8 Days of Christmas

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[2]
People	mixed^[3]
Rolling Stone	unfavorable^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
Slant Magazine	^[6]

8 Days of Christmas is the fourth and penultimate studio album and first Christmas album by American R&B girl group Destiny's Child, released on October 30, 2001 by Columbia Records.

Background

The album contains nine tracks featuring traditional Christmas songs and three 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."^[7] The song "8 Days of Christmas" first appeared on the double-disc reissue of The Writing's on the Wall in November 2000.

Reception

8 Days of Christmas debuted at number fifty-nine on the US Billboard 200.^[8] Five weeks later, it eventually peaked at number thirty-four.^[9]^[10] The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 3, 2001, denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States.^[11]

Track listing

8 Days of Christmas^[12]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)^[13]	Length
1.	"8 Days of Christmas"	Beyoncé Knowles Errol "Poppi" McCalla Jr.	B. Knowles Mathew Knowles McCalla Jr.	3:31
2.	"Winter Paradise^[a]"	B. Knowles Falonte Moore Rob Fusari	B. Knowles Moore Fusari	3:36
3.	"A 'DC' Christmas Medley^[a]"	Johnny Marks Steve Nelson Traditional Jack Rollins J. Fred Coots Haven Gillespie Gene Autry Oakley Haldeman,^[13] James Pierpont^[14]	B. Knowles Falonte Moore Rob Fusari	3:59
4.	"Silent Night" (featuring Beyoncé)	Franz Gruber Joseph Mohr	B. Knowles	3:41
5.	"Little Drummer Boy^[a]" (featuring Solange)	Katherine Davis Harry Simeone Henry Onorati	B. Knowles Alonzo Jackson	3:36
6.	"Do You Hear What I Hear^[c]" (featuring Kelly Rowland)	Noël Regney Gloria Shayne^[13]	Alan Floyd Wirlie Morris	3:47
7.	"White Christmas^[a]"	Irving Berlin	B. Knowles Damon Elliott	1:42
8.	"Platinum Bells^[a]"	Ray Evans Jay Livingston	B. Knowles Damon Elliott	1:26
9.	"O' Holy Night^[b]" (featuring Michelle Williams)	Adolphe Adam	Erron Williams	4:24
10.	"Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day^[a]"	Focus... B. Knowles	B. Knowles Focus... Ric Wake Jennifer Patierno (Coordinator) Marc Russell (Coordinator)	3:41
11.	"This Christmas^[a]"	Donny Hathaway Nadine McKinnor	B. Knowles Rob Fusari Bill Lee (Co.) Calvin Gaines (Co.)	3:38
12.	"Opera of the Bells^[a]"	Mykola Leontovych Peter J. Wilhousky; A Cappella^[15]	B. Knowles	4:34

International edition COL 504170 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"The Proud Family" (by Solange featuring Destiny's Child)	Kurt Farquhar Gerald Harbour	2:17

2004 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Home for the Holidays"	B. Knowles S. Knowles Eddie Smith III Jesse J. Rankins Jonathan D. Wells	3:10
14.	" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer "	Marks	2:31
15.	"The Proud Family" (by Solange featuring Destiny's Child)	Farquhar	2:17
16.	"Emotion (with strings)"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	4:22

DualDisc edition bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"8 Days of Christmas" (music video)
2.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (music video)
3.	"8 Days of Christmas" (live performance)
4.	"Behind the scenes holiday visit at the Ronald McDonald House"
5.	"Coming Soon: Live DVD trailer"
6.	"All 12 songs in enhanced PCM Stereo"

