My Christmas

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

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

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]

  1. ^ "My Christmas". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ Worldwide Superstar Andrea Bocelli Set To Release His First-Ever Holiday CD, My Christmas - Available November 3rd, on Decca Records.com
  3. ^ Opera superstar Andrea Bocelli talks about his pop leanings, CBC News, Dec 11, 2009 article.
  4. ^ "Bocelli leads Christmas carol sing-along". ClassicFm.co.uk, Nov 3, 2010 article. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  5. ^ "Record breaking night for London's Christmas Carol-themed lights switch-on". Indielondon.co.uk, Nov 3, 2010 article. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  6. ^ "Mi Navidad - Andrea Bocelli (2009)". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  7. ^ "Taylor Swift Edges Susan Boyle For 2009's Top Selling Album". Billboard.com, Jan 6, 2010 article. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  8. ^ "The Nielsen Company 2009 Year-End Music Industry Report". Businesswire.com, Jan 7, 2010 article. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  9. ^ "Italian tenor's album sales top five million". Thaindian News.com, Dec 30, 2009 article. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  10. ^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.