Wintersong is a Grammy-nominated album of Christmas songs by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released in October 2006. It was produced by longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand and includes contributions from Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies.[3] The album also includes a duet with Jazz musician Diana Krall.[4]
[edit] Track listing
A "sampler" CD exists, featuring similar artwork on a cardboard sleeve, which omits "Happy Xmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Song for a Winter's Night," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
[edit] Singles
"River" was released as a single from that album in September 2006.[5] The song was performed in mid-October on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show and reached #71 in the Billboard Hot 100.[6] McLachlan's video for "River" premiered on Yahoo! music, on November 1, 2006.
[edit] Charts
Wintersong debuted on the Billboard 200 album sales chart at number 42, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.[7] The album later peaked at number 7 on the chart.[8]
Wintersong was also the best-selling holiday album of 2006 in the United States according to sales figures from Nielsen/SoundScan, with total sales of 759,000 copies that year.[9]
On December 13, 2007, Wintersong was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the U.S.[10] In Canada, it has sold over 200,000 copies, and has been certified Double Platinum.[11]
On the week of December 17, 2011, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 195. [12]
[edit] Credits
- Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, Piano, Harp, Dobro[13]
- Pierre Marchand: Keyboards, Programming, Synth Bass, Quartet Manipulations, Vienna Keyboard Strings
- Jim Creeggan: Double Bass
- Colin Cripps: Guitar, Dobro
- Diana Krall: Piano on "Christmas Time Is Here".
- Ashwin Sood: Drums, Percussion
- Luke Doucet: Guitar
- Bill Dillon: Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Bass
- Bob Doige: Sleigh Bells
- Daryl Johnson: Bass
- Vince Mai: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Brian Minato: Bass
- David Kershaw: Keyboards
- David Sinclair: Guitar
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Blogcritics review
- ^ Katie Hasty (2006-08-06). "McLachlan Salutes Holiday Season On New CD". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002952362. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ^ http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/wintersong.html SarahMcLachlan.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
- ^ http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/news/story.jsp?story_id=3204 SarahMcLachlan.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=11266&model.vnuAlbumId=795409 Billboard.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years", Billboard.com, October 25, 2006.
- ^ Artist chart history for Sarah McLachlan (albums), Billboard.com.
- ^ "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Billboard. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/43185/chart-watch-extra-bring-on-christmas/. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ "RIAA Searchable Database - Gold & Platinum Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Wintersong&artist=Sarah%20Mc%20Lachlan&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=SOLO&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&awardDescription=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=12&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ "Music Albums", Billboard.com, December 8, 2011.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r857256/credits Allmusic.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
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