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My Christmas

January 01, 1970

For 2014 album, see My Christmas (Plácido Domingo album). For the Christmas special of the album, see My Christmas Special.

My Christmas[1] is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.[2]

My Christmas
Studio album by
Andrea Bocelli
ReleasedNovember 3, 2009
GenreChristmas
Length59:17 (US)
LabelUniversal, Philips, Decca, Verve, Sugar
ProducerDavid Foster, Renato Serio
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Incanto
(2008) 		My Christmas
(2009) 		Carmen: Duets & Arias
(2010)
Singles from My Christmas
  1. "White Christmas"
    Released: 3 November 2009
  2. "What Child Is This"
    Released: 3 November 2009

The album is a compilation of seasonal holiday favorites, mainly in English, with a few selections in Italian, German, and French, produced by multiple Grammy Award winner David Foster, containing duets with Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole, Reba McEntire, Katherine Jenkins, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Muppets.[3] It also includes "God Bless Us Everyone", the only original song of the album, which Bocelli recorded for the closing of the 2009 film, A Christmas Carol.[4][5]

A Spanish version of the album, called Mi Navidad, was released November 23, 2009,[6] and a PBS Christmas special of the album, filmed in the Kodak Theatre, was released on DVD December 8, 2010, after airing on PBS stations nationwide.

With over 2.2 million copies sold in the last two months of 2009 in the United States alone, the album was the best-selling holiday album of the year, and one of the best-selling albums of 2009, with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies.[7][8][9]

As of November 2014, My Christmas has sold over 3,010,000 copies in the United States, making it one of the best-selling holiday albums in the United States, since Nielsen SoundScan tracking music sales tracking began in 1991.[10]

Release and promotion edit

2009 edit

The Andrea Bocelli & David Foster Christmas Special, the PBS special of the album, first aired on Thanksgiving night in the United States, and continued to be broadcast in the United States and Canada throughout the month of December. In late November, the program was broadcast in Mexico and in the UK; it later aired, December 15 and 25, on Italia 1, in Italy, December 19, on TVE2 and TROS, in Spain and the Netherlands, and Christmas Eve, on vtm and RTL-TVI, in Belgium and Luxembourg.

On November 3, during the World Premiere of Disney's A Christmas Carol, in Leicester Square, London, following the switching on of the annual Oxford Street and Regent Street Christmas lights, Bocelli led the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, and more than 14,000 people across the capital, as they broke the Official Guinness World Record for the biggest ever Christmas carol sing-along, singing "Silent Night". He completed his performance in Leicester Square with, "God Bless Us Everyone", the closing song of the movie, which he provided the vocals for in English, Italian and Spanish.[4][5] He returned to the United Kingdom, December 16, for an appearance on The One Show, broadcast live by BBC One, and on The Alan Titchmarsh Show which aired December 18, on ITV1.

On November 21, a segment of Leute Heute, a German tabloid-program on ZDF, was about My Christmas and Bocelli's meeting in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI and 250 other artists, an event which was broadcast live earlier that day in Italy, by Rai Uno. Bocelli was also joined by the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano, in his home in Forte dei Marmi, where they sang "Caro Gesù Bambino", a song from My Christmas which was originally recorded by the choir in 1960. Rai Uno also broadcast the performance later that day, during the Zecchino d'Oro Festival. The following day, Bocelli was among Fabio Fazio's guests, on his popular Italian talk-show, Che tempo che fa, broadcast on Rai Tre. During the program Bocelli talked about his album and performed "The Lord's Prayer", "White Christmas", and "Silent Night". It was also announced that Bocelli will return to the show, December 20, where he will give a live concert of My Christmas. Bocelli also took part in the annual 2009 José Carreras Gala, on December 17, where he sang Adeste Fideles, before singing "White Christmas" with José Carreras for the very first time, which was broadcast live, by Das Erste, in Germany. He then returning to Italy, for a concert in the Upper Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, on December 19, which was broadcast directly after the Urbi et Orbi blessing of Pope Benedict XVI, December 25, on Rai Uno.

In North America, Bocelli gave 6 concerts. On November 28, he performed in the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. He later performed in the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, Canada, in the Izod Center, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the William Saroyan Theatre, in Fresno, California, (changed from the much larger venue, the Save Mart Center, due to scheduling conflicts), in the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, and finally in the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, on December 3, 5, 8, 12, and 13. His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5.6 million dollars, placing him third on Billboard's week's Hot Tours ranking, behind the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Il Divo, who both held over 5 times more concerts worldwide, compared to Bocelli's three in the United States, explaining their better showings.[11]

In the United States, Bocelli made a number of high-profile TV appearances. He first performed "White Christmas" at the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, broadcast live on NBC, November 26. He then performed the song again, November 30, during The Today Show also live. His appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show during her Holiday Music Extravaganza, where he sang "What Child Is This", with Mary J. Blige, and later closed the show with Adeste Fideles, was also aired the same day, and was later rebroadcast on December 23. Bocelli also sang "Adeste Fideles" and was interviewed by Barbara Walters and Joy Behar on The View, which aired December 2, on ABC. On December 8, he performed "Jingle Bells" with the Muppets on NBC's The Jay Leno Show. He also performed a number of songs from the album, including "The Christmas Song" with Natalie Cole, during a dinner at David Foster's mansion in Malibu, which was feathered on The Dr. Phil Show, on December 10. Bocelli also performed "White Christmas" and "Silent Night", on Larry King Live's and Fox & Friends' holiday specials, broadcast December 23 on CNN, and December 19, 24 and 25 on Fox News. Bocelli's rendition of "Silent Night" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week, for December 1, 2009.[12] Starbucks also offered My Christmas for sale, in their stores.[13]

In Brasil, following the success of the South American leg of the Incanto tour, were over 100,000 people attended his free concert at the São Paulo's "Parque Indipendencia", earlier in the year,[14] it was announced that Bocelli would hold another Open-Air, entrance free, concert in Florianópolis, on December 28, where a crowd of about a million people was expected to attend. However, for financial and political reasons, the concert was later canceled on short notice, along with all the other events scheduled for Christmas in the city.

2010 edit

As part of the 2010 leg of the My Christmas Tour, Bocelli gave two concerts in the two largest indoor arenas of the United Kingdom, The O2 Arena, in London, and the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, and a concert in the largest indoor arena in Ireland, The O2, in Dublin, in late November 2010.[15][16][17] His sold out concert at the O2 in London, was the most attended show in the venue's history, with 16,500 people attending the event.[18]

In early December, Bocelli gave 6 concerts in the United States. He will perform in Madison Square Garden, in New York City, Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, TD Garden, in Boston, Toyota Center, in Houston, Staples Center, in Los Angeles, and the MGM Grand's Garden Arena, in the Las Vegas Strip.[19] The Toyota Center concert, in Houston, was attended by former president George Bush Sr. and first lady Barbara Bush.

Bocelli also toke part in the Christmas in Washington special on December 12, in the presence of president Barack Obama and the first lady.[20][21] On December 19, Bocelli gave a concert, conducted by Claudio Scimone, in the Italian Senate.[22] The concert was attended by Italy's top officials including Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano, Renato Schifani, the president of the Italian Senate, Gianfranco Fini, the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Tarcisio Bertone, Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See.[23]

2011 edit

Bocelli gave 5 concerts in the United States in December 2011,[24] in support of both My Christmas and his then new live album, Concerto: One Night in Central Park. Bocelli also performed White Christmas in an appearance at Good Morning America, airing December 22.

