A Very Special Christmas 5 is the fifth in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. Several of the album's tracks were recorded live in Washington, D.C. in December 2000 at a benefit concert hosted by then-President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. The album was released on 30 October 2001, with production supervision by Bobby Shriver, Jon Bon Jovi, and Joel Gallen for A&M Records. It peaked at #112 on December 2001 Billboard album chart.