Michael Bublé ’s blockbuster holiday album Christmas returns to the top 40 of the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 23), zooming from No. 72 to No. 35. Christmas is the first holiday album to reach the top 40 of the Billboard 200 in the current holiday season.

When Michael Bublé was recently contacted by a company to use one of his songs for an upcoming project, he suggested he would like to write a brand new tune instead. He was told there was no time, that they needed it in one week. “That’s okay,” Mr. Bublé said. “Gimme three days.”