Critical reception edit

The album received generally positive reviews.

Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a positive review and praised it as "not only a warm and inviting holiday album, but also a superb classical crossover entry worthy of Bocelli's discography."[25]

Commercial performance edit

In the United States, despite being released in early November, My Christmas was the fifth best-selling album of 2009, and second, only to Susan Boyle's debut album I Dreamed A Dream, in the lists of best-selling albums released in 2009, best-selling albums during the 2009 holiday season, and best-selling 2009 Internet Albums.[7][8] It was also the best-selling holiday album of 2009, with just under 2.21 million units sold in only nine weeks, over four times as many as the year's second seasonal seller, Sting's If on a Winter's Night..., and nearly as many copies as the rest of the top ten seasonal best-sellers combined.[8] It is only the second Christmas album, in Nielsen SoundScan history, to wind up in the year-end top five, the other being Josh Groban's Noël, the best-selling album of 2007.[26] By November 2014, My Christmas had sold 3.01 million copies in the US,[8][27][28][29] making it one of the best-selling holiday album in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan music sales tracking began in 1991.

My Christmas was also the sixth best-selling album of 2009, fifth best-selling album released in 2009, second best-selling album during the holiday season, and best-selling holiday album, in Canada, with 228,000 units sold in the country, 222,000 of which were physical sales, making it also the sixth best-physical seller of the year.[30] Bocelli was also the sixth and tenth best-selling artist of the year, in the United States and Canada respectively, with 2,668,000 and 264,000 units of his albums sold in both countries, in 2009.[8][30]

My Christmas sold over 5 million copies worldwide, in 2009 alone, despite being released internationally for a little over a month during the year,[9] making it the 10th best selling album in 2009, worldwide.[31][32]

United States edit

My Christmas was listed in the top three on the Billboard 200 chart in its first eight weeks on the chart, selling over 100,000 copies on each of those weeks, and spending five of them at the No. 2 position, making it the first album to spend five or more weeks peaking in the runner-up position, since Now 8, in 2001, and the 11th to do so in the last 25 years.[33] It also held the No. 1 position on the US Classical albums chart, for nine consecutive weeks, and on the Holiday albums chart for eight consecutive weeks, slipping to No. 2 on its ninth week of release (the week after Christmas). On December 7, 2009, My Christmas was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than two million copies in the US.[34]

My Christmas first arrived at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and at No. 1 on both the US Classical albums and holiday albums charts, with 149,000 copies sold on its first week, marking Bocelli's fifth top 10 effort and a record-setting seventh No. 1 peaking, on the Billboard 200 chart and Classical albums chart, respectively. It also marked, at the time, Bocelli's best sales week since Cieli di Toscana blew through 177,000 over Christmas week of 2001, and his second-best debut sales week, trailing only Bocelli's 1999 album Sogno, which pulled in a slightly better first-week number.[35][36] Moreover, at No. 3, it marked Bocelli's highest chart debut in America, since his 2006 album, Amore.[36] However, the album climbed one notch to No. 2, with 136,000 units sold (down a scant 8%) in its second week,[37] and remained at No. 2 the following four weeks, with 185,000 units sold (a gain of 36%) in its third week,[38] 218,000 sold (a gain of 18%) in its fourth,[39] and another 428,000 (up 97%) sold in its fifth week,[40] 20,000 of which were digital copies, making it the top selling album on iTunes and the No. 1 US Digital Album, of the week.[41][42][43] Its fifth week marked Bocelli's best sales week in America to date, in which My Christmas surpassed a million in total (1,12 million), and became his best-selling album in the States, since the release of Amore in 2006 (1,66 million), as well as his highest-charting album in the country.[40] The album then continued to play runner-up to Susan Boyle's Dream, for a third week, with an additional 400,000 units sold (down 7%) in its sixth week.[44]

After five weeks stuck at No. 2, My Christmas slipped one notch to No. 3 with 390,000 units sold (down 3%) in its seventh week,[45] in which the album blew through 1,9 million copies and became Bocelli's third-best seller in America, behind Romanza (4.2 million) and Sogno (2.5 million), and his best-seller released in the first decade of the 21st century.[45] Bocelli remained at No. 3 the following week, with an additional 284,000 units sold (down 27%) on the album's eighth week,[46] before slipping thirty-one positions to No. 34, with only 17,000 units sold (down 94%) in its ninth and final sales week of 2009.[47]

My Christmas re-entered the Billboard 200 chart in late November 2010, peaking at No. 11 in mid-December and selling over 70,000 units that week (fewer than 100 copies away from re-entering the top 10).[48] The album's total 2010 sales were at 371,000 copies,[27] making My Christmas the only catalog album among the five best-selling holiday albums of 2010, after topping the list the previous year, as well as Bocelli's second-best selling album ever in the U.S., surpassing his 1999 album Sogno, and trailing only his 1997 breakthrough album Romanza, with just under 2.6 million copies sold in the country in its two years of release. The album also spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1, on Billboard's Catalog Albums Chart, in December 2010.[49][50][51][52] The only previous time Bocelli had topped the Catalog Chart was in 2000, over a decade earlier, with his album Romanza.[53] My Christmas was the second best selling Catalog album of the year, surpassed only by Adele's 2008 album, 19.[54]

The album yet again reentered the chart in mid November 2011. For the week ending December 4, the album jumped 33 positions to No. 17,[55] in its 24th week on the chart, with 35,000 copies sold, topping the Catalog Albums Chart for the second straight year, and for a fifth week since its release. Bocelli was the only artist with two albums in the top 20 during that week, as his 2011 live album, Concerto, One Night in Central Park returned to the Top 10, reaching No. 8.[56] The following week, the album jumped one spot to No. 16, the highest position achieved by a catalog album that season, with 49,000 copies sold, spending a sixth non-consecutive week a top the Catalog Chart,[57] and giving Bocelli a second week with 2 albums in the Top 20,[58] as Concerto also rose to No. 6, with 79,000 copies sold.[59] Bocelli had yet another week with 2 albums in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart, as My Christmas slipped only 3 positions to No. 19 with 48,000 copies sold, remaining on top of the Catalog Chart, while Concerto sold 76,000 more copies, sliding just two positions to No. 8 on the chart.[60] The following week, the Christmas album dropped to No. 36,[61] slipping to No. 2 on the Catalog chart after spending 3 straight week a top the chart,[62] while the live album dropped to No. 13.[63] My Christmas sold a total of 247,000 copies in 2011, placing it in the top 10 of the Top selling seasonal albums of the year, at No. 6, for the third consecutive year, and making it the best selling Catalog Holiday album for the second year.[28] The album was also 9th on the Billboard Year-End top-selling Catalog album chart,[64] slipping from being second the previous year. In the meantime Bocelli's other album Concerto sold 460,000 copies in its 6 weeks of release during the year, making it the 8th top selling albums during the 2011 Holiday Season.[28]

