<page_title> List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1946 </page_title> <section_title> Number-ones </section_title> <table> <cell> Merry Christmas <col_header> Album </col_header> <row_header> January 5 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Bing Crosby <col_header> Artist(s) </col_header> <row_header> January 5 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Decca <col_header> Label </col_header> <row_header> January 5 </row_header> </cell> </table>
The first album atop the chart was Merry Christmas, a compilation album of Bing Crosby, released by Decca.