Ariana Grande, Christmas & Chill (EP) – No. 34 – The pop star’s surprise holiday effort, Christmas & Chill, bows at No. 34 with 32,000 units (27,000 in pure album sales). The digital-exclusive set also debuts at No. 3 on Holiday Albums and No. 7 on Digital Albums.
Christmas & Chill is Grande’s second holiday effort, following Christmas Kisses in 2013. While the latter title didn’t reach any of Billboard’s charts, its four songs -- which were each released in consecutive weeks late that year -- all charted in the top five of the Holiday Digital Songs list. To date, Christmas Kisses has sold 15,000 while its quartet of tunes have moved a combined 235,000 downloads.