In November 2012, My Christmas reentered the Billboard 200 chart, reaching No. 2 on the Catalog Albums Chart, second only to Michael Bublé's 2011 Christmas album, on its second week of the season.[65] For the week ending December 2, the album jumped 43 positions to No. 36,[66] with nearly 20,000 copies sold on its 31st week on the chart, also reaching No. 3 on the Catalog albums chart,[67] and reentering the Top 10 of the Holiday albums chart.[68] The following week, the album climbed another spot on both the Billboard 200 and Holiday albums charts, reaching No. 35,[69] and No. 9,[70] respectively, its peak positions of the season on both charts. It also spent another week at No. 3 on the Catalog albums Chart.[71] My Christmas sold a total of 123,000 copies in 2012, placing it in the top 10 of the Top selling seasonal albums of the year, at No. 10, for the fourth consecutive year, dropping to fourth among Catalog Holiday albums after being first the two previous years.[29]

Canada edit

My Christmas was listed in the top three of the Canadian Albums Chart for six consecutive weeks, and was No. 2 in four of those weeks. It debuted at No. 15 on the chart,[41] and climbed to No. 8 in its second week on the chart.[72][73][74][75] On its third week however, with an additional 16,000 units sold, it shot up six positions to No. 2,[76][77][78][79] marking Bocelli's highest peak positioning in Canada since Sogno topped the Canadian Albums chart, on its debut week a decade earlier, in 1999.[80] On its fourth week, the album slipped one notch to No. 3,[81] and stayed there, with another 42,000 units sold, on its fifth week.[82][83][84][85][86] The following week, the album was back on the No. 2 spot on the chart,[87] and stayed there the following 2 weeks, with an additional 53,000 units sold on its seventh week of release,[88][89][90][91][92] and around 30,000 on its eighth.[93] In its ninth week, the last sales week of 2009, the album slipped twenty positions to No. 22 on the chart, but remained No. 1 on the Canadian classical albums chart, a position it held in all its nine weeks, in 2009.

Italy edit

My Christmas spent a total of 3 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Italian FIMI Albums Chart, debuting at No. 7, with just under 10,000 copies sold in its first week of release,[94] and climbing, the following week, to No. 3 with around 16,000 sold in its second.[95] In its third week, the album climbed another notch to No. 2, with an additional 28,000 copies,[96] before reaching the No. 1 spot, with 72,000 units sold in its fourth week,[97] where it remained the following 2 week, with 92,000 units sold in its fifth week,[98] and 23,000 units sold in its sixth week of release.[99]

Hungary and Poland edit

My Christmas also topped the Hungarian Albums Chart,[100] achieving triple platinum status,[101] and becoming the second best selling album of 2009 in the country.[102]

The album also topped the Polish Albums Chart, for 3 consecutive weeks in 2009.[103] In December 2011, exactly two years later, My Christmas reentered the Polish album chart at No. 2,[104] and went on to top it the following week,[105] giving it a total of four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the chart.

United Kingdom edit

In the United Kingdom, My Christmas debuted at No. 18, with over 41,000 units sold on its first week of release,[106] then slipped to No. 24, on its second, and stayed there on its third, before slipping one notch to No. 25 on its fourth week, with a three-week total exceeding 100,000 copies.

Mi Navidad chart performance edit

Mi Navidad, the Spanish version of the album, arrived at No. 180 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling just under 7,000 copies on its first week, and peaked at No.1 on both the US Latin Albums and the US Latin Pop Albums charts, and at No. 3, on the US Classical Albums chart,[6] at which time Bocelli held the No. 1 and No. 3 spots simultaneously on the chart, with the two versions of the album, for 4 consecutive weeks.[107][108][109][110] Mi Navidad shipped 50,000 units in 2009 in the United States, and was certified gold by the RIAA.[111]

Singles edit

"White Christmas" edit

"White Christmas" was recorded by Bocelli for the album. The song debuted at No. 7 on the Hungarian Singles Chart.[112]

"What Child is This" edit

Bocelli covered "What Child Is This?" for the album, singing the carol with American R&B singer Mary J. Blige. The single was released in North America on November 3, 2009, the same release date as the album.

Bocelli performed the song with Blige for his PBS My Christmas Special, which aired on PBS stations throughout the month of December. He later performed the song with Blige on the Holiday Music Extravaganza edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired November 30, 2009.[113]

"What Child is This" entered the US Hot Digital Songs chart on December 9, 2009, at number 63.

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100[41] 66
US Hot Digital Songs[41] 63

Track listing edit

North American standard listing[114]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."White Christmas/Bianco Natale"Irving Berlin, DevilliDavid Foster3:59
2."Angels We Have Heard On High"TraditionalFoster3:53
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"J. Fred Coots, Haven GillespieFoster3:32
4."The Christmas Song" (with Natalie Cole)Mel Tormé, Robert WellsFoster4:33
5."The Lord's Prayer" (with Mormon Tabernacle Choir)TraditionalFoster4:25
6."What Child Is This?" (with Mary J. Blige)William Chatterton DixFoster4:31
7."Adeste Fideles"John Francis Wade, Jean François BorderiesRenato Serio3:33
8."O Tannenbaum"Ernst Anschütz, Joachim August ZarnackFoster4:18
9."Jingle Bells" (with the Muppets)James PierpontFoster3:35
10."Silent Night"Joseph Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber, John Freeman YoungFoster4:36
11."Blue Christmas" (with Reba McEntire)Billy Hayes, Jay W. JohnsonFoster4:18
12."Cantique De Noel"Adolphe Adam, Placide CappeauFoster4:34
13."Caro Gesù Bambino"Piero Soffici, Pier Quinto CariaggiFoster1:43
14."I Believe" (with Katherine Jenkins)Eric LéviFoster4:24
15."God Bless Us Everyone" (from the A Christmas Carol soundtrack)Glen Ballard, Alan SilvestriGlen Ballard, Alan Silvestri3:15
International standard listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."White Christmas/Bianco Natale"BerlinFoster3:58
2."Angels We Have Heard On High" Foster3:53
3."Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"Coots, GillespieFoster3:32
4."The Christmas Song" (with Cole)Tormé, WellsFoster4:32
5."The Lord's Prayer" (with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) Foster4:24
6."What Child Is This" (with Blige)Chatterton DixFoster4:30
7."Adeste Fideles"Wade, BorderiesSerio3:33
8."O Tannenbaum"Anschütz, ZarnackFoster4:17
9."Jingle Bells" (with the Muppets)PierpontFoster3:34
10."Silent Night"Mohr, Gruber, YoungFoster4:36
11."Blue Christmas" (with Malika Ayane)Hayes, JohnsonFoster4:17
12."Cantique De Noel"Adam, CappeauFoster4:34
13."Caro Gesù Bambino"Soffici, CariaggiFoster1:43
14."Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle"Alphonsus LiguoriSerio2:49
15."God Bless Us Everyone"Ballard, SilvestriBallard, Silvestri3:15
16."I Believe" (with Jenkins)LéviFoster4:24
Mi Navidad (Spanish version) standard listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blanca Navidad (White Christmas)"BerlinFoster3:59
2."Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Angels We Have Heard On High)"ChadwickFoster3:53
3."Santa Claus Llego' A La Ciudad (Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)"Coots, GillespieFoster3:32
4."The Christmas Song" (with Cole)Tormé, WellsFoster4:33
5."The Lord's Prayer" (with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) Foster4:25
6."What Child Is This" (with Blige)Chatterton DixFoster4:31
7."Venid Adoremos (Adeste Fideles)"Wade, BorderiesSerio3:33
8."El Abeto (O Tannenbaum)"Anschütz, ZarnackFoster4:18
9."Jingle Bells" (with the Muppets)PierpontFoster3:35
10."Noche De Paz (Silent Night)"Mohr, Gruber, YoungFoster4:36
11."Blue Christmas" (with Malika Ayane)Hayes, JohnsonFoster4:18
12."Santa La Noche (Cantique De Noel)"Adam, CappeauFoster4:34
13."Caro Gesu Bambino"Soffici, CariaggiFoster1:43
14."Bajas De Las Estrellas (Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle)"Alphonsus LiguoriSerio2:49
15."Dios Nos Bendecira (God Bless Us Everyone)"SilvestriSilvestri3:16

