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

Compilation album by Various artists

Released

October 23, 2001

Genre

Christmas music

Length

CD 1: 48:59
CD 2: 67:33

Label

UTV

Full 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.	Title	Artist	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.	Title	Artist	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

2001 Billboard 200 – No. 3^[6]
2001 Top Internet Albums – No. 4
RIAA certification: 6x Platinum (US)^[3]

References

↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r558090
↑ http://www.ew.com/ew/allabout/0,9930,39185_11_0_,00.html
1 2 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! Multi-Platinum Albums
↑ Paul Grein (October 29, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year’s Top Christmas Album?". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
↑ "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.
↑ The Billboard 200 Chart Listing For The Week Of December 22 2001

External links

Now That's What I Call Music! albums
United Kingdom and Ireland	Now That's What I Call Music II 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 XIII 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97
United States	Now 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
Australia	Now 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Winter 2005 Spring 2005 Summer 2006 Autumn 2006 Winter 2006 Spring 2006 Summer 2007 Autumn 2007 Winter 2007 Spring 2007 Summer 2008 Autumn 2008 Winter 2008 Spring 2008 Summer 2009 Autumn 2009 Winter 2009 Spring 2009 Summer 2010 Autumn 2010 Winter 2010 Spring 2010 Summer 2011 Autumn 2011 Winter 2011 Spring 2011 Summer 2012
Canada	Now! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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