Michael Buble's 'Christmas' CD Remains At No 1 For Third Straight Week! Sales Almost Half Million For The Week In US

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Liz Rosenberg Media/ Warner Bros. Records) Michael Buble's album 'Christmas', his holiday love letter to fans about his favorite time of year, has sold 479,377 this past week for a grand total of 1.7 million in the US alone. On the radio front, two songs "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" are in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions on Billboard's A/C chart - an unprecedented achievement in the history of the Adult Contemporary charts.

Buble is scheduled to appear as the musical guest on this Saturday's (Dec. 17th) SNL which will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon. He will also co host Live With Kelly this Thursday and Friday - Dec. 15 and 16. NBC will be reairing their Buble Holiday Special on December 21st (9-10 EST).

Globally Buble sales of 'Christmas' have reached a stunning 6.2 million units. It is No. 1 in the US, UK (5x platinum), Canada (6x platinum), Australia (3x platinum), Norway, Holland, Ireland, Argentina, New Zealand, Finland, Korea.

Fans will receive more good cheer from Michael later this month via Zynga's CityVille in their version of "Monopoly Meets Main Street" - the most popular game on Facebook with 50 million players each month according to AppData.com.

The Michael Buble photo book "Michael Buble onstage offstage," which includes accompanying text by the artist with photography by Dean Freeman, is currently available in bookstores nationwide.