Personnel edit

Unless otherwise indicated, credits are adapted from liner notes[115]

  • Andrea Bocelli - vocals (tracks 1, 4, 11-14, lead on 2-3, 5-10, 15), melodica (3), flute solo (8, 14)
  • Janet Adderly - kids choir conductor (track 3)
  • The Adderly School Kids Choir - background vocals (track 3)
  • Animal - Muppets group member voiced by Eric Jacobson[116] (track 9)
  • Haydn Bendall - orchestral recording engineer (tracks 1-6, 8-14)
  • Tom Bender - assistant audio mixing (track 15)
  • Mary J. Blige - lead vocals (track 6)
  • Courtney Blooding - production coordinator (All tracks), background vocals (tracks 6, 8, 10)
  • Edie Lehmann Boddicker - choir contractor (track 2)
  • Daniele Bonaviri - guitar solo (track 6)
  • Brian Bromberg - bass played by (track 4)
  • Valerio Calisse - choir conductor (track 7), additional recording engineer (1-6, 8-14)
  • Scott Campbell - recording engineer (track 15)
  • Peter Cobbin - choir recording engineer (track 15)
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - drums (tracks 4, 11)
  • Natalie Cole - vocals (track 4)
  • Devilli - Italian Lyrics written by (track 1)
  • Terry Edwards - London choir master (track 15)
  • David Foster - musical arrangement, orchestral arrangement (tracks 2, 5-6, 8-10), keyboards (1, 4, 6, 8, 10-11, 14), piano (5, 12-13), organ played by (2, 5)
  • Erin Foster - musical arrangement (tracks 8, 10)
  • Jordan D. Foster - musical arrangement (tracks 8-9)
  • Sara Michael Foster - musical arrangement (tracks 2, 8)
  • Fozzie Bear - Muppets group member voiced by Eric Jacobson[117] (track 9)
  • Gonzo - Muppets group member voiced by Dave Goelz (track 9)
  • Mark Graham - LA choir master (track 15)
  • Isobel Griffiths - orchestra contractor (All tracks)
  • Pierpaolo Guerrini - additional recording engineer (tracks 1-6, 8-14)
  • Mick Guzauski - audio mixing (track 15)
  • Roy Hendricks - Mary J. Blige's vocal recording engineer (track 6)
  • Katherine Jenkins - vocals (track 14)
  • Lewis Jones - assistant recording engineer (tracks 1-6, 8-14)
  • Kermit the Frog - Muppets group member voiced by Steve Whitmire (track 9)
  • Reba McEntire - vocals (track 11)
  • Chris Owens - assistant recording engineer (tracks 1-6, 8-14)
  • Miss Piggy - Muppets group member voiced by Eric Jacobson (track 9)
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir - choir vocal performers (track 5)
  • The Muppets - vocals (track 9)
  • Maurice Murphy - trumpet solo (track 8)
  • Richard Page - background vocals (track 6)
  • Fabrizio Palma - background vocals (track 7)
  • Dean Parks - guitar (tracks 4, 8, 11), rhythm guitar (6)
  • Pepe the King Prawn - Muppets group member voiced by Bill Barretta[116](track 9)
  • Paul Pritchard - assistant recording engineer (tracks 1-6, 8-14)
  • Roman Academy Choir - background vocals (track 7)
  • William Ross - orchestral arrangements (All tracks), musical arrangement (track 12)
  • Jochem Van Der Saag - music programming, sound designer (All tracks), musical arrangement (track 12), recording engineer (1-6, 8-14), audio mixing (1-14)
  • Salvation Army Boys Choir - background vocals (tracks 8, 10)
  • Dennis S. Sands - orchestral recording engineer (track 15)
  • Renato Serio - musical arrangement (track 7)
  • Luciano Torani - recording engineer (track 7)
  • Jorge Vivo - recording engineer (tracks 1-6, 8-14)
  • Lucy Whalley - orchestra contractor (All tracks)
  • Mack Wilberg - choir conductor, choir vocal arrangements (track 5)

Charts and certifications edit

Sales and certifications edit

My Christmas
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[153] 5× Platinum 400,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[154] Gold 10,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[155] Gold 14,796[155]
Greece (IFPI Greece)[156] Gold 3,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[101] 3× Platinum 18,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[157] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Italy (FIMI)[158] 4× Platinum 280,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[159] Gold 25,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[160] Platinum 30,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[161] Gold 10,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[162] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[163] Gold 100,000*
United States (RIAA)[34] 2× Platinum 3,010,000[10]
United States (RIAA)[111]
for Mi Navidad 		Gold (Latin) 50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

PBS special edit

Main article: My Christmas Special

My Christmas was also a major component of a PBS Great Performances special, filmed September 15, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, airing in the New York City/tri-state viewing area on THIRTEEN's Great Performances series on Thanksgiving night, November 26, with additional broadcasts, which continued throughout December, on PBS stations nationwide, featuring Bocelli and Foster with additional guests including Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Katherine Jenkins and the Muppets.[164] The DVD of the full program was internationally released December 8, 2009.

Deluxe CD/DVD edition edit

A Deluxe edition that features the standard CD and a bonus DVD containing highlights from the PBS My Christmas Special was released on November 23, 2009. Another Deluxe edition, containing the same DVD and, Mi Navidad, the Spanish version of the album, was released December 1, 2009.

Release history edit

The US version of the album was released November 3, 2009, by Philips Records in North America, whereas the International version, containing an extra track, was released November 20, by Sugar in Italy, and by Universal in the rest of the world, except for the UK and Ireland, where it was released November 30, by Decca.

Country Date Format Label
United States November 3, 2009 CD, digital download Philips
Canada
Argentina November 20, 2009 CD, digital download Universal
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Czech Republic
Finland
Greece
Germany
Hungary
Hong Kong
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy November 20, 2009 CD, digital download Sugar
United Kingdom November 30, 2009 CD, CD+DVD,
CD, digital download 		Decca
Ireland

The CD/DVD package was released Internationally November 23, 2009, except for the UK and Ireland, where it was released November 30, the same day as the album.

Country Date Format Label
United States November 23, 2009 CD+DVD Philips
Canada
Argentina November 23, 2009 CD+DVD Universal
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Czech Republic
Finland
Greece
Germany
Hungary
Hong Kong
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy November 23, 2009 CD+DVD Sugar

Mi Navidad, the Spanish version of the album, was released Internationally, by Universal Latino, also on November 23, 2009.[6] Its CD/DVD package was released by the same label, on December 1.

