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| Released | November 11, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | July–October 2016 | |||
| Studio | Allentown Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
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| Length | 27:56 | |||
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| Producer | Mark Miller [1] | |||
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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]
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]
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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 | ||
Adapted from liner notes. [9]
Ugly Christmas Sweater Choir
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [18] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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