Merry Christmas with Love

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Merry Christmas with Love

Studio album by Clay Aiken
Released	November 16, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop
Length	39:00
Label	RCA Records
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone Walter Afanasieff
All Music Guide (3/5) link
Clay Aiken chronology
Measure of a Man (2003)	Merry Christmas with Love (2004)	A Thousand Different Ways (2006)

Merry Christmas with Love is Clay Aiken's first Christmas album, released on November 16, 2004. Over one million copies sold within the first 6 weeks and the album won a Billboard Award for the Best Selling Christian Album of 2005. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on January 6, 2005 and going into the 2006 Christmas season 1.4 million copies have been sold in the US and 2 million worldwide.

Aiken has toured twice with his Joyful Noise Tour (JNT), in 2005 and 2006, to promote this album. His third Christmas tour is set to begin on December 1, 2006.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Song notes
- 1.2 Singles charting on radio
2 Awards and Nominations

[edit] Track listing

"O, Holy Night"^[1]
"Winter Wonderland"^[2]
"Silent Night"^[3]
Medley: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"/"O Come All Ye Faithful"^[4]
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"^[5]
"Mary, Did You Know"^[6]
"Joy to the World"^[7]
"The Christmas Song"^[8]
"Don't Save It All for Christmas Day"^[9]
"Merry Christmas with Love"^[10]
"Sleigh Ride"^[11]
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"^[12]

[edit] Song notes

↑ "O, Holy Night" Written by: Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff - 3:38
↑ "Winter Wonderland" Written by: Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard / Produced by Phil Ramone - 2:49
↑ "Silent Night" Written by: Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr / Produced by: Phil Ramone - 2:17
↑ Medley: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"/"O Come All Ye Faithful" Written by: Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley /Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff - 4:00
↑ "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Written by: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane / Produced by: Phil Ramone - 3:27
↑ "Mary Did You Know" Written by: Lee Rufus GreenebIII, Mark Alan Lowry / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff - 3:20
↑ "Joy to the World" Written by: Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason / Produced by: Phil Ramone - 2:13
↑ "The Christmas Song(Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" Written by: Melvin Torme, Robert Wells / Produced by: Phil Ramone - 2:36
↑ "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" Written by: Celine Dion, Ric Wake, Peter Zizzo / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff - 4:33
↑ "Merry Christmas with Love" Written by: Greg Wayne Davis, Billy Lee Smiley / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff - 4:04
↑ "Sleigh Ride" Written by: Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish / Produced by: Phil Ramone - 3:00
↑ "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" Written by: Frank Loesser / Produced by: Phil Ramone - 3:01