See also edit

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January 01, 1970
christmas, 2014, album, plácido, domingo, album, christmas, special, album, special, thirteenth, studio, album, first, christmas, album, released, italian, tenor, andrea, bocelli, studio, album, andrea, bocellireleasednovember, 2009genrechristmaslength59, labe. For 2014 album see My Christmas Placido Domingo album For the Christmas special of the album see My Christmas Special My Christmas 1 is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli 2 My ChristmasStudio album by Andrea BocelliReleasedNovember 3 2009GenreChristmasLength59 17 US LabelUniversal Philips Decca Verve SugarProducerDavid Foster Renato SerioAndrea Bocelli chronologyIncanto 2008 My Christmas 2009 Carmen Duets amp Arias 2010 Singles from My Christmas White Christmas Released 3 November 2009 What Child Is This Released 3 November 2009 The album is a compilation of seasonal holiday favorites mainly in English with a few selections in Italian German and French produced by multiple Grammy Award winner David Foster containing duets with Mary J Blige Natalie Cole Reba McEntire Katherine Jenkins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Muppets 3 It also includes God Bless Us Everyone the only original song of the album which Bocelli recorded for the closing of the 2009 film A Christmas Carol 4 5 A Spanish version of the album called Mi Navidad was released November 23 2009 6 and a PBS Christmas special of the album filmed in the Kodak Theatre was released on DVD December 8 2010 after airing on PBS stations nationwide With over 2 2 million copies sold in the last two months of 2009 in the United States alone the album was the best selling holiday album of the year and one of the best selling albums of 2009 with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies 7 8 9 As of November 2014 My Christmas has sold over 3 010 000 copies in the United States making it one of the best selling holiday albums in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking music sales tracking began in 1991 10 Contents 1 Release and promotion 1 1 2009 1 2 2010 1 3 2011 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 3 1 United States 3 2 Canada 3 3 Italy 3 4 Hungary and Poland 3 5 United Kingdom 3 6 Mi Navidad chart performance 4 Singles 4 1 White Christmas 4 2 What Child is This 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 Charts and certifications 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Sales and certifications 9 PBS special 10 Deluxe CD DVD edition 11 Release history 12 See also 13 ReferencesRelease and promotion edit2009 edit The Andrea Bocelli amp David Foster Christmas Special the PBS special of the album first aired on Thanksgiving night in the United States and continued to be broadcast in the United States and Canada throughout the month of December In late November the program was broadcast in Mexico and in the UK it later aired December 15 and 25 on Italia 1 in Italy December 19 on TVE2 and TROS in Spain and the Netherlands and Christmas Eve on vtm and RTL TVI in Belgium and Luxembourg On November 3 during the World Premiere of Disney s A Christmas Carol in Leicester Square London following the switching on of the annual Oxford Street and Regent Street Christmas lights Bocelli led the St Paul s Cathedral Choir and more than 14 000 people across the capital as they broke the Official Guinness World Record for the biggest ever Christmas carol sing along singing Silent Night He completed his performance in Leicester Square with God Bless Us Everyone the closing song of the movie which he provided the vocals for in English Italian and Spanish 4 5 He returned to the United Kingdom December 16 for an appearance on The One Show broadcast live by BBC One and on The Alan Titchmarsh Show which aired December 18 on ITV1 On November 21 a segment of Leute Heute a German tabloid program on ZDF was about My Christmas and Bocelli s meeting in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI and 250 other artists an event which was broadcast live earlier that day in Italy by Rai Uno Bocelli was also joined by the Piccolo Coro dell Antoniano in his home in Forte dei Marmi where they sang Caro Gesu Bambino a song from My Christmas which was originally recorded by the choir in 1960 Rai Uno also broadcast the performance later that day during the Zecchino d Oro Festival The following day Bocelli was among Fabio Fazio s guests on his popular Italian talk show Che tempo che fa broadcast on Rai Tre During the program Bocelli talked about his album and performed The Lord s Prayer White Christmas and Silent Night It was also announced that Bocelli will return to the show December 20 where he will give a live concert of My Christmas Bocelli also took part in the annual 2009 Jose Carreras Gala on December 17 where he sang Adeste Fideles before singing White Christmas with Jose Carreras for the very first time which was broadcast live by Das Erste in Germany He then returning to Italy for a concert in the Upper Basilica of San Francesco d Assisi on December 19 which was broadcast directly after the Urbi et Orbi blessing of Pope Benedict XVI December 25 on Rai Uno In North America Bocelli gave 6 concerts On November 28 he performed in the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise Florida He later performed in the Air Canada Centre in Toronto Canada in the Izod Center in East Rutherford New Jersey in the William Saroyan Theatre in Fresno California changed from the much larger venue the Save Mart Center due to scheduling conflicts in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and finally in the Honda Center in Anaheim California on December 3 5 8 12 and 13 His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5 6 million dollars placing him third on Billboard s week s Hot Tours ranking behind the Trans Siberian Orchestra and Il Divo who both held over 5 times more concerts worldwide compared to Bocelli s three in the United States explaining their better showings 11 In the United States Bocelli made a number of high profile TV appearances He first performed White Christmas at the 83rd annual Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast live on NBC November 26 He then performed the song again November 30 during The Today Show also live His appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show during her Holiday Music Extravaganza where he sang What Child Is This with Mary J Blige and later closed the show with Adeste Fideles was also aired the same day and was later rebroadcast on December 23 Bocelli also sang Adeste Fideles and was interviewed by Barbara Walters and Joy Behar on The View which aired December 2 on ABC On December 8 he performed Jingle Bells with the Muppets on NBC s The Jay Leno Show He also performed a number of songs from the album including The Christmas Song with Natalie Cole during a dinner at David Foster s mansion in Malibu which was feathered on The Dr Phil Show on December 10 Bocelli also performed White Christmas and Silent Night on Larry King Live s and Fox amp Friends holiday specials broadcast December 23 on CNN and December 19 24 and 25 on Fox News Bocelli s rendition of Silent Night was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week for December 1 2009 12 Starbucks also offered My Christmas for sale in their stores 13 In Brasil following the success of the South American leg of the Incanto tour were over 100 000 people attended his free concert at the Sao Paulo s Parque Indipendencia earlier in the year 14 it was announced that Bocelli would hold another Open Air entrance free concert in Florianopolis on December 28 where a crowd of about a million people was expected to attend However for financial and political reasons the concert was later canceled on short notice along with all the other events scheduled for Christmas in the city 2010 edit As part of the 2010 leg of the My Christmas Tour Bocelli gave two concerts in the two largest indoor arenas of the United Kingdom The O2 Arena in London and the M E N Arena in Manchester and a concert in the largest indoor arena in Ireland The O2 in Dublin in late November 2010 15 16 17 His sold out concert at the O2 in London was the most attended show in the venue s history with 16 500 people attending the event 18 In early December Bocelli gave 6 concerts in the United States He will perform in Madison Square Garden in New York City Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey