Christmas (Michael Bublé album)

Christmas is the seventh studio album and fifth major label studio album released by Canadian-Italian singer Michael Bublé. The album was released on October 21, 2011 in Ireland,[1] on October 24, 2011 in the United Kingdom,[2] and on October 25, 2011 in the United States. On the week ending December 10, 2011, Christmas rose to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, becoming Bublé's third chart-topper following 2007's Call Me Irresponsible and 2009's Crazy Love, and spent five weeks at No. 1.[3]

Christmas
Studio album by Michael Bublé
Released	December 12, 2011
Recorded	January–February, Late June-Early August 2011
Studio	Capitol Studios
Genre	Christmas dixieland swing traditional pop easy listening jazz
Length	51:44
Label	143 Reprise
Producer	David Foster Bob Rock Humberto Gatica
Michael Bublé chronology
Crazy Love (2009) Christmas (2011) To Be Loved (2013)
Singles from Christmas
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Released: November 16, 2011 "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / Jingle Bells" Released: November 18, 2012 "White Christmas (featuring Shania Twain)" Released: December 11, 2012

As of January 2019 this is Buble's most successful album with more than 12 million copies worldwide.[4]

The album also won a Juno Award for Album of the Year, making it the first holiday album to win the award.[5] The album was re-released on November 26, 2012, containing four additional tracks, including a new recording of "The Christmas Song". Bublé also released a reworked version of "White Christmas", this time featuring Shania Twain, as a single. This version premiered on Bublé's NBC television special, Home for the Holidays, on December 10, 2012.[6]

Background

The album is Bublé's second Christmas-themed release, after he released a five-track extended play, titled Let It Snow in 2003. Some of the songs from Let It Snow have been re-recorded for inclusion on Christmas, making Christmas his first full-length holiday release. For the album, Bublé teamed up with several well-known artists to record duets. His duet version of "White Christmas" with country music singer Shania Twain was based on an early arrangement by The Drifters,[7] while his recording of "Jingle Bells" with The Puppini Sisters was based on the 1943 recording of Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters. He also teamed up with Latin star Thalía for a recording of "Feliz Navidad".[8] Bublé also recorded covers of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", and "Blue Christmas", and a brand new track, "Cold December Night", written with his longtime co-writer Alan Chang and producer Bob Rock.[9]

Promotion

The album's track listing was unveiled by Bublé on September 27, 2011.[10] Bublé filmed several music videos in order to promote the album, including videos for the tracks "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", the lead single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Holly Jolly Christmas", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", and "Jingle Bells". Bublé also appeared to perform during the final of the eighth series of The X Factor in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2011.[11] Bublé's recording of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was also featured in a montage on ABC-TV's General Hospital that aired on December 23, 2011.[12]

Specials

On December 6, 2011, Bublé promoted the album in the United States with the broadcast of an NBC television special, A Michael Bublé Christmas,[13] a show produced by Ben Silverman. The special was viewed by more than 7.07 million viewers, receiving a 1.5 rating and 4% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.[14] In Canada, the special was viewed by 1.533 million viewers, ranking the seventeenth most watched programme overall for the week.[15] Zap2it reviewed the special, and claimed it to be "one of the year's television guilty pleasures".[16] On December 18, 2011, Bublé promoted the album in the United Kingdom with the broadcast of an ITV1 television special, Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas. The special featured guest appearances from comedian Dawn French, duet performances with both Kelly Rowland and Gary Barlow, and a cooking tutorial with Gino D'Acampo. The special pulled in 5.7 million viewers, and was the third most watched ITV Christmas special of the season.

Michael later announced that he was to film another NBC special, titled Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays, featuring guest appearances from Rod Stewart, Blake Shelton, and Carly Rae Jepsen. The special aired on December 10, 2012;[17] and was watched by 5.66 million American viewers, receiving a 1.4/4 18-49 rating/share.[18]

On October 18, 2013, it was announced that Michael will feature in a third Christmas special on December 18, 2013 via NBC.[19] Guest stars featuring in the special include Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and Cookie Monster.[20]

Commercial performance

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[21]
Rockstar Weekly	[22]

On November 5, 2011, Christmas debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, with first-week sales of 141,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[23] In its fifth week on the chart, the album climbed to No. 1, and held the top spot for the following four weeks, becoming Bublé's biggest selling chart-topper yet by beating the two-week reign of his previous album, Crazy Love. Christmas also sold 479,000 copies in the album's third week at No. 1, which marked Bublé's best sales week ever.[3][5][24][25] On the album's tenth week on the album charts, and with Christmas having passed, the album fell to No. 24 on January 14, 2012.[26] As of January 2017 it shares the sixth-largest drop from #1 with Blue Slide Park by Mac Miller.

