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| Released | 29 November 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Length | 32:40 | |||
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Christmas, with Love is a Christmas album and the fourth studio album by English singer Leona Lewis. It was released on 29 November 2013, by Syco Music and RCA Records. Work on the album began in February 2013, during which Lewis began writing "immediately" after the release of her less-commercially successful album Glassheart (2012). In June 2013, it was revealed (and later confirmed) that Lewis' fourth studio album would be a Christmas album, based on the recommendation of Syco boss Simon Cowell. Lewis enlisted two producers for the album: Richard "Biff" Stannard and Ash Howes, with Lewis herself contributing to the album's production. This is Lewis' first album to be released in North America since 2009's Echo, as her 2012 album, Glassheart, was not released there.
Upon release, Christmas, with Love was met with positive reviews from critics, praising the album's original songs as well as Howes and Stannard's use of Phil Spector's famed Wall of Sound technique, with AllMusic calling it "one of the best modern Christmas albums in memory." Initially, the album charted at twenty five in the United Kingdom; the following week, the album rose to number thirteen on the chart becoming Lewis' lowest-charting album to date. However, it was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 100,000 copies within four weeks of its release, and has since become the thirteenth best selling Christmas album in the United Kingdom as of December 2016. With sales of more than 122,000 units, the Official Charts Company ranked the album among the twenty biggest-selling Christmas albums of the century in 2018.
The album was preceded by one single "One More Sleep", which was released on 5 November 2013. Lewis promoted the song through a large amount of live performances, including the Regent Street Christmas lights switch-on event in London, England and on the tenth series of The X Factor; this led to the song peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, her highest-charting entry since 2009's "Happy." Dubbed as a "modern festive classic," the song has been recognised to be one of the biggest-selling Christmas songs in the UK.[2] On 19 November 2021, the album was repackaged digitally and on vinyl, entitled Christmas, with Love Always, with two new tracks, including "Kiss Me It's Christmas" featuring American singer Ne-Yo which was released as a single digitally in November 2021.[1] In November–December 2023, following a delay due to her pregnancy, Lewis is scheduled to promote the album by headlining a UK tour called Christmas, with Love Tour.[3]
- ^ a b "Leona Lewis shares "Kiss Me It's Christmas" with Ne-Yo". retropopmagazine.com. 2 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "The biggest new Christmas songs: How do they compare to the classics?". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Leona Lewis announces festive tour – get ready to sing along to 'One More Sleep'". PinkNews. 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.