TD Garden in Boston Toyota Center in Houston Staples Center in Los Angeles and the MGM Grand s Garden Arena in the Las Vegas Strip 19 The Toyota Center concert in Houston was attended by former president George Bush Sr and first lady Barbara Bush Bocelli also toke part in the Christmas in Washington special on December 12 in the presence of president Barack Obama and the first lady 20 21 On December 19 Bocelli gave a concert conducted by Claudio Scimone in the Italian Senate 22 The concert was attended by Italy s top officials including Italy s president Giorgio Napolitano Renato Schifani the president of the Italian Senate Gianfranco Fini the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Tarcisio Bertone Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See 23 2011 edit Bocelli gave 5 concerts in the United States in December 2011 24 in support of both My Christmas and his then new live album Concerto One Night in Central Park Bocelli also performed White Christmas in an appearance at Good Morning America airing December 22 Critical reception editThe album received generally positive reviews Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a positive review and praised it as not only a warm and inviting holiday album but also a superb classical crossover entry worthy of Bocelli s discography 25 Commercial performance editIn the United States despite being released in early November My Christmas was the fifth best selling album of 2009 and second only to Susan Boyle s debut album I Dreamed A Dream in the lists of best selling albums released in 2009 best selling albums during the 2009 holiday season and best selling 2009 Internet Albums 7 8 It was also the best selling holiday album of 2009 with just under 2 21 million units sold in only nine weeks over four times as many as the year s second seasonal seller Sting s If on a Winter s Night and nearly as many copies as the rest of the top ten seasonal best sellers combined 8 It is only the second Christmas album in Nielsen SoundScan history to wind up in the year end top five the other being Josh Groban s Noel the best selling album of 2007 26 By November 2014 My Christmas had sold 3 01 million copies in the US 8 27 28 29 making it one of the best selling holiday album in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan music sales tracking began in 1991 My Christmas was also the sixth best selling album of 2009 fifth best selling album released in 2009 second best selling album during the holiday season and best selling holiday album in Canada with 228 000 units sold in the country 222 000 of which were physical sales making it also the sixth best physical seller of the year 30 Bocelli was also the sixth and tenth best selling artist of the year in the United States and Canada respectively with 2 668 000 and 264 000 units of his albums sold in both countries in 2009 8 30 My Christmas sold over 5 million copies worldwide in 2009 alone despite being released internationally for a little over a month during the year 9 making it the 10th best selling album in 2009 worldwide 31 32 United States edit My Christmas was listed in the top three on the Billboard 200 chart in its first eight weeks on the chart selling over 100 000 copies on each of those weeks and spending five of them at the No 2 position making it the first album to spend five or more weeks peaking in the runner up position since Now 8 in 2001 and the 11th to do so in the last 25 years 33 It also held the No 1 position on the US Classical albums chart for nine consecutive weeks and on the Holiday albums chart for eight consecutive weeks slipping to No 2 on its ninth week of release the week after Christmas On December 7 2009 My Christmas was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for shipments of more than two million copies in the US 34 My Christmas first arrived at No 3 on the Billboard 200 chart and at No 1 on both the US Classical albums and holiday albums charts with 149 000 copies sold on its first week marking Bocelli s fifth top 10 effort and a record setting seventh No 1 peaking on the Billboard 200 chart and Classical albums chart respectively It also marked at the time Bocelli s best sales week since Cieli di Toscana blew through 177 000 over Christmas week of 2001 and his second best debut sales week trailing only Bocelli s 1999 album Sogno which pulled in a slightly better first week number 35 36 Moreover at No 3 it marked Bocelli s highest chart debut in America since his 2006 album Amore 36 However the album climbed one notch to No 2 with 136 000 units sold down a scant 8 in its second week 37 and remained at No 2 the following four weeks with 185 000 units sold a gain of 36 in its third week 38 218 000 sold a gain of 18 in its fourth 39 and another 428 000 up 97 sold in its fifth week 40 20 000 of which were digital copies making it the top selling album on iTunes and the No 1 US Digital Album of the week 41 42 43 Its fifth week marked Bocelli s best sales week in America to date in which My Christmas surpassed a million in total 1 12 million and became his best selling album in the States since the release of Amore in 2006 1 66 million as well as his highest charting album in the country 40 The album then continued to play runner up to Susan Boyle s Dream for a third week with an additional 400 000 units sold down 7 in its sixth week 44 After five weeks stuck at No 2 My Christmas slipped one notch to No 3 with 390 000 units sold down 3 in its seventh week 45 in which the album blew through 1 9 million copies and became Bocelli s third best seller in America behind Romanza 4 2 million and Sogno 2 5 million and his best seller released in the first decade of the 21st century 45 Bocelli remained at No 3 the following week with an additional 284 000 units sold down 27 on the album s eighth week 46 before slipping thirty one positions to No 34 with only 17 000 units sold down 94 in its ninth and final sales week of 2009 47 My Christmas re entered the Billboard 200 chart in late November 2010 peaking at No 11 in mid December and selling over 70 000 units that week fewer than 100 copies away from re entering the top 10 48 The album s total 2010 sales were at 371 000 copies 27 making My Christmas the only catalog album among the five best selling holiday albums of 2010 after topping the list the previous year as well as Bocelli s second best selling album ever in the U S surpassing his 1999 album Sogno and trailing only his 1997 breakthrough album Romanza with just under 2 6 million copies sold in the country in its two years of release The album also spent four consecutive weeks at No 1 on Billboard s Catalog Albums Chart in December 2010 49 50 51 52 The only previous time Bocelli had topped the Catalog Chart was in 2000 over a decade earlier with his album Romanza 53 My Christmas was the second best selling Catalog album of the year surpassed only by Adele s 2008 album 19 54 The album yet again reentered the chart in mid November 2011 For the week ending December 4 the album jumped 33 positions to No 17 55 in its 24th week on the chart with 35 000 copies sold topping the Catalog Albums Chart for the second straight year and for a fifth week since its release Bocelli was the only artist with two albums in the top 20 during that week as his 2011 live album Concerto One Night in Central Park returned to the Top 10 reaching No 8 56 The following week the album jumped one spot to No 16 the highest position achieved by a catalog album that season with 49 000 copies sold spending a sixth non consecutive week a top the Catalog Chart 57 and giving Bocelli a second week with 2 albums in the Top 20 58 as Concerto also rose to No 6 with 79 000 copies sold 59 Bocelli had yet another week with 2 albums in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart as My Christmas slipped only 3 positions to No 19 with 48 000 copies sold remaining on top of the Catalog Chart while Concerto sold 76 000 more copies sliding just two positions to No 8 on the chart 60 The following week the Christmas album dropped to No 36 61 slipping to No 2 on the Catalog chart after spending 3 straight week a top the chart 62 while the live album dropped to No 13 63 My Christmas sold a total of 247 000 copies in 2011 placing it in the top 10 of the Top selling seasonal albums of the year at No 6 for the third consecutive year and making it the best selling Catalog Holiday album for the second year 28 The album was also 9th on the Billboard