Christmas (Michael Bublé album)
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Christmas is the fifth studio album and first full-length Christmas
album by Canadian
crooner Michael Bublé
. The album was released on October 21, 2011 in Ireland
in Brown Thomas
Dublin, October 24, 2011 in the United Kingdom
, and October 25, 2011 in the United States
. On the week ending 10 December 2011, Christmas rose to number one on the U.S. Billboard 200
album sales chart, becoming Bublé's third chart-topper (following 2007's Call Me Irresponsible
and 2009's Crazy Love
).
" with country music singer Shania Twain
, and teamed up with Latin star Thalía
for a recording of "Feliz Navidad". Bublé has also recorded covers of Mariah Carey
's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", traditional songs "Jingle Bells
" and "Blue Christmas
", and a brand new track, "Cold December Night", written with his longtime co-writer Alan Chang
, and producer Bob Rock.
with an NBC
TV special entitled A Michael Bublé Christmas, a show is being produced by Ben Silverman
and being televised on 6 December, and will also appear on The X Factor
in the United Kingdom
for a special performance on the season finale on 11 December. The album's tracklisting was unveiled by Bublé on September 27, 2011. Bublé shot and premiered several music videos in order to promote the tracks on the album. Accompanying music videos have been shot for songs like "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
" or "My Favorite Christmas Memory" with other additional studio clips for "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Holly Jolly Christmas", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
", "Christmas" and "Jingle Bells
".
. In its fifth chart week, the album climbed to number one on the Billboard 200, accumulating 227,000 copies of additional sales for a total of 745,000 copies sold since its release according to SoundScan (the 227,000 copies sold also marked Bublé's best sales week ever, a feat he previously achieved when his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible bowed with 212,000 copies sold).
In Canada, the album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart
, selling 37,000 copies in its first week. In its third week of release, the album reached number one in Canada, selling an additional 32,000 copies.
Christmas also debuted at number two in Australia on the issue dated October 31, 2011. In its second week on the chart, the album was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA) for shipments of 35,000 copies.
Christmas debuted at number 3 on the UK album chart before falling to 5 the following week, in its 3rd week it climbed 3 places to number 2 and in its 4th week climbed to number 1.
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
album by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
crooner Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
. The album was released on October 21, 2011 in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in Brown Thomas
Brown Thomas
Brown Thomas & Company Limited is a chain of four Irish department stores, located in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. Owned by Wittington Investments, Brown Thomas is an upmarket chain, akin to Canada's Holt Renfrew chain and Britain's Selfridges stores, which are also controlled by the Weston...
Dublin, October 24, 2011 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and October 25, 2011 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. On the week ending 10 December 2011, Christmas rose to number one on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
album sales chart, becoming Bublé's third chart-topper (following 2007's Call Me Irresponsible
Call Me Irresponsible (album)
Call Me Irresponsible is the third studio album released by Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz singer Michael Bublé. The album was released on May 1, 2007.-Release:...
and 2009's Crazy Love
Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)
Crazy Love is the fourth studio album released by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. After only three days of sales, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the album Bublé's second number #1 album...
).
Background
The album is Bublé's second Christmas-themed release, after he released a five-track EP in 2003 entitled Let It Snow. Some of the songs from Let It Snow have been re-recorded for inclusion on Christmas, making Christmas his first full-length holiday release. For the album, Bublé teamed up with several well-known artists to record duets. He recorded a version of "White ChristmasWhite Christmas (song)
"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.Accounts vary as...
" with country music singer Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
, and teamed up with Latin star Thalía
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
for a recording of "Feliz Navidad". Bublé has also recorded covers of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", traditional songs "Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
" and "Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas
"Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson. The heart-broken tale of unrequited love during the holidays had long been considered a Christmas staple of country music, having been recorded first by Doye O'Dell in 1948 and popularised by Ernest Tubb the next year...
", and a brand new track, "Cold December Night", written with his longtime co-writer Alan Chang
Alan Chang
Alan Chang is an American pianist and songwriter, best known for his work with Michael Bublé. Originally from San Jose, California, he graduated from USC's Thornton School of Music majoring in jazz studies in 2002....
, and producer Bob Rock.
Promotion
Bublé will promote the album in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with an NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
TV special entitled A Michael Bublé Christmas, a show is being produced by Ben Silverman
Ben Silverman
Benjamin Noah "Ben" Silverman is the founder and CEO of Electus, a next generation entertainment studio staked by IAC's Barry Diller....
and being televised on 6 December, and will also appear on The X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
for a special performance on the season finale on 11 December. The album's tracklisting was unveiled by Bublé on September 27, 2011. Bublé shot and premiered several music videos in order to promote the tracks on the album. Accompanying music videos have been shot for songs like "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....
" or "My Favorite Christmas Memory" with other additional studio clips for "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Holly Jolly Christmas", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
"Christmas " is a Christmas holiday song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 Christmas compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records. The song was written by Phil Spector, along with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, with the intentions of being sung by Ronnie...
", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...
", "Christmas" and "Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
".
Chart performance and sales
Christmas debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, with first-week sales of 141,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScanNielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
. In its fifth chart week, the album climbed to number one on the Billboard 200, accumulating 227,000 copies of additional sales for a total of 745,000 copies sold since its release according to SoundScan (the 227,000 copies sold also marked Bublé's best sales week ever, a feat he previously achieved when his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible bowed with 212,000 copies sold).
In Canada, the album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
, selling 37,000 copies in its first week. In its third week of release, the album reached number one in Canada, selling an additional 32,000 copies.
Christmas also debuted at number two in Australia on the issue dated October 31, 2011. In its second week on the chart, the album was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA) for shipments of 35,000 copies.
Christmas debuted at number 3 on the UK album chart before falling to 5 the following week, in its 3rd week it climbed 3 places to number 2 and in its 4th week climbed to number 1.
Track listing
Editions
- Standard edition: 15 tracks
- UK deluxe edition: 18 tracks and DVD featuring 'Making of' Documentary (exclusive to TescoTescoTesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
) - US deluxe edition: 19 tracks and deluxe packaging and Christmas tree ornament
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
2 |
| Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... (Flanders) |
17 |
| Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... (Wallonia) |
29 |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
1 |
| Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
4 |
| Finland Albums Chart | 3 |
| German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
9 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
1 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
2 |
| Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
3 |
| Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico... |
4 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
8 |
| Polish Albums Chart | 8 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 18 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
1 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
1 |