Now That's What I Call Christmas!

This article describes a 2001 album in the U.S. Now! series. It should not be confused with other similarly titled "Now!" Christmas albums. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! and Now That's What I Call Music! discography
Now That's What I Call Christmas!
Compilation album by Various artists
Released October 23, 2001
Genre Christmas music
Length CD 1: 48:59
CD 2: 67:33
Label UTV
Series chronology

Now That's What I Call Music! 7
(2001)		 Now That's What I Call Christmas!
(2001)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 8
(2001)
Christmas chronology
Now That's What I Call Christmas!
(2001)		 Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
*Entertainment Weekly B-[2]

Now That's What I Call Christmas! is a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001 by Universal Music Group. The album is part of the (U.S.) Now! series, and the first holiday-themed album in the series.

On November 15, 2004, Now That's What I Call Christmas! was certified 6x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million units in the United States.[3]

Based on sales figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, the album was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. for both 2001 and 2002 with sales of 1,614,000 and 741,000 copies respectively.[4] As of November 2014, Now That's What I Call Christmas! is the eighth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 — present), having sold 3,480,000 copies.[5]

Track listing

Disc one

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"  Nat King Cole 3:09
2. "White Christmas"  Bing Crosby 2:57
3. "Blue Christmas"  Elvis Presley 2:07
4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  Frank Sinatra 3:27
5. "Winter Wonderland"  Tony Bennett 2:13
6. "Sleigh Ride"  Ella Fitzgerald 2:56
7. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"  Dean Martin 1:56
8. "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"  Perry Como 2:51
9. "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"  Johnny Mathis 2:45
10. "A Holly Jolly Christmas"  Burl Ives 2:13
11. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"  Gene Autry 3:12
12. "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"  Elmo & Patsy 3:27
13. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"  Brenda Lee 2:05
14. "Jingle Bell Rock"  Bobby Helms 2:09
15. "Little Saint Nick"  The Beach Boys 2:08
16. "Merry Christmas Darling"  The Carpenters 3:05
17. "Christmas Collage"  Kathy Mattea 3:33
18. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"  Bing Crosby & David Bowie 2:36

Disc Two

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"  John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir 3:32
2. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"  Bruce Springsteen 4:25
3. "Do They Know It's Christmas?"  Band Aid 3:40
4. "Wonderful Christmastime"  Paul McCartney 3:45
5. "Our Love Is Like a Holiday"  Michael Bolton 3:16
6. "(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus"  Harry Connick Jr. 4:37
7. "Jingle Bells"  Diana Krall 2:11
8. "Away in a Manger"  Mannheim Steamroller 3:18
9. "Deck the Halls"  Ottmar Liebert 3:06
10. "Love on Layaway"  Gloria Estefan 4:26
11. "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day"  Celine Dion 4:35
12. "This Christmas"  Joe 3:05
13. "Special Gift"  The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley 3:57
14. "All We Need Is Love (Christmas in the Yard)"  The Big Yard Family featuring Shaggy 3:58
15. "My Only Wish (This Year)"  Britney Spears 4:15
16. "You Don't Have to Be Alone (On Christmas)"  'N SYNC 4:32
17. "O Come All Ye Faithful"  Luther Vandross 4:17
18. "Silent Night"  Boyz II Men 2:31

Charts and sales

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r558090
  2. ↑ http://www.ew.com/ew/allabout/0,9930,39185_11_0_,00.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! Multi-Platinum Albums
  4. ↑ Paul Grein (October 29, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year’s Top Christmas Album?". Chart Watch (Yahoo).
  5. ↑ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ The Billboard 200 Chart Listing For The Week Of December 22 2001

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