Today Is Christmas

Today Is Christmas
Today Is Christmas
Studio album by LeAnn Rimes
Released	October 16, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Christmas, country
Length	40:28
Label	Kobalt
Producer	Darrell Brown, LeAnn Rimes, Niko Bolas
LeAnn Rimes chronology

Today Is Christmas is the twelfth studio album and second Christmas album by American singer LeAnn Rimes. Released in 2015, it features holiday classics and two original songs co-written by Rimes.^[1] The album has sold 35,700 copies in the United States as of January 2016.^[2]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Today Is Christmas" (Holiday Theme for NBC's Today)	Darrell Brown Rimes	3:22
2.	"We Need a Little Christmas"	Jerry Herman	3:00
3.	"That Spirit of Christmas" (duet with Aloe Blacc)	Parnell Davison Mable John Joel Webster	4:55
4.	"I Still Believe in Santa Claus"	Brown Rimes	3:07
5.	"Holly Jolly Christmas/Frosty the Snowman"	Johnny Marks Walter E. Rollins Steve Nelson	2:12
6.	"Celebrate Me Home" (duet with Gavin DeGraw)	Bob James Kenny Loggins	4:14
7.	"Must Be Santa"	Bill Fredericks Hal Moore	2:47
8.	"Christmas Time Is Here"	Vince Guaraldi Lee Mendelson	1:55
9.	"The Heartache Can Wait"	Brandi Carlile Phil Hanseroth	3:50
10.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine K. Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone	4:25
11.	"Joy (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Angels We Have Heard on High/Hark the Herald Angels Sing)"	Brown Rimes	4:46
12.	"Auld Lang Syne"	Robert Burns	1:55
Total length:			40:28

Target exclusive bonus tracks^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Ring Them Bells"	Bob Dylan	3:06
14.	"Pretty Paper"	Willie Nelson	2:27
15.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John Lennon Yoko Ono	3:14
Total length:			49:15

Personnel edit

Tariqha Akuni - acoustic guitar
Rob Arthur - Hammond B-3 organ, upright piano
Dave Audé - keyboards
Ryan Bast - background vocals
Aloe Blacc - vocals on "That Spirit of Christmas"
Darrell Brown - keyboards, background vocals, producer, songwriter
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Jim Cox - upright piano
Summer Davis - background vocals
Tim Davis - background vocals
Gavin DeGraw - vocals on "Celebrate Me Home"
Ron Dzuibla - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Steve Ferrone - drums
Bob Glaub - bass guitar
James Gadson - drums
Booker T. Jones - Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Suzie Katayama - string arrangements
Nick Lane - trombone
Deborah Lippmann - background vocals
Ray Parker Jr. - electric guitar
Steve Richards - cello
LeAnn Rimes - lead vocals, background vocals, producer, songwriter
Lee Thornburg - flugelhorn, trombone, trumpet, horn arrangements
Willie Weeks - bass guitar

Celebrate Me Home edit

Celebrate Me Home promo single according to Mediabase radio charts reached #2 on the Holiday Radio Play chart and #7 on Adult Contemporary chart. The Video for Celebrate Me Home was created as a Facebook awareness video for Disabled American Veterans and proved to be a great success with over 5.6 million native views as of January 2016.

Chart performance edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	88
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	9
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[6]	2

Year-end charts edit

Chart (2016)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	65

References edit

^ Lynch, Joe (October 9, 2015). "Listen to LeAnn Rimes' 'Today Is Christmas' Album Right Now: Exclusive Stream". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 4, 2016". Roughstock.
^ "LeAnn Rimes - Today is Christmas - Target Exclusive : Target". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

[1] Lynch, Joe (October 9, 2015). "Listen to LeAnn Rimes' 'Today Is Christmas' Album Right Now: Exclusive Stream". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[sales-2] Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 4, 2016". Roughstock.

[3] "LeAnn Rimes - Today is Christmas - Target Exclusive : Target". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

[ac_Billboard200_LeAnn_Rimes-4] "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardCountry_LeAnn_Rimes-5] "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardIndependent_LeAnn_Rimes-6] "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.

[7] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

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