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

• Charlie Wilson debuts at number 19 with Just Charlie. The ex-member of the S.O.S. Band has been having a great run of solo records over the last couple of years, including 2009's Uncle Charlie which reached number 2 and 2005's Charlie, Last Name Wilson which peaked at 10. The album also starts at number 6 on the R&B Albums chart.
• The Vince Guraldi Trio's A Charlie Brown Christmas hits its highest point ever on the Album chart, jumping from 101 to 30. To be fair, there have been many years when the album was not eligible for the Top 200 as it was relinquished to the Holiday or Catalog Albums chart, but this is its best since it could be charted with the big boys. The album was first released 45 years ago in 1965.
• The only other new album by a veteran artist this week is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Orchestra With Natalie Cole. It has been on the R&B chart for the last couple of weeks where it reaches a new peak this week at 31.
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono hit the Top Digital Songs for the first time as Happy X-Mas (War is Over) debuts at 34.

Previous week position noted in parenthesis. (N) is a new entry. (R) is a re-entry. Grayed charts were not available for update at time of publication.

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Comprehensive

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 200 Albums

• #1 (1) - The Gift - Susan Boyle
• #2 (2) - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
• #3 (4) - Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album - Glee Cast
• #4 (N) - No Mercy - T.I.
• #5 (3) - O Holy Night - Jackie Evancho
• #19 (N) - Just Charlie - Charlie Wilson
• #30 (101) - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) - Vince Guaraldi Trio
• #31 (28) - Now That's What I Call Christmas 4 - Various Artists
• #34 (32) - Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
• #35 (47) - A Christmas Cornucopia - Annie Lennox
• #52 (45) - Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection - Mannheim Steamroller
• #61 (67) - All the Women I Am - Reba McEntire
• #63 (56) - Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook Volume V - Rod Stewart
• #84 (72) - Sleigh Ride: Side by Side - Various Artists (Starbucks Exclusive)
• #85 (75) - The Promise - Bruce Springsteen
• #86 (94) - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
• #94 (86) - Elvis Christmas - Elvis Presley
• #98 (79) - Dreams - Neil Diamond

• #106 (128) - The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas - Various Artists
• #113 (57) - Second Chance - El DeBarge
• #117 (50) - Mr. I - Ron Isley
• #127 (108) - Christmas With the Chipmunks - The Chipmunks With David Seville
• #128 (129) - The Christmas Collection - Amy Grant
• #129 (125) - The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story - Bruce Springsteen
• #130 (141) - It's Christmas Time - Elvis Presley
• #136 (146) - Live at the Troubadour - Carole King and James Taylor
• #139 (119) - 1967-1970 - Beatles
• #140 (133) - Abbey Road - Beatles
• #142 (159) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
• #145 (113) - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All-Time - Santana
• #157 (172) - Clapton - Eric Clapton
• #158 (165) - At Christmas - James Taylor
• #160 (158) - Christmas With the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
• #161 (150) - Christmas Portrait - Carpenters
• #163 (152) - Now That's What I Call Christmas 3 - Various Artists
• #166 (130) - 1962-1966 - Beatles
• #173 (187) - If On a Winter's Night... - Sting
• #174 (170) - ...And Winter Came - Enya
• #175 (156) - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
• #180 (167) - My Kind of Christmas - Dean Martin
• #185 (185) - The Greatest Christmas Classics - Kenny G
• #188 (168)- The Beatles (White Album) - Beatles
• #193 (163) - White Christmas - Bing Crosby
• #195 (N) - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Orchestra at Temple Square With Natalie Cole
• #196 (189) - What a Night! A Christmas Album - Harry Connick, Jr.
• #200 (191) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley

3rd Week as Top Veteran

Top 100 Singles

• #1 (1) - Firework - Katy Perry
• #2 (3) - What's My Name? - Rihanna Featuring Drake
• #3 (5) - Grenade - Bruno Mars
• #4 (2) - Raise Your Glass - Pink
• #5 (8) - We R Who We R - Ke$ha
• #53 (63) - Turn On the Radio - Reba McEntire
• #65 (66) - Hold My Hand - Michael Jackson Duet With Akon
• #66 (70) - The Breath You Take - George Strait

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 40 Digital Songs

• #1 (1) - Firework - Katy Perry
• #2 (3) - Grenade - Bruno Mars
• #3 (2) - The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
• #4 (5) - What's My Name? - Rihanna Featuring Drake
• #5 (4) - Raise Your Glass - Pink
• #34 (N) - Happy X-Mas (War is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

