Cool Yule is a holiday album by American singer Bette Midler. It was released on October 10, 2006, through Columbia Records. The album features many standard Christmas tunes as well as a reworking edition of her Grammy-winning hit "From a Distance". In 2008, Cool Yule was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.
AllMusic editor Marisa Brown found that "the Divine Miss M shows off her stuff (including a very able backing band/orchestra) on all the tracks [...] and sounds good the whole time. Because she doesn't add much to the songs that hasn't already been done before, Cool Yule may not replace anyone's [duet partner] Johnny Mathis holiday albums yet, but it's still a pretty strong collection of well-done Christmas standards from a well-known and popular artist."[1]
Chart performance
Cool Yule failed to chart upon its October 10, 2006 release.[2] It was not until November 25, 2006, the album made its debut on the US Billboard 200.[3] It peaked in the week of December 6, 2006, rising from number 35 to number 33 on sales of 47,000 copies.[4] By July 2007, Cool Yule had sold 271,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[5]
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