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\n\tBillboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Holiday Albums<\/a> chart returns for the 2023 holiday season, with Cher\u2019s Christmas<\/em> album debuting atop the tally (dated Nov. 4). It\u2019s the pop superstar\u2019s first holiday collection. The 13-song set has a blend of classic tunes and newly written tracks, and boasts a starry lineup of guests in Michael Bubl\u00e9, Cyndi Lauper, Darlene Love, Tyga and Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n \n\tThe new Nov. 4-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Top Holiday Albums chart will continue to be published on a weekly basis through early January of 2024, when it will dash away until the next holiday season. (The chart generally returns to Billboard<\/em>\u2019s weekly chart menu every October.)<\/p>\n \n\tThe Top Holiday Albums chart ranks the 50 most popular seasonal albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each units equals one album sales, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n \n\tCher\u2019s Christmas<\/em> earned 21,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 26, according to Luminate. Of that sum, album sales comprised 20,000, SEA units comprised a little under 1,000 and TEA units comprised the remaining negligible sum. The album was available to purchase as a digital download album and in four different CD variants (each with alternative cover art). A vinyl LP, on ruby red-colored vinyl, is scheduled for release on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n