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Cheers, It's Christmas is the first Christmas album and seventh studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on October 2, 2012, through Warner Bros. Nashville.[3]

Content

Included on the album is a rendition of Michael Bublé's "Home", done here as a duet with the original artist and featuring Christmas-themed lyrics written by Bublé at Shelton's request. Other collaborators on the album include Shelton's wife (at the time), Miranda Lambert; the supergroup Pistol Annies, which comprises Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley; Shelton's mother, Dorothy Shackleford; Trypta-Phunk, a funk side project founded by Shelton's touring band;[4] Kelly Clarkson; Reba McEntire; and Xenia, who placed fifth on the first season of The Voice, a televised singing competition on which Shelton is a judge.

Commercial performance

In its first week of release, the album sold 9,000 copies in the U.S.[5] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 9, 2012, and sold a total of 428,000 copies in the US in 2012.[6] The album re-entered the charts on November 20, 2013 at number 44 on the Billboard 200, selling 8,000 copies for week.[7] As of December 2014, the album has sold 598,000 copies in the US.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jingle Bell Rock" (featuring Miranda Lambert)Joe Beal, Jim Booth2:03
2."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:37
3."Oklahoma Christmas" (featuring Reba McEntire)Rob Byus, Jenee Fleenor, Trent Willmon3:28
4."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne2:48
5."There's a New Kid in Town" (featuring Kelly Clarkson)Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley4:30
6."Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train"Tracy Broussard, Byus, Blake Shelton, Beau Tackett3:35
7."Home" (featuring Michael Bublé)Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies3:46
8."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith2:15
9."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells3:55
10."Blue Christmas" (featuring Pistol Annies)Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson2:06
11."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram3:24
12."Silver Bells" (featuring Xenia)Jay Livingston, Ray Evans3:10
13."Time for Me to Come Home" (featuring Dorothy Shackleford)Dorothy Shackleford, Shelton2:40
14."The Very Best Time of Year" (featuring Trypta-Phunk)Broussard, Byus, Shelton, Tackett2:58

Personnel

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cheers, It's Christmas review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  2. ^ Bjorke, Matt (29 November 2012). "Cheers, It's Christmas review". Roughstock. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Blake Shelton "Cheers It's Christmas" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. September 3, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  4. ^ http://trypta-phunk.com/
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Matt Bjorke (January 3, 2013). "Country Album Chart News For January 3, 2013: Taylor Swift Still #1; Hunter Hayes Gold". Roughstock. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  7. ^ http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-november-20-2013-christmas-albums-from-duck-dynasty-kelly-blake-lady-a-scotty-lead-way-kellie-pickler-debuts
  8. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (December 24, 2014). "Country Album Chart Report For December 24, 2014". Roughstock. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  9. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Top Country Albums: 2012 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  11. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Top Country Albums: 2013 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  13. ^ "Top Catalog Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  14. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Blake Shelton – Cheers, It's Christmas". Music Canada.
  15. ^ "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Cheers, It%27s Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America.