Notes

^{^[a]} – Vocal arrangements by Beyoncé.
^{^[b]} – Musical & Vocal^[16] arrangements by Michelle Williams, Erron Williams and Kim Burse.
^{^[c]} – Vocal arrangements by Kelly Rowland and Kim Burse.
"8 Days of Christmas" contains re-sung lyrics from Traditional Christmas Carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas"^[17] & a replayed element from "Jingle Bells" written by James Pierpont^[18]
"Winter Paradise" contains replayed elements from "Father Figure", written & performed by George Michael.
"A 'DC' Christmas Medley" incorporates lyrics from "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Jingle Bells", "Frosty the Snowman", "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", "Deck the Halls" and "Here Comes Santa Claus".
"Little Drummer Boy" originally performed by The Harry Simeone Chorale and Based on "Carol of the Drum" performed by The Trapp Family Singers^[19]
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" originally performed by The Harry Simeone Chorale^[20]
"White Christmas" originally performed by Bing Crosby^[21]
"Platinum Bells" is a semi-remake of "Silver Bells" originally performed by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards^[22]
"This Christmas" originally performed by Donny Hathaway^[23]

Personnel

Destiny's Child - vocals performed by (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-12)
Asif Ali - recording engineer (track 5)
Pablo Arraya - recording engineer (track 6)
Beyoncé - group member (tracks 1-5, 7-8, 10-12), musical arrangement (4), vocals (performed by) (4)
Derrick Coleman - additional background vocals (sung by) (track 9)
Dylan Dresdow - recording engineer (track 9)
Alan Floyd - musical arrangement (track 6)
David Guerrero - assistant audio mixing (tracks 1, 4-10, 12)
Jaime Guidewicz - assistant recording engineer (track 6)
James Hoover - recording engineer (tracks 2-3)
Solange Knowles - guest vocals (performed by) (track 5)
Tony Maserati - audio mixing (tracks 2-3, 11)
Errol "Poppi" McCalla - music programming
Bill Meyers - string arrangements, string conductor
Michael Morales - acoustic guitar (track 4)
Ramon Morales - recording engineer (tracks 11-12)
Tom Morris - recording engineer (tracks 7-8)
John Naslen - recording engineer (track 1)
Flip Osman - assistant audio mixing (tracks 2-3, 11)
Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado - audio mixing (tracks 1, 4-10, 12)
Marius Perron - recording engineer (track 4)
Juan Ramirez - assistant recording engineer (track 5)
Sharay Reed - bass guitar (track 9)
Byron Rickerson - recording engineer (track 9)
Frank Romano - guitar (track 3)
Kelly Rowland - group member (tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10-12), vocals (6)
Motonori Sasaki - assistant recording engineer (track 11)
Stephen Stephanie - assistant recording engineer (track 1)
Larry Strum - recording engineer (track 9)
Brian Summer - assistant recording engineer (track 9)
David Swope - recording engineer (track 6)
Allan Tucker - recording engineer (track 9)
Kevin Turner - acoustic guitar (track 9)
Robert Valdez - assistant recording engineer (track 7-8)
Michelle Williams - group member (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-12), lead vocals (9)

Charts

Chart (2001–02)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[24]	65
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[25]	10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[26]	60
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[27]	24
French Albums (SNEP)^[28]	134
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[29]	80
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[30]	20
UK Albums (OCC)^[31]	117
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[32]	19
US Billboard 200^[10]	34
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[33]	27
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[34]	3

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United States	October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)	CD
Australia	November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)
Europe^[35]	November 12, 2001 (2001-11-12)
United States	October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)	DualDisc

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Destiny's Child
Beyoncé Knowles Kelly Rowland Michelle Williams LaTavia Roberson LeToya Luckett Farrah Franklin
Studio albums	Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall Survivor 8 Days of Christmas Destiny Fulfilled
Compilation albums	This Is the Remix #1's Mathew Knowles & Music World Present Vol.1: Love Destiny Playlist: The Very Best of Destiny's Child Love Songs
Extended plays	Love: Destiny
Live and video releases	The Platinum's on the Wall Destiny's Child World Tour Live in Atlanta Destiny's Child Video Anthology
Concert tours	Total Request Live Tour Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It
Related topics	Discography Awards and nominations Songs Mathew Knowles Super Bowl XLVII halftime show
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