Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)

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Christmas Together
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 2016
RecordedJuly–October 2016
StudioAllentown Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre
Length27:56
Label
Producer Mark Miller [1]
Garth Brooks chronology
The Ultimate Collection
(2016)
Christmas Together
(2016)
Gunslinger
(2016)
Trisha Yearwood chronology
PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit
(2014)
Christmas Together
(2016)
Let's Be Frank
(2018)

Christmas Together is the first Christmas duets studio album by American country music artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, released by Pearl Records on November 11, 2016. [2]

Contents

Background

Although Trisha Yearwood had recorded with her husband Garth Brooks before and sang backing vocals on many of his songs, this album is their first joint album. It is a mix of familiar favorites and some new songs, however only some of these song are duets. It was released on November 11, 2016, the same day that Brooks' 10-disc box set, The Ultimate Collection , was released via Target. [3] A Walmart exclusive that bundled Christmas Together with Brooks' new album Gunslinger was released a week later. [4]

Reception

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums and No. 2 on the Top Holiday Albums chart, with 21,000 copies sold in its first week. [5] It has sold 194,800 copies in the United States as of November 2017. [6]

The Walmart exclusive bundled with Gunslinger debuted at No. 14 with 6,600 copies sold, [7] and reached No. 3 on that chart the following week, selling 23,000 copies that week. [4] The bundle has sold 81,700 copies as of January 2017. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Beginning to See the Light" Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James 1:42
2."Ugly Christmas Sweater" Garth Brooks, John Martin1:55
3."Santa Baby"Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer2:41
4."Feliz Navidad" José Feliciano 2:18
5."What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" Frank Loesser 3:29
6."Marshmallow World" Peter DeRose, Carl Sigman 2:18
7."Merry Christmas Means I Love You"Brooks, Jenny Yates3:26
8."Hard Candy Christmas" Carol Hall 2:59
9."Baby, It's Cold Outside"Loesser2:19
10."The Man with the Bag" Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley, Irving Taylor 1:54
11."What I'm Thankful for (The Thanksgiving Song)" (with James Taylor)Brooks, Trisha Yearwood 2:55
Total length:27:56

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [9]

The Nashville String Machine

Ugly Christmas Sweater Choir

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Christmas Together
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [18] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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