For the year, Christmas sold 2,452,000 copies in the United States, according to SoundScan, and was the second best-selling album of the year, just behind Adele's blockbuster album 21.[27] In 2012, Christmas sold an additional 622,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan, and was the second best-selling holiday album of the year (behind Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby).[28] As of December 4, 2017, the album has sold 4,129,000 copies in the United States, making it his best selling album in the country.[29][30]

In Canada, the album debuted at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 37,000 copies in its first week.[31] In its third week of release, the album climbed to No. 1, selling an additional 32,000 copies.[32] As of December 14, 2011, the album has sold 444,000 copies in Canada.[33][34]

Christmas also debuted at number 2 in Australia on October 31, 2011.[35] The album has since been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of over 910,000 copies. It hit number 1 in December 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[36] It reached number 2 in 2015 after being held off from reaching number 1 by Adele's 25. In 2016, the album peaked at number 2 before returning to number 1 on the week of January 2, 2017. In 2017, it peaked at number 4 in early December.

Despite competition from Snow Patrol's album Fallen Empires, Christmas peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It sold 1,292,000 copies in the UK in 2011, making it the second best-selling album of 2011.[37][38] It is the first seasonal album to chart within the top 10 three years in a row, as it charted at number one in 2011, at number two in 2012, and at number seven in 2013.[39][40] As of December 2018, the album had sold 2.78 million copies in the UK.[41]

Track listing

Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes[42]

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"	Meredith Willson	David Foster, Courtney Blooding (Coordination)	3:26
2.	"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"	J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	2:51
3.	"Jingle Bells" (featuring The Puppini Sisters)	James Lord Pierpont	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	2:39
4.	"White Christmas" (with Shania Twain)	Irving Berlin	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	3:36
5.	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff	Bob Rock, Sandee Bathgate (Coordination)	2:51
6.	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	John Marks	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	1:59
7.	"Santa Baby"	Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer	Humberto Gatica, JoAnn Tominaga (Coordination)	3:51
8.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	Rock, Bathgate (Coordination)	3:50
9.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich	Rock, Bathgate (Coordination)	3:07
10.	"Silent Night"	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	3:47
11.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson	Rock, Bathgate (Coordination)	3:41
12.	"Cold December Night"	Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Bob Rock	Rock, Bathgate (Coordination)	3:18
13.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	4:24
14.	"Ave Maria"	Franz Schubert	Foster, Blooding (Coordination)	4:00
15.	"Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad" (with Thalía)	M. Bublé, A. Chang, Claudia Brant, Humberto Gatica, José Feliciano	Gatica, Tominaga (Coordination)	4:24
16.	"Michael's Christmas Greeting" (Hidden Track)	M. Bublé		0:05
Total length:				51:44

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard; Richard B. Smith	2:29
18.	"Frosty the Snowman" (featuring The Puppini Sisters)	Jack Rollins; Steve Nelson	2:40
19.	"Silver Bells" (featuring Naturally 7)	Jay Livingston; Ray Evans	3:06
Total length:			59:59

Deluxe edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Making of 'Christmas'"	30:00

2012 deluxe special edition additional tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	4:14
17.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard; Richard B. Smith	2:29
18.	"Frosty the Snowman" (featuring The Puppini Sisters)	Jack Rollins; Steve Nelson	2:40
19.	"Silver Bells" (featuring Naturally 7)	Jay Livingston; Ray Evans	3:06
20.	"Michael's Christmas Greeting"	Bublé	0:04
Total length:			64:13

2019 deluxe special edition additional tracks[43]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	4:20
17.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard; Richard B. Smith	2:30
18.	"Frosty the Snowman" (featuring The Puppini Sisters)	Jack Rollins; Steve Nelson	2:42
19.	"Silver Bells" (featuring Naturally 7)	Jay Livingston; Ray Evans	3:09
20.	"White Christmas"	Berlin	3:24
21.	"Michael's Christmas Greeting"	Bublé	0:08
Total length:			67:37

Notes

• Tracks 3, 10 and 14 are credited to Traditional.
• The Subliminal 9 are Caco Cocci, Steve Hartley, Paul Kirzner, Carsten Love, Lanny McVeigh, Derek Nyrose, Brad Openshaw, Ron Toigo and Rob Ubles.

