalog Albums

• #1 (3) - The Best of: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Temptations
  
• #4 (13) - One Wish: The Holiday Album - Whitney Houston
  
• #5 (4) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• #6 (1) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
• #8 (2) - This is Christmas - Luther Vandross

Country

Top 25 Country Albums

• #5 (12) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
• #14 (10) - Troubadour - George Strait
• #22 (33) - Classic Christmas - George Strait

Top 25 Country Singles

• #17 (19) - Cowgirls Don't Cry - Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
• #19 (24) - Down the Road - Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally
• #24 (33) - River of Love - George Strait

Top 10 Country Catalog Albums

• #3 (3) - Elvis Christmas - Elvis Presley
  
• #4 (4) - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Burl Ives
• #7 (5) - At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
• #8 (7) - 30 #1 Hits - Elvis Presley
• #10 (12) - 16 Greatest Hits - Johnny Cash
  

Rock

Top 10 Rock Albums

• #4 (2) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #9 (5) - Death Magnetic - Metallica

Top 10 Hard Rock Albums

• #2 (1) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #6 (4) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
• #9 (6) - Back in Black - AC/DC

Top 20 Mainstream Rock Tracks

• #1 (1) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC
• #3 (3) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
  

Top 20 AAA Tracks

• #12 (8) - Boots of Chinese Plastic - Pretenders
• #16 (17) - Strange Overtones - David Byrne & Brian Eno
  

Adult Contemporary

Top 20 Adult Contemporary Tracks

• #16 (16) - What Do I Do With My Heart - Eagles

Top 20 Adult Top 40 Tracks

• None

Dance

Top 25 Dance Club Play

• #14 (20) - Juliet of the Spirits - B-52's
  

Top 10 Dance Singles Sales

• #5 (7) - Give It 2 Me - Madonna

Jazz

Top 15 Jazz Albums

• #2 (2) - A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band
  
• #3 (7) - NBC Sounds of the Season: The Nat King Cole Holiday Collection - Nat King Cole
• #5 (4) - Still Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
• #6 (6) - Speak Low - Boz Scaggs
  
• #8 (8) - Two Men With the Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
• #11 (14) - Caroling, Caroling, Christmas with Natalie Cole - Natalie Cole
  

Top 15 Contemporary Jazz Albums

• #2 (3) - Christmas - Al Jarreau
• #9 (9) - River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock

• #1 (1) - And Winter Came... - Enya
• #5 (12) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
• #9 (11) - The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas - Various Artists (including John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Paul McCartney, Elton John , more)
• #11 (18) - Christmasville - Mannheim Steamroller
• #13 (25) - A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band
• #18 (13) - Christmas with the Chipmunks - Chipmunks with David Seville
• #21 (23) - Now That's What I Call Christmas 3 - Various Artists (including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Chipmunks , more)
• #22 (19) - The Christmas Collection - Amy Grant
  
• #24 (17) - A Candlelight Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
• #25 (29) - Christmas Song - Mannheim Steamroller

Top 30 Holiday Songs

• #1 (1) - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
• #2 (5) - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
• #3 (2) - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole
• #4 (4) - A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
• #5 (6) - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Johnny Mathis
• #7 (7) - Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl Hall & John Oates
• #8 (9) - Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• #10 (8) - White Christmas - Bing Crosby
• #11 (11) - Feliz Navidad - Jose Faliciano
• #12 (12) - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
• #13 (13) - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
• #14 (15) - Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
• #15 (14) - Winter Wonderland - Amy Grant
• #16 (17) - Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles
• #17 (18) - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
• #18 (16) - Last Christmas - Wham!
• #21 (19) - Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney
• #22 (23) - Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
• #23 (24) - Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
• #24 (21) - Carol of the Bells - David Foster
• #25 (R) - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
• #26 (27) - Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys
• #27 (R) - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby
• #28 (26) - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - James Taylor
• #29 (R) - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season - Andy Williams
• #30 (R) - Step Into Christmas - Elton John
  

Americana

Music Association Top 40 Airplay

• #2 (2) - Little Honey - Lucinda Williams
• #3 (4) - Sex & Gasoline - Rodney Crowell
  
• #9 (9) - Break Up the Concrete - Pretenders
• #12 (18) - Waylon Forever - Waylon Jennings
  
• #18 (11) - Join the Band - Little Feat and Friends
  
• #21 (22) - Same Old Man - John Hiatt
• #22 (25) - Family & Friends: Rambling Boy - Charlie Haden (with Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello , more)
• #23 (24) - Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Bob Dylan
• #29 (33) - Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless
• #30 (27) - The Imus Ranch Record - Various Artists (Levon Helm, Little Richard, John Hiatt , more)

United Kingdom

Top 100 British Albums

• #9 (-) - 25: The Greatest Hits - Simply Red
  
• #14 (6) - And Winter Came... - Enya
• #18 (11) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #19 (-) - Some Guys Have All the Luck - Rod Stewart
  
• #22 (15) - Pictures: 40 Years of Hits - Status Quo
  
• #31 (27) - Jackpot: The Best of Bette - Bette Midler
• #32 (-) - 24 Hours - Tom Jones
  
• #38 (26) - 50th Anniversary Album - Cliff Richard
  
• #41 (21) - The Sound of - The Smiths
• #48 (-) - The Informer - Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
• #54 (55) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
• #67 (67) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
• #70 (63) - King of Pop - Michael Jackson
  
• #76 (70) - Greatest Hits - Queen
• #83 (65) - The Definitive Collection - Stevie Wonder
  
• #84 (68) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• #86 (72) - 18 Hits - ABBA
  
• #94 (64) - At the BBC - Paul Weller
  
• #96 (69) - Death Magnetic - Metallica

Top 100 British Singles

• #21 (28) - Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers

Canada

Top 100 Canadian Albums

• #3 (2) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #6 (4) - And Winter Came... - Enya
• #14 (27) - Christmas Album - Anne Murray
• #15 (39) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
• #21 (14) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
• #26 (-) - Definitive - Rod Stewart
  
• #31 (24) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
• #57 (110) - A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band
• #61 (41) - Above the Ground - Burton Cummings
  
• #62 (-) - Now! Christmas 3 - Various Artists
• #68 (-) - Christmas With - Boney M
  
• #86 (82) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
• #94 (-) - Duets: Friends & Legends - Anne Murray
• #98 (-) - Holiday Collection - Elvis Presley
  

Top 100 Canadian Singles

• #39 (32) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC
• #50 (63) - Cowgirls Don't Cry - Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
• #67 (43) - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven - Kenny Chesney with the Wailers
• #73 (89) - Down the Road - Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally
• #84 (80) - Miles Away - Madonna
  

Australia

Top 50 Australian Albums

• #4 (3) - Black Ice - AC/DC
  
• #9 (7) - And Winter Came... - Enya
• #16 (12) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
• #28 (22) - Death Magnetic - Metallica

Top 50 Australian Singles

• None

Japan

Top 100 Japanese Singles

• #14 (6) - Trains and Winter Rains - Enya
• #58 (-) - Sing the Changes - Fireman (Paul McCartney )