Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)

Christmas Together
Studio album by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
Released	November 11, 2016
Recorded	July–October 2016
Studio	Allentown Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Christmas country
Length	27:56
Label	Pearl Gwendolyn
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]

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 this 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.	Title	Writer(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 Martin	1:55
3.	"Santa Baby"	Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer	2:41
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 Yates	3:26
8.	"Hard Candy Christmas"	Carol Hall	2:59
9.	"Baby, It's Cold Outside"	Loesser	2:19
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]

• Garth Brooks – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Bobby Wood – keyboards
• Billy Panda – acoustic guitars
• James Taylor – acoustic guitar (11), lead and backing vocals (11)
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan – mandolin
• Mike Chapman – bass
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Sam Bacco – drums, percussion
• Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Dennis Burnside – string, horn and woodwind arrangements
• Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
• Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals (2–6)
• Jon Mark Ivey – backing vocals (2–6)
• Shane McConnell – backing vocals (2–6)
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals (2–6)
• Kira Small – backing vocals (2–6)
• Bergen White – backing vocals (2–6), BGV arrangements (2–6)
• Kim Taylor – backing vocals (11)

The Nashville String Machine

• David Angell, Monisa Angell, Bruce Christensen, Janet Darnell, David Davidson, Beverly Drukker, Connie Ellisor, Jim Grosjean, Anthony LaMarchina, Stefan Petrescu, Carole Rabinowitz, Julie Tanner, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Katherine Vanosdale, Katelyn Westergard, Bruce Wethey, Kris Wilkinson and Karen Winklemann – strings
• Roy Agee, Jeff Bailey, Preston Bailey, Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Prentiss Hobbs, Chris McDonald and Steve Patrick – horns
• Jimmy Bowland, Sam Levine, Kelsey Mire, Doug Moffet, Robbie Shankle – woodwinds

Ugly Christmas Sweater Choir

• Roy Agee, Jeff Bailey, Preston Bailey, Garth Brooks, Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Prentiss Hobbs, Sam Horowitz, Slide Jackson, John Martin, Chris McDonald, Kelsey Mire, Doug Moffet and Steve Patrick

Production

• Mark Miller – producer
• Matthew Allen – recording, mixing
• John Kelton – additional engineer
• Don Cobb – mastering
• Eric Conn – mastering
• Independent Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
• Luellyn Latocki Hensley – art direction
• Jeff Crump – design
• Sally Carns Gulde – design
• Jeremy Cowart – Photography
• Russ Harrington – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016–17) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 110 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 7 Irish Albums (IRMA) [12] 45 US Billboard 200 [13] 7 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Billboard 200 [15] 185 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 31 Chart (2018) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [17] 82 Chart (2019) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [18] 92

Certifications

Certifications for Christmas Together

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [19]	Gold	40,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Christmas Together - Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
2. "Garth Brooks And Trisha Yearwood To Release Holiday Duets Album". Fox News . October 11, 2016.
3. Dunkerley, Beville (October 19, 2016). "Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Reveal Details of 'Christmas Together'". Rolling Stone.
4. Asker, Jim (December 6, 2016). "Garth Brooks Triples Up (Again) In Top Country Albums Top Five". Billboard.
5. Asker, Jim (November 22, 2016). "Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Celebrate 'Christmas' at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard.
6. Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
7. Bjorke, Matt (November 28, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 28, 2016". Roughstock.
8. Bjorke, Matt (January 3, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: January 3, 2017". Roughstock.
9. Christmas Together (CD booklet). Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood. Pearl Records/Gwendolyn Records. 2016. 85420-6001-305-1.
10. "Garth Brooks ARIA chart history to April 2025". ARIA. Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
11. "On The Charts...This Week". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
12. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 49, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
13. "Metallica Rocks With Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
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15. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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17. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
18. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
19. "Canadian album certifications – Garth Brooks – Christmas Together". Music Canada . Retrieved August 12, 2022.