8 Days of Christmas

8 Days of Christmas
Studio album (holiday album) by Destiny's Child
Released October 30, 2001
(See release history)
Recorded July–September 2001
Genre Holiday, R&B
Length 41 min (original)
53 min (special edition)
Label Columbia
Producer Demon Elliott, Kurt Farguhar, Focus..., Alan Foyd, Rob Fusari, Alonzo Jackson, Beyoncé Knowles, Errol McCalla Jr., Falante Moore, Willie Morris, Ric Wake, Erron Williams, Bama Boyz
Destiny's Child chronology
Love: Destiny
(2001)		 8 Days of Christmas
(2001)		 This Is the Remix
(2002)
Singles from 8 Days of Christmas
  1. "8 Days of Christmas"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Slant Magazine [2]

8 Days of Christmas is a Christmas album by R&B girl group Destiny's Child, released by Columbia Records in October 2001 in the United States (see 2001 in music).

Contents

Background

The album contains seven traditional Christmas songs and four original songs. Most of them are re-arranged with up-tempo beats in a contemporary R&B style. The album was recorded in Summer 2001 in the United States, but Kelly Rowland stated during the "8 Days of Christmas" video premiere on BET's 106 & Park in Fall 2001 that parts of the album were also recorded in Japan during Destiny's Child's overseas promo tour. In the same interview Beyoncé Knowles revealed: Actually we wrote the song two years ago, when we went in the studio to do some Christmas something. That's what started the idea of doing a Christmas album.[3] The song "8 Days of Christmas" was first released in November 2000 on the 2CD re-issue of "The Writing's on the Wall".

Reception

The album debuted at number seventy-five on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling over 23,000 copies during its first week of release, and it eventually peaked at number thirty-four a few weeks later. It was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2001 for over 500,000 copies shipped in the United States. In 2004, a re-issued version of the album was released, containing previously unreleased records.

Track listing

  1. "8 Days of Christmas" (Erroll McCalla Jr., Beyoncé Knowles) – 3:31
  2. "Winter Paradise" (B. Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falante Moore, G. Michael) – 3:36
  3. "A 'DC' Christmas Medley" (H. Gillespie, F. Coots, S. Nelson, J. Rollins, J. Marks, G. Autry, O. Halderman) – 3:59
    1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
    2. "Jingle Bells"
    3. "Frosty the Snowman"
    4. "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas"
    5. "Deck the Halls"
    6. "Here Comes Santa Claus"
  4. "Silent Night" (by Beyoncé Knowles) – 3:41
  5. "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Solange Knowles) (K. Davis, H. Onorati, H. Simeone) – 3:36
  6. "Do You Hear What I Hear" (by Kelly Rowland) (N. Rigney, G. Shain) – 3:47
  7. "White Christmas" (I. Berlin) – 1:43
  8. "Platinum Bells" (R. Evans, J. Livingston – 1:27
  9. "O' Holy Night" (by Michelle Williams) (A. Adam) – 4:25
  10. "Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day" (B. Edwards Jr., B. Knowles) – 3:42
  11. "This Christmas" (N. McKinnor, D. Hathaway) – 3:38
  12. "Opera of the Bells" (M. Dythrovych) – 4:35

Release history

Region Date Format
United States October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23) Compact disc
Europe[4] November 12, 2001 (2001-11-12) Compact disc
United States October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18) DualDisc

Charts

Chart (2001) Provider Peak
position		 Certification
Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA 64[5]
Austrian Albums Chart[6] Media Control 20
Dutch Albums Chart[6] MegaCharts 24
French Albums Chart[6] SNEP/IFOP 134
German Albums Chart[7] Media Control 80
Japanese Albums Chart[8] Oricon 20
U.S. Billboard 200[6] Billboard 34 Gold

References

  1. ^ 8 Days of Christmas Destiny's Child Allmusic.com Stephen Thomas Erlewine
  2. ^ Destiny's Child 8 Days of Christmas Slantmagazine.com Sal Cinquemani November 11, 2001
  3. ^ "Keyta's Vibe - DESTINY'S CHILD". Freewebs.com. http://www.freewebs.com/keytasvibe/destinyschild.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  4. ^ "8 Days of Christmas: Destiny's Child: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00005QZ3S. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  5. ^ "Pandora Archive". Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2006-08-23. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue618.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  6. ^ a b c d "DESTINY'S CHILD – 8 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (ALBUM)". Swisscharts. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Destiny%27s+Child&titel=Destiny+Fulfilled&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-07-13. 
  7. ^ musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Destiny%27s+Child/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  8. ^ "Destiny's Child – 8 Days Of Christmas". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/ranking_list.asp?itemcd=460446&samecd=1&chart_kbn=11A&linkcd=30054844. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
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