Year End top selling Catalog album chart 64 slipping from being second the previous year In the meantime Bocelli s other album Concerto sold 460 000 copies in its 6 weeks of release during the year making it the 8th top selling albums during the 2011 Holiday Season 28 In November 2012 My Christmas reentered the Billboard 200 chart reaching No 2 on the Catalog Albums Chart second only to Michael Buble s 2011 Christmas album on its second week of the season 65 For the week ending December 2 the album jumped 43 positions to No 36 66 with nearly 20 000 copies sold on its 31st week on the chart also reaching No 3 on the Catalog albums chart 67 and reentering the Top 10 of the Holiday albums chart 68 The following week the album climbed another spot on both the Billboard 200 and Holiday albums charts reaching No 35 69 and No 9 70 respectively its peak positions of the season on both charts It also spent another week at No 3 on the Catalog albums Chart 71 My Christmas sold a total of 123 000 copies in 2012 placing it in the top 10 of the Top selling seasonal albums of the year at No 10 for the fourth consecutive year dropping to fourth among Catalog Holiday albums after being first the two previous years 29 Canada edit My Christmas was listed in the top three of the Canadian Albums Chart for six consecutive weeks and was No 2 in four of those weeks It debuted at No 15 on the chart 41 and climbed to No 8 in its second week on the chart 72 73 74 75 On its third week however with an additional 16 000 units sold it shot up six positions to No 2 76 77 78 79 marking Bocelli s highest peak positioning in Canada since Sogno topped the Canadian Albums chart on its debut week a decade earlier in 1999 80 On its fourth week the album slipped one notch to No 3 81 and stayed there with another 42 000 units sold on its fifth week 82 83 84 85 86 The following week the album was back on the No 2 spot on the chart 87 and stayed there the following 2 weeks with an additional 53 000 units sold on its seventh week of release 88 89 90 91 92 and around 30 000 on its eighth 93 In its ninth week the last sales week of 2009 the album slipped twenty positions to No 22 on the chart but remained No 1 on the Canadian classical albums chart a position it held in all its nine weeks in 2009 Italy edit My Christmas spent a total of 3 consecutive weeks at No 1 on the Italian FIMI Albums Chart debuting at No 7 with just under 10 000 copies sold in its first week of release 94 and climbing the following week to No 3 with around 16 000 sold in its second 95 In its third week the album climbed another notch to No 2 with an additional 28 000 copies 96 before reaching the No 1 spot with 72 000 units sold in its fourth week 97 where it remained the following 2 week with 92 000 units sold in its fifth week 98 and 23 000 units sold in its sixth week of release 99 Hungary and Poland edit My Christmas also topped the Hungarian Albums Chart 100 achieving triple platinum status 101 and becoming the second best selling album of 2009 in the country 102 The album also topped the Polish Albums Chart for 3 consecutive weeks in 2009 103 In December 2011 exactly two years later My Christmas reentered the Polish album chart at No 2 104 and went on to top it the following week 105 giving it a total of four non consecutive weeks at No 1 on the chart United Kingdom edit In the United Kingdom My Christmas debuted at No 18 with over 41 000 units sold on its first week of release 106 then slipped to No 24 on its second and stayed there on its third before slipping one notch to No 25 on its fourth week with a three week total exceeding 100 000 copies Mi Navidad chart performance edit Mi Navidad the Spanish version of the album arrived at No 180 on the Billboard 200 chart selling just under 7 000 copies on its first week and peaked at No 1 on both the US Latin Albums and the US Latin Pop Albums charts and at No 3 on the US Classical Albums chart 6 at which time Bocelli held the No 1 and No 3 spots simultaneously on the chart with the two versions of the album for 4 consecutive weeks 107 108 109 110 Mi Navidad shipped 50 000 units in 2009 in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA 111 Singles edit White Christmas edit White Christmas was recorded by Bocelli for the album The song debuted at No 7 on the Hungarian Singles Chart 112 What Child is This edit Bocelli covered What Child Is This for the album singing the carol with American R amp B singer Mary J Blige The single was released in North America on November 3 2009 the same release date as the album Bocelli performed the song with Blige for his PBS My Christmas Special which aired on PBS stations throughout the month of December He later performed the song with Blige on the Holiday Music Extravaganza edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show which aired November 30 2009 113 What Child is This entered the US Hot Digital Songs chart on December 9 2009 at number 63 Chart 2009 Peakposition Canadian Hot 100 41 66 US Hot Digital Songs 41 63Track listing editNorth American standard listing 114 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 White Christmas Bianco Natale Irving Berlin DevilliDavid Foster3 592 Angels We Have Heard On High TraditionalFoster3 533 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town J Fred Coots Haven GillespieFoster3 324 The Christmas Song with Natalie Cole Mel Torme Robert WellsFoster4 335 The Lord s Prayer with Mormon Tabernacle Choir TraditionalFoster4 256 What Child Is This with Mary J Blige William Chatterton DixFoster4 317 Adeste Fideles John Francis Wade Jean Francois BorderiesRenato Serio3 338 O Tannenbaum Ernst Anschutz Joachim August ZarnackFoster4 189 Jingle Bells with the Muppets James PierpontFoster3 3510 Silent Night Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber John Freeman YoungFoster4 3611 Blue Christmas with Reba McEntire Billy Hayes Jay W JohnsonFoster4 1812 Cantique De Noel Adolphe Adam Placide CappeauFoster4 3413 Caro Gesu Bambino Piero Soffici Pier Quinto CariaggiFoster1 4314 I Believe with Katherine Jenkins Eric LeviFoster4 2415 God Bless Us Everyone from the A Christmas Carol soundtrack Glen Ballard Alan SilvestriGlen Ballard Alan Silvestri3 15 International standard listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 White Christmas Bianco Natale BerlinFoster3 582 Angels We Have Heard On High Foster3 533 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Coots GillespieFoster3 324 The Christmas Song with Cole Torme WellsFoster4 325 The Lord s Prayer with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Foster4 246 What Child Is This with Blige Chatterton DixFoster4 307 Adeste Fideles Wade BorderiesSerio3 338 O Tannenbaum Anschutz ZarnackFoster4 179 Jingle Bells with the Muppets PierpontFoster3 3410 Silent Night Mohr Gruber YoungFoster4 3611 Blue Christmas with Malika Ayane Hayes JohnsonFoster4 1712 Cantique De Noel Adam CappeauFoster4 3413 Caro Gesu Bambino Soffici CariaggiFoster1 4314 Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle Alphonsus LiguoriSerio2 4915 God Bless Us Everyone Ballard SilvestriBallard Silvestri3 1516 I Believe with Jenkins LeviFoster4 24 Mi Navidad Spanish version standard listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Blanca Navidad White Christmas BerlinFoster3 592 Gloria In Excelsis Deo Angels We Have Heard On High ChadwickFoster3 533 Santa Claus Llego A La Ciudad Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Coots GillespieFoster3 324 The Christmas Song with Cole Torme WellsFoster4 335 The Lord s Prayer with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Foster4 256 What Child Is This with Blige Chatterton DixFoster4 317 Venid Adoremos Adeste Fideles Wade BorderiesSerio3 338 El Abeto O Tannenbaum Anschutz ZarnackFoster4 189 Jingle Bells with the Muppets PierpontFoster3 3510 Noche De Paz Silent Night Mohr Gruber YoungFoster4 3611 Blue Christmas with Malika Ayane Hayes JohnsonFoster4 1812 Santa La Noche Cantique De Noel Adam CappeauFoster4 3413 Caro Gesu Bambino Soffici CariaggiFoster1 4314 Bajas De Las Estrellas Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle Alphonsus LiguoriSerio2 4915 Dios Nos Bendecira God Bless Us Everyone SilvestriSilvestri3 16Personnel editUnless otherwise indicated credits are adapted from liner notes 115 Andrea Bocelli vocals tracks 1 4 11 14 lead on 2 3 5 10 15 melodica 3 flute solo 8 14 Janet Adderly kids choir conductor track 3 The Adderly School Kids Choir background vocals