5th Week as Top Vetera

Top 40 Radio Airplay Songs

• #1 (1) - Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
• #2 (4) - What's My Name? - Rihanna Featuring Drake
• #3 (2) - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• #4 (5) - Raise Your Glass - Pink
• #5 (3) - Just a Dream - Nelly
• #29 (30) - Turn on the Radio - Reba McEntire
• #40 (42) - The Breath You Take - George Strait

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R&B and Blues

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 40 R&B Albums

• #1 (N) - No Mercy - T.I.
• #2 (2) - Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj
• #3 (3) - Loud - Rihanna
• #4 (1) - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
• #5 (4) - Merry Christmas II You - Mariah Carey
• #6 (N) - Just Charlie - Charlie Wilson
• #18 (13) - Second Chance - El DeBarge
• #21 (11) - Mr. I - Ron Isley
• #31 (32) - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Orchestra at Temple Square With Natalie Cole
• #39 (36) - Soldier of Love - Sade
• #40 (47) - This is It - Michael Jackson

9th Week as Top Veteran

Top 50 R&B Songs

• #1 (1) - Can't Be Friends - Trey Songz
• #2 (2) - Aston Martin Music - Rick Ross Featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele
• #3 (3) - No Hands - Wacka Flocka Flame Featuring Roscoe Dash and Wale
• #4 (5) - Right Thru Me - Nicki Minaj
• #5 (6) - What's My Name? - Rihanna Featuring Drake
• #16 (14) - You Are - Charlie Wilson
• #31 (51) - Lay With You - El Debarge Featuring Faith Evans

5th Week as Top Veteran

Top 10 Blues Albums

• #1 (1) - Living Proof - Buddy Guy
• #2 (2) - Icon - Etta James
• #3 (3) - Live! In Chicago - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
• #4 (5) - Memphis Blues - Cyndi Lauper
• #5 (4) - Live From Royal Albert Hall - Joe Bonamassa
• #8 (8) - Playlist: The Very Best of - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
• #10 (7) - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook - Bettye LaVette

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Country, Bluegrass and Folk

5th Week as Top Veteran

Top 40 Country Albums

• #1 (1) - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
• #2 (3) - Nothing Like This - Rascal Flatts
• #3 (4) - My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
• #4 (2) - Get Closer - Keith Urban
• #5 (5) - The Incredible Machine - Sugarland
• #15 (16) - All the Women I Am - Reba McEntire
• #32 (33) - Twang - George Strait
• #35 (27) - Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn - Loretta Lynn & Freiends

 

5th Week as Top Veteran

Top 30 Country Songs

• #1 (1) - Why Wait - Rascal Flatts
• #2 (4) - Turn On the Radio - Reba McEntire
• #3 (5) - My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
• #4 (7) - Mama's Song - Carrie Underwood
• #5 (8) - Felt Good On My Lips - Tim McGraw
• #8 (8) - The Breath You Take - George Strait

3rd Week as Top Veteran

Top 10 Bluegrass Albums

• #1 (1) - Up on the Ridge - Dierks Bentley
• #2 (2) - Christmas - Isaacs
• #3 (5) - Genuine Negro Jig - Carolina Chocolate Drops
• #4 (3) - Antifogmatic - Punch Brothers
• #5 (4) - Legacy - Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

8th Week as Top Veteran

Top 10 Folk Albums

• #1 (1) - Sigh No More - Mumford & Son
• #2 (2) - God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise - Ray Lamontagne and The Pariah Dogs
• #3 (3) - Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens
• #4 (5) - Holly Happy Days - Indigo Girls
• #5 (4) - The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 - Bob Dylan

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Rock  

4th Week as Top Veteran

Top 25 Rock Albums

• #1 (1) - Born Free - Kid Rock
• #2 (2) - Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
• #3 (N) - All American Nightmare - Hinder
• #4 (3) - Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
• #5 (5) - Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon
• #8 (8) - The Promise - Bruce Springsteen
• #9 (10) - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
• #16 (15) - The Promise: The Darkness at the Edge of Town Story - Bruce Springsteen
• #20 (11) - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All-Time - Santana
• #24 (21) - Clapton - Eric Clapton

5th Week as Top Veteran

Top 15 Hard Rock Albums

• #1 (1) - Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
• #2 (N) - All American Nightmare - Hinder
• #3 (2) - A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park
• #4 (4) - Asylum - Disturbed
• #5 (3) - What Separates Me From You - A Day to Remember
  
