| Christmas in the Aire | ||||
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| Released | September 12, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Length | 43:11 | |||
| Label | American Gramaphone | |||
| Producer | Chip Davis | |||
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Christmas in the Aire is the third Christmas album and twenty-first studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1995, and was the biggest-selling holiday album in the United States that year with sales of 1,844,000 according to Nielsen/SoundScan. [2]
"Christmas Lullaby" was the only track from this album included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration . The song was re-recorded in lyrical form for the 2007 album Christmas Song with vocals by Olivia Newton-John.
On December 15, 1997, Christmas in the Aire was certified Quadruple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States. [3]
As of November 2014, Christmas in the Aire is the fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,740,000 copies according to SoundScan. [4] It ranks as Mannheim Steamroller's third best selling Christmas album. [5]
