Christmas (Delta Goodrem EP)

Christmas is an EP by Australian singer–songwriter Delta Goodrem, released on 14 December 2012^[1] by Sony Music Australia. It is her first collection of Christmas music, after previously contributing several Christmas recordings to The Spirit of Christmas album series.

Promotion

A lyric video for the track "Blue Christmas", which is also featured on The Spirit of Christmas 2012, was released on 17 December 2012. Goodrem performed "Blue Christmas" and "Amazing Grace" from the EP at the 2012 Carols by Candlelight event on Christmas Eve.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson	3:21
2.	"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	2:38
3.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight	4:06
4.	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	Traditional	2:55
5.	"Amazing Grace"	John Newton	3:24
Total length:			16:26

Other recordings

The following Christmas tracks were not released on the album, but were released previously.

Title	Single/Album
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	The Spirit of Christmas 2002
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	The Spirit of Christmas 2003
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	"Predictable"
"O Come All Ye Faithful"	The Spirit of Christmas 2006
"Little Drummer Boy"	The Spirit of Christmas 2010

Charts

The EP debuted surprisingly low at number 67 on the ARIA singles chart, selling only 2399 copies in its first week.^[2] It charted higher however on the ARIA Australian singles chart at number 12. In Australia, EPs are not eligible to chart on the albums chart.

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	67
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)	12

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Australia	14 December 2012	CD, digital download	Sony Music Australia
New Zealand	14 December 2012	CD, digital download	Sony Music Australia

Personnel

Delta Goodrem — vocals, piano, producer
Michael Dolce — guitars
Emile Nelson — double bass
Vince Pizzinga — cello, strings, co-producer
Adam Sofo — piano, keyboards
Simon Todkill — recording, mixing
Warren Trout — drums, percussion
Leon Zervos — mastering

References

[1] "Delta Goodrem - Christmas". Sanity. Retrieved 3 December 2012.

[2] ttp://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/michael-buble-remains-a-christmas-favourite-as-we-rate-the-best-festive-albums/story-fndo6ejf-1226542944977

[3] ttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20130104-0001/Issue1191.pdf

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Discography Awards and nominations Live performances
Studio albums	Innocent Eyes Mistaken Identity Delta Child of the Universe Wings of the Wild Only Santa Knows Bridge over Troubled Dreams
Extended plays	Christmas
Soundtracks	I Honestly Love You
Compilations	Innocent Eyes (Japan)
Re-recordings	Innocent Eyes: Ten Year Anniversary Acoustic Edition
Singles	"I Don't Care" "Born to Try" "Lost Without You" "Innocent Eyes" "Not Me, Not I" "Predictable" "Out of the Blue" "Mistaken Identity" "Almost Here" "A Little Too Late" "Be Strong" "Together We Are One" "Flawed" "In This Life" "Believe Again" "You Will Only Break My Heart" "I Can't Break It to My Heart" "Mistakes" "I'm Not Ready" "Sitting on Top of the World" "Dancing with a Broken Heart" "Wish You Were Here" "Bayini" "Heart Hypnotic" "Love Thy Will Be Done" "Only Human" "Wings" "Dear Life" "Enough" "The River" "Vente Pa' Ca" "Think About You" "Welcome to Earth" "Let It Rain" "Keep Climbing" "Paralyzed" "Solid Gold" "Back to Your Heart"
Videos	Delta The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009
Concerts	The Visualise Tour Believe Again Tour An Evening with Delta: The Top of My World Shows Wings of the Wild Tour The Bunkerdown Sessions Christmas with Delta Bridge over Troubled Dreams Tour
Lead acting roles	Neighbours (Nina Tucker) Hating Alison Ashley Cats (Grizabella) Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You Love Is in the Air
Related articles	The Voice (Australia)
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