Cheers, It's Christmas

Cheers, It's Christmas
Studio album by Blake Shelton
Released October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02)
Genre Christmas, country
Length 44:34
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Scott Hendricks
"Home" produced by Scott Hendricks and Brent Rowan
Blake Shelton chronology
Red River Blue
(2011)		 Cheers, It's Christmas
(2012)		 Based on a True Story...
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Roughstock[2]

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 Booth 2:03
2. "White Christmas"  Irving Berlin 3:37
3. "Oklahoma Christmas" (featuring Reba McEntire)Rob Byus, Jenee Fleenor, Trent Willmon 3:28
4. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 2:48
5. "There's a New Kid in Town" (featuring Kelly Clarkson)Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley 4:30
6. "Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train"  Tracy Broussard, Byus, Blake Shelton, Beau Tackett 3:35
7. "Home" (featuring Michael Bublé)Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies 3:46
8. "Winter Wonderland"  Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith 2:15
9. "The Christmas Song"  Mel Tormé, Robert Wells 3:55
10. "Blue Christmas" (featuring Pistol Annies)Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson 2:06
11. "I'll Be Home for Christmas"  Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram 3:24
12. "Silver Bells" (featuring Xenia)Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 3:10
13. "Time for Me to Come Home" (featuring Dorothy Shackleford)Dorothy Shackleford, Shelton 2:40
14. "The Very Best Time of Year" (featuring Trypta-Phunk)Broussard, Byus, Shelton, Tackett 2:58

Personnel
  • Amy Hershberger – violin
  • Dan Higgins – flute, alto saxophone
  • Maia Jasper – violin
  • Carolyn Dawn Johnson – background vocals
  • Charlie Judge – keyboards, piano, string arrangements, conductor
  • Miranda Lambert – vocals on "Jingle Bell Rock"
  • Ana Landauer – violin
  • Nick Lane – trombone
  • Roger Lebow – cello
  • Darrin McCann – violin
  • Reba McEntire – vocals on "Oklahoma Christmas"
  • Serena McKinney – violin
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Bob Mater – drums, percussion
  • John Mitchell – bassoon
  • Charlie Morillas – bass trombone
  • Gordon Mote – keyboards, piano
  • Craig Nelson – bass
  • Cheryl Norman-Blake – violin
  • Stephanie O'Keefe – contractor
  • Grace Oh – violin
  • Danielle Ondarza – horns
  • Geoffrey Osika – bass
  • Sid Page – violin
  • Joel Pargman – violin
  • Joel Peskin – baritone saxophone
  • Ben Phillips – drums
  • Radu Pieptu – violin
  • Pistol Annies – vocals on "Blue Christmas"
  • Anatoly Rosinsky – violin
  • Eric Rynearson – viola
  • Brian Scanlon – tenor saxophone
  • Kim Scholes – cello
  • Dorothy Shakleford – vocals on "Time for Me to Come Home"
  • Blake Shelton – lead vocals
  • Dave Stone – bass
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
  • Beau Tackett – electric guitar
  • Trypta-Phunk – vocals on "The Very Best Time of Year"
  • Brad Warnaar – horns
  • Mike Whitson – viola
  • Glenn Worf – bas dessus
  • Xenia – vocals on "Silver Bells"

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart 19
US Billboard 200 8
US Billboard Top Country Albums 2
US Billboard Top Holiday Albums 1
Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 61

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 61
Chart (2013) Position
US Billboard 200[11] 68
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 19
Chart (2014) Position
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[13] 27

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[14] Gold 40,000^
United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 598,000[8]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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.
  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. 1 2 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 for Blake Shelton. 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. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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