Personnel

Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes[42]

• Michael Bublé – vocals (1-2, 5-8, 11-13, lead on 3-4, 9-10, 14-15), musical arrangement (4)
• Janet Adderley – children’s choir director (10)
• Rusty Anderson – additional guitar (12)
• Christopher Bazzoli – string section conductor, horn section conductor (5)
• Chuck Berghofer – bass guitar (1-4, 6, 13)
• Jon Brion – string arrangement, horn arrangement (5)
• Alan Broadbent – orchestral arrangement (1, 13)
• Bob Buckley – orchestra conductor (8)
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar (9, 11-12)
• Clayton Cameron – drums (8)
• Alan Chang – piano (5, 7, 9, 11-12, 15), musical arrangement, celesta (8, 12), glockenspiel, string arrangements (12)
• Judy Chilnick – percussion (7)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (3, 15)
• Brad Dechter – musical arrangement, orchestra conductor (7), orchestration (14), string arrangement (15)
• Graham Dechter – guitar (1-4, 6-8, 13)
• Nathan East – bass guitar (15)
• Peter Erskine – drums (1, 13)
• Nicholas Essig – assistant recording engineer (5, 8-9, 11-12)
• Alan Estes – percussion (9, 11, 15)
• Greg Fields – drums (2, 4, 6)
• David Foster – orchestral arrangement (1, 13), musical arrangement (1, 3-4, 6, 10, 13-14), keyboards (1-4, 6, 10, 13-14)
• Josh Freese – drums (9, 12)
• Humberto Gatica – rhythm arrangement, vocal arrangement (15), recording engineer, audio mixing (7, 15)
• Steve Genewick – assistant recording engineer (1-6, 8-14)
• Eric Helmkamp – recording engineer (5, 8-9, 11-12), audio mixing (11)
• Wataru Hokoyama – string section conductor, horn section conductor (12)
• Kevin Kanner – drums (7)
• Jim Keltner – drums (5, 11)
• Gayle Levant – harp (10, 14)
• Chris Lord-Alge – audio mixing (5, 9, 12)
• Eric Mosher – assistant recording engineer (5, 8-9, 11-12)
• Kenny O'Brien – harmony arrangement (15)
• Dean Parks – guitar (7, 15, acoustic on 10)
• Alan Pasqua – piano (1-4, 6-7, 13)
• Dave Pierce – musical arrangement (9, 11), orchestra conductor (9, 11-12), string arrangement, horn arrangement (12)
• Craig Polasko – bass guitar (5, 8, 11), musical arrangement, synth strings, additional drums (5)
• The Puppini Sisters – background vocals (3)
• Cristian Robles – recording engineer (7, 15)
• Bob Rock – audio mixing (11)
• Bill Ross – orchestration (10)
• Jochem van der Saag – synthesizer, synthesizer programming, recording engineer, audio mixing (1-4, 6, 10, 13-14)
• Al Schmitt – recording engineer (1-4, 6, 10, 13-14), audio mixing (8)
• Keith Scott – guitar (5, 9, 11-12)
• Don Sebesky – orchestration (4)
• Paul Smith – assistant recording engineer (7, 15)
• Sally Stevens – choir director (14)
• The Subliminal 9 – additional background vocals (9)
• Thalía – lead vocals (15)
• Shania Twain – lead vocals (4)
• Michael Valerio – bass guitar (7)
• Jorge Vivo – recording engineer (1-4, 6, 10, 13-14)
• Chris Walden – orchestration (3)
• Brian Warwick – additional recording engineer (12)
• Pat Williams – musical arrangement (2)
• Lyle Workman – guitar (5, 9, 11-12)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2011–2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[35] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[44] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[44] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[44] 4 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[45] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[46] 1 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[47] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[48] 2 French Albums (SNEP)[44] 29 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[49] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[50] 1 Irish Albums (IRMA)[51] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[52] 1 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[53] 2 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[54] 71 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[55] 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[56] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[44] 1 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[57] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[44] 1 South African Albums (RiSA)[58] 3 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[59] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[44] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[60] 1 US Billboard 200[23] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Australian Albums Chart[61] 2 Austrian Albums Chart[62] 28 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[63] 68 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[64] 82 Canadian Albums Chart[65] 16 Danish Albums Chart[66] 21 Dutch Albums Chart[67] 7 Finnish Albums Chart[68] 12 French Albums Chart[69] 84 German Albums Chart[70] 8 Hungarian Albums Chart[71] 6 Irish Albums