A Very Special Christmas (album)

A Very Special Christmas
A Very Special Christmas
	Cover art by Keith Haring
Compilation album by various artists
Released	October 12, 1987
Genre	Christmas music, Children's music
Length	50:57 (Original version); 51:11 (Revised version)
Label	A&M
Producer	Jimmy Iovine; Roy Bittan; Eurythmics; Richard Feldman; Bruce Springsteen; Jon Landau; Chuck Plotkin; Bob Clearmountain; John Mellencamp; Don Gehman; Sting; Pete Smith; Run-D.M.C.; Steve Ett; Rick Rubin; Bob Seger; Bryan Adams; Jon Bon Jovi; Richie Sambora; Alison Moyet; Peter Oxendale;
Various artists chronology

A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on October 12, 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics. The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
New Musical Express	9/10

On January 16, 1998, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.

As of November 2014, A Very Special Christmas is the 19th best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,520,000 copies according to SoundScan.

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