Cheers, It's Christmas
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Cheers, It's Christmas is the first Christmas album and seventh studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on October 2, 2012, through Warner Bros. Nashville.[3]
Content
Included on the album is a rendition of Michael Bublé's "Home", done here as a duet with the original artist and featuring Christmas-themed lyrics written by Bublé at Shelton's request. Other collaborators on the album include Shelton's wife, Miranda Lambert; the supergroup Pistol Annies, which comprises Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley; Shelton's mother, Dorothy Shackleford; Trypta-Phunk, a funk side project founded by Shelton's touring band;[4] Kelly Clarkson; Reba McEntire; and Xenia, who placed second on the first season of The Voice, a televised singing competition on which Shelton is a judge.
Commercial performance
In its first week of release, the album sold 9,000 copies in the U.S.[5] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 9, 2012, and sold a total of 428,000 copies in the US in 2012.[6] The album re-entered the charts on November 20, 2013 at number 44 on the Billboard 200, selling 8,000 copies for week.[7] As of December 2014, the album has sold 598,000 copies in the US.[8]
Track listing
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1. |
"Jingle Bell Rock" (featuring Miranda Lambert) | Joe Beal, Jim Booth |
2:03 |
2. |
"White Christmas" | Irving Berlin |
3:37 |
3. |
"Oklahoma Christmas" (featuring Reba McEntire) | Rob Byus, Jenee Fleenor, Trent Willmon |
3:28 |
4. |
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
2:48 |
5. |
"There's a New Kid in Town" (featuring Kelly Clarkson) | Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley |
4:30 |
6. |
"Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train" | Tracy Broussard, Byus, Blake Shelton, Beau Tackett |
3:35 |
7. |
"Home" (featuring Michael Bublé) | Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies |
3:46 |
8. |
"Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith |
2:15 |
9. |
"The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells |
3:55 |
10. |
"Blue Christmas" (featuring Pistol Annies) | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson |
2:06 |
11. |
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram |
3:24 |
12. |
"Silver Bells" (featuring Xenia) | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
3:10 |
13. |
"Time for Me to Come Home" (featuring Dorothy Shackleford) | Dorothy Shackleford, Shelton |
2:40 |
14. |
"The Very Best Time of Year" (featuring Trypta-Phunk) | Broussard, Byus, Shelton, Tackett |
2:58 |
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2012) |
Position |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] |
61 |
Chart (2013) |
Position |
US Billboard 200[11] |
68 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] |
19 |
Chart (2014) |
Position |
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[13] |
27 |
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Certifications
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References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cheers, It's Christmas review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ Bjorke, Matt (29 November 2012). "Cheers, It's Christmas review". Roughstock. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ "Blake Shelton "Cheers It's Christmas" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. September 3, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ↑ http://trypta-phunk.com/
- ↑ http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-for-october-10-2012-little-big-town-1-for-a-month-jerrod-niemann-blake-shelton-debut
- ↑ Matt Bjorke (January 3, 2013). "Country Album Chart News For January 3, 2013: Taylor Swift Still #1; Hunter Hayes Gold". Roughstock. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-november-20-2013-christmas-albums-from-duck-dynasty-kelly-blake-lady-a-scotty-lead-way-kellie-pickler-debuts
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bjorke, Matt (December 24, 2014). "Country Album Chart Report For December 24, 2014". Roughstock. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Blake Shelton Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Blake Shelton. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums: 2012 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres". Billboard.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums: 2013 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Top Catalog Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Blake Shelton – Cheers, It's Christmas". Music Canada.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Cheers, It%27s Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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