Chart[72] 2 Italian Albums Chart[73] 7 Mexican Albums Chart[74] 18 New Zealand Albums Chart[75] 16 Polish Albums Chart[76] 10 Spanish Albums Chart[77] 31 Swedish Albums Chart[78] 9 Swiss Albums Chart[79] 43 UK Albums Chart[80] 2 US Billboard 200[81] 82 US Jazz Albums Chart[82] 2 Chart (2012) Position Australian Albums Chart[83] 4 Austrian Albums Chart[84] 18 Canadian Albums Chart[85] 2 Danish Albums Chart[86] 44 Dutch Albums Chart[87] 35 Finnish Albums Chart[88] 48 Hungarian Albums Chart[89] 3 Italian Albums Chart[90] 24 Swedish Albums Chart[91] 85 Swiss Albums Chart[92] 27 UK Albums Chart[93] 8 US Billboard 200[94] 2 US Digital Albums Chart[94] 14 US Jazz Albums Chart[94] 1 Chart (2013) Position Australian Albums Chart[95] 7 Austrian Albums Chart[84] 28 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[96] 154 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[97] 107 Hungarian Albums Chart[98] 40 Italian Albums Chart[99] 95 Polish Albums Chart[100] 55 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[101] 35 Swiss Albums Chart[102] 71 UK Albums Chart[103] 29 US Billboard 200[104] 35 Chart (2014) Position Australian Albums Chart[105] 8 Austrian Albums Chart[84] 38 Italian Albums Chart[106] 53 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[107] 15 Polish Albums Chart[108] 44 UK Albums Chart[109] 30 US Billboard 200[110] 51 Chart (2015) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[111] 7 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[112] 83 Italian Albums (FIMI)[113] 52 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[114] 5 UK Albums Chart[115] 40 US Billboard 200[116] 77 Chart (2016) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[117] 5 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[118] 72 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[119] 94 Italian Albums (FIMI)[120] 75 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[121] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[122] 23 US Billboard 200[123] 125 Chart (2017) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[124] 8 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[125] 46 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[126] 49 Italian Albums (FIMI)[127] 77 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[128] 17 UK Albums (OCC)[129] 24 US Billboard 200[130] 146 Chart (2018) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[131] 30 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[132] 50 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[133] 27 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[134] 96 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[135] 84 UK Albums (OCC)[136] 27 US Billboard 200[137] 154 Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[138] 65 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[139] 57 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[140] 52 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[141] 80 UK Albums (OCC)[142] 33 US Billboard 200[143] 130 Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[144] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[145] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[146] 5 US Billboard 200[147] 24 All-time charts Chart Position Irish Albums (IRMA)[148] 39

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[149]	2× Diamond	1,000,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[150]	3× Platinum	60,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[151]	Gold	15,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[152]	Diamond	1,500,000[4]
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[153]	4× Platinum	80,000
Germany (BVMI)[154]	4× Platinum	800,000^^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[155]	2× Platinum	12,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[156]	8× Platinum	120,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[157]	6× Platinum	360,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[158]	Platinum	60,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[159]	12× Platinum	180,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[160]	Platinum	50,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[161]	Platinum	30,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)[162]	2× Platinum	40,000^*
Portugal (AFP)[163]	Gold	7,500^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[164]	Gold	30,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[165]	Platinum	40,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[166]	Platinum	30,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[167]	10× Platinum	2,780,000[41]
United States	—	4,100,000[168]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[169]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
Worldwide	—	12,000,000[4]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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