track 3 Animal Muppets group member voiced by Eric Jacobson 116 track 9 Haydn Bendall orchestral recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 14 Tom Bender assistant audio mixing track 15 Mary J Blige lead vocals track 6 Courtney Blooding production coordinator All tracks background vocals tracks 6 8 10 Edie Lehmann Boddicker choir contractor track 2 Daniele Bonaviri guitar solo track 6 Brian Bromberg bass played by track 4 Valerio Calisse choir conductor track 7 additional recording engineer 1 6 8 14 Scott Campbell recording engineer track 15 Peter Cobbin choir recording engineer track 15 Vinnie Colaiuta drums tracks 4 11 Natalie Cole vocals track 4 Devilli Italian Lyrics written by track 1 Terry Edwards London choir master track 15 David Foster musical arrangement orchestral arrangement tracks 2 5 6 8 10 keyboards 1 4 6 8 10 11 14 piano 5 12 13 organ played by 2 5 Erin Foster musical arrangement tracks 8 10 Jordan D Foster musical arrangement tracks 8 9 Sara Michael Foster musical arrangement tracks 2 8 Fozzie Bear Muppets group member voiced by Eric Jacobson 117 track 9 Gonzo Muppets group member voiced by Dave Goelz track 9 Mark Graham LA choir master track 15 Isobel Griffiths orchestra contractor All tracks Pierpaolo Guerrini additional recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 14 Mick Guzauski audio mixing track 15 Roy Hendricks Mary J Blige s vocal recording engineer track 6 Katherine Jenkins vocals track 14 Lewis Jones assistant recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 14 Kermit the Frog Muppets group member voiced by Steve Whitmire track 9 Reba McEntire vocals track 11 Chris Owens assistant recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 14 Miss Piggy Muppets group member voiced by Eric Jacobson track 9 Mormon Tabernacle Choir choir vocal performers track 5 The Muppets vocals track 9 Maurice Murphy trumpet solo track 8 Richard Page background vocals track 6 Fabrizio Palma background vocals track 7 Dean Parks guitar tracks 4 8 11 rhythm guitar 6 Pepe the King Prawn Muppets group member voiced by Bill Barretta 116 track 9 Paul Pritchard assistant recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 14 Roman Academy Choir background vocals track 7 William Ross orchestral arrangements All tracks musical arrangement track 12 Jochem Van Der Saag music programming sound designer All tracks musical arrangement track 12 recording engineer 1 6 8 14 audio mixing 1 14 Salvation Army Boys Choir background vocals tracks 8 10 Dennis S Sands orchestral recording engineer track 15 Renato Serio musical arrangement track 7 Luciano Torani recording engineer track 7 Jorge Vivo recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 14 Lucy Whalley orchestra contractor All tracks Mack Wilberg choir conductor choir vocal arrangements track 5 Charts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Selected charts with peak positions for My Christmas Chart 2009 2010 Peakposition Argentinian Albums 118 8 Australian Albums 119 27 Austrian Albums 120 11 Belgian Albums Flanders 121 64 Belgian Albums Wallonia 122 11 Canadian Albums 41 2 Canadian Classical Albums 123 1 Czech Albums 124 3 European Top 100 Albums 41 6 Finnish Albums 125 2 French Albums 126 163 German Albums 127 42 Greek Albums 128 4 Hungarian Albums 100 1 Irish Albums 129 7 Italian Albums 97 130 1 Japanese Albums 131 142 Mexican Albums 132 29 Netherlands Albums 133 6 New Zealand Albums 134 29 Norwegian Albums 135 4 Polish Albums 103 1 Portuguese Albums 136 5 Spanish Albums 137 70 Swedish Albums 138 9 Swiss Albums 139 140 6 UK Albums 141 18 US Billboard 200 41 2 US Catalog Albums 41 1 US Classical Albums 41 1 US Holiday Albums 41 1 US Top Digital Albums 41 1 Selected charts with peak positions for Mi Navidad Chart 2009 Peakposition US Billboard 200 6 180 US Classical Albums 6 3 US Holiday Albums 6 18 US Latin Albums 6 1 US Latin Pop Albums 6 1 Year end charts edit Selected charts with positions for My Christmas Chart 2009 Position Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart 102 2 Italian FIMI Albums Chart 142 143 4 Chart 2010 Position Canadian Albums Chart 144 5 European Top 100 Albums 145 75 Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart 146 18 US Top Billboard 200 Albums 147 6 US Top Classical Albums 148 1 Chart 2011 Position US Top Billboard 200 Albums 149 83 US Top Pop Catalog Albums 54 2 Chart 2012 Position US Top Billboard 200 Albums 150 125 US Top Pop Catalog Albums 64 9 Selected charts with positions for Mi Navidad Chart 2010 Position US Top Billboard Latin Albums 151 27 US Top Classical Albums 148 8 US Top Latin Pop Albums 152 9Sales and certifications editMy Christmas Region Certification Certified units sales Canada Music Canada 153 5 Platinum 400 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 154 Gold 10 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 155 Gold 14 796 155 Greece IFPI Greece 156 Gold 3 000 Hungary MAHASZ 101 3 Platinum 18 000 Ireland IRMA 157 2 Platinum 30 000 Italy FIMI 158 4 Platinum 280 000 Netherlands NVPI 159 Gold 25 000 Norway IFPI Norway 160 Platinum 30 000 Poland ZPAV 161 Gold 10 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 162 Gold 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 163 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 34 2 Platinum 3 010 000 10 United States RIAA 111 forMi Navidad Gold Latin 50 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone PBS special editMain article My Christmas Special My Christmas was also a major component of a PBS Great Performances special filmed September 15 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles airing in the New York City tri state viewing area on THIRTEEN s Great Performances series on Thanksgiving night November 26 with additional broadcasts which continued throughout December on PBS stations nationwide featuring Bocelli and Foster with additional guests including Natalie Cole Mary J Blige Reba McEntire Katherine Jenkins and the Muppets 164 The DVD of the full program was internationally released December 8 2009 Deluxe CD DVD edition editA Deluxe edition that features the standard CD and a bonus DVD containing highlights from the PBS My Christmas Special was released on November 23 2009 Another Deluxe edition containing the same DVD and Mi Navidad the Spanish version of the album was released December 1 2009 Release history editThe US version of the album was released November 3 2009 by Philips Records in North America whereas the International version containing an extra track was released November 20 by Sugar in Italy and by Universal in the rest of the world except for the UK and Ireland where it was released November 30 by Decca Country Date Format Label United States November 3 2009 CD digital download Philips Canada Argentina November 20 2009 CD digital download Universal Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Czech Republic Finland Greece Germany Hungary Hong Kong Japan Mexico New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Italy November 20 2009 CD digital download Sugar United Kingdom November 30 2009 CD CD DVD CD digital download Decca Ireland The CD DVD package was released Internationally November 23 2009 except for the UK and Ireland where it was released November 30 the same day as the album Country Date Format Label United States November 23 2009 CD DVD Philips Canada Argentina November 23 2009 CD DVD Universal Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Czech Republic Finland Greece Germany Hungary Hong Kong Japan Mexico New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Italy November 23 2009 CD DVD Sugar Mi Navidad the Spanish version of the album was released Internationally by Universal Latino also on November 23 2009 6 Its CD DVD package was released by the same label on December 1 See also editBest selling albums in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began Best selling Christmas holiday albums in the United States List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2010s List of number one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2009 List of number one Billboard Latin Pop Albums of 2009 List of number one Billboard Latin Pop Albums of 2010 My Christmas Special the PBS concert of the album References edit My Christmas Amazon co uk Retrieved 12 October 2012 Worldwide Superstar Andrea Bocelli Set To Release His First Ever Holiday CD My Christmas Available November 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