• #12 (10) - Iron Man 2 Soundtrack - AC/DC

Top 25 Rock Songs

• #1 (1) - Tighten Up - The Black Keys
• #2 (3) - Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
• #3 (2) - Say You'll Haunt Me - Stone Sour
• #4 (4) - World So Cold - Three Days Grace
• #5 (5) - Animal - Neon Trees
• No veteran artists charting

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Adult Contemporary

Top 15 Adult Contemporary Tracks

• #1 (1) - Oh, Santa! - Mariah Carey
• #2 (2) - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• #3 (3) - Mine - Taylor Swift
• #4 (4) - Hey, Soul Sister - Train
• #5 (5) - Smile - Uncle Kracker
• No Veteran Artists Charting

Top 20 Adult Pop Songs

• #1 (1) - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• #2 (3) - Raise Your Glass - Pink
• #3 (2) - Animal - Neon Trees
• #4 (4) - Secrets - OneRepublic
• #5 (6) - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
• No Veteran Artists Charting

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Dance  
 

2nd Week as Top Veteran

Top 25 Dance/Club Play Songs

• #1 (2) - Loca - Shakira Featuring Dizzee Rascal
• #2 (3) - C'mon Get Funky - Ralphi Rosario & Abel Abuilera Featuring Tamara Wallace
• #3 (6) - Miami 2 Ibiza - Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah
• #4 (8) - Louder (Put Your Hands Up) - Chris Willis
• #5 (9) - One Hot Pleasure - Erika Jayne
• #14 (24) - You Haven't Seen the Last of Me - Cher

Top 15 Dance/Electronic Albums

• #1 (N) - Tron: Legacy - Daft Punk
• #2 (N) - 4x4=12 - deadmau5
• #3 (2) - The Fame - Lady Gaga
• #4 (1) - The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
• #5 (4) - The Remix - Lady Gaga
• No Veteran Artists Charting

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Jazz   

6th Week as Top Veteran

Top 25 Jazz Albums

• #1 (1) - Joy to the World - Pink Martini
• #2 (2) - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
• #3 (3) - Hollwood: The Deluxe (EP) - Michael Buble
• #4 (4) - Christmas With the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis, Jr.
• #5 (5) - Hello Tomorrow - Dave Koz
• #7 (9) - Heart and Soul - Kenny G
• #8 (7) - Your Songs - Harry Connick, Jr.
• #13 (23) - Legacy of a Legend - Dave Brubeck
• #16 (16) - Reimagines Gershwin - Brian Wilson
• #17 (15) - Love is the Answer - Barbra Streisand
• #20 (19) - The Imagine Project - Herbie Hancock
• #22 (28) - Jasmine - Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden

Source for all above charts: Billboard

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Americana    

12th Week as Top Veteran

Americana Music Association Top 40 Airplay 
Week of December 13, 2010

• #1 (1) - Band of Joy - Robert Plant
• #2 (3) - God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise - Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs
• #3 (2) - National Ransom - Elvis Costello
• #4 (4) - Junky Star - Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
• #5 (5) - Sinners & Saints - Raul Malo
• #7 (8) - The New Bye & Bye - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
• #8 (6) - Studio B Sessions - Marty Stuart
• #11 (10) - You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples
• #15 (14) - Tin Can Trust - Los Lobos
• #16 (15) - No Better Than This - John Mellencamp
• #17 (17) - You Can Always Turn Around - Lucky Peterson
• #18 (19) - Clapton - Eric Clapton
• #20 (18) - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
• #21 (21) - Living Proof - Buddy Guy
• #22 (23) - The Imus Ranch Record II - Various Artists
• #28 (31) - Street Songs of Love - Alejandro Escovedo
• #29 (39) - Big Lonesome - Marshall Chapman
• #30 (28) - The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 - Bob Dylan
• #33 (32) - The Shine - Tony Joe White
• #34 (27) - The Promise - Bruce Springsteen
• #36 (37) - At Edwards Barn - Chris Hillman & Herb Pendersen
• #37 (34) - Legacy - Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

Source: Americana Music Association

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Books  

Top Books at Amazon On or By Veteran Artists

• #1 - Life by Keith Richards and James Fox
• #2 - Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan
• #3 - A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song by Steve Turner
• #4 - What Would Keith Richards Do? Daily Affirmations With a Rock and Roll Survivor by Jessica Pallington West
• #5 - Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilentz
• #6 - The Heroine Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Sheltered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx
• #7 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• #8 - Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir by Dave Mustaine & Joe Layden
• #9 - Beatles Anthology by the Beatles
• #10 - Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman