A Very Special Christmas (album)

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.

A Very Special Christmas
Cover art by Keith Haring
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedOctober 12, 1987
GenreChristmas music, Children's music
Length50:57 (Original version)
51:11 (Revised version)
LabelA&M
Producer
Various artists chronology
A Very Special Christmas
(1987)
A Very Special Christmas 2
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
New Musical Express9/10

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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