Laura Xmas

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Laura Xmas/Laura Navidad
Xmas cover.jpg
English-language edition
Studio album by
Laura Pausini
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016
Genre Christmas, jazz, swing
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, French
Label Warner
Producer Patrick Williams
Laura Pausini chronology
Simili/Similares
(2015)		Laura Xmas/Laura Navidad
(2016)		 Fatti sentire/Hazte sentir
(2018)
Singles from Laura Xmas/Laura Navidad
  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
    Released: November 6, 2016

Laura Xmas and Laura Navidad are the thirteenth studio albums and first Christmas albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released on November 4, 2016 by Warner Music. [1] [2] The album is a collaboration with Patrick Williams that offers renditions of popular Christmas songs in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Latin. The English-language edition is also Pausini’s second album in English since the release of From the Inside in 2002.

Contents

The song Astro del ciel is performed in Italian in the English-language edition but performed in the Spanish-language edition as Noche de Paz. The song Adeste Fideles is only performed in Latin for both editions. A special version was released for the francophone market, with the song Noël Blancsubstituting White Christmas.[1][2][3][4]

Track listings

Laura Xmas

Standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Meredith Willson Meredith Willson3:56
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Sammy Cahn Jule Styne 3:01
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Ralph Blane Hugh Martin 4:05
6."Jingle Bells" James Pierpont James Pierpont3:27
7."White Christmas" Irving Berlin Irving Berlin2:22
8."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John Lennon, Yoko Ono John Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
9."Feliz Navidad" José Feliciano José Feliciano3:44
10."Adeste Fideles" John Francis Wade John Francis Wade3:11
11."Oh Happy Day" Edwin Hawkins Edwin Hawkins4:40
12."Astro del Ciel" Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber 4:48
Total length:42:37
French edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
7."Noël Blanc"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
Total length:42:37

Laura Navidad

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Va a Nevar" Sammy Cahn Jule Styne 3:01
3."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
6."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
7."Blanca Navidad"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
8."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
9."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
10."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
11."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
12."Noche de Paz" Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber 4:48
Total length:42:37

Laura Xmas (Deluxe)

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Sammy Cahn Jule Styne 3:01
3."Blanca Navidad"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
4."Astro del Ciel" Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber 4:48
5."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
6."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
7."Va a Nevar" Sammy Cahn Jule Styne 3:01
8."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
9."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
10."Noël Blanc"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
11."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
12."White Christmas" Irving Berlin Irving Berlin2:22
13."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
14."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
15."Adeste Fideles" John Francis Wade John Francis Wade3:11
16."Noche de Paz" Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber 4:48
17."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
Total length:57:19
DVD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Laura Xmas"---
2."Laura Navidad"---
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Videoclip) John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:21
4."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad" (Videoclip) John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:21
5."Noël Blanc" (Videoclip)Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:19

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 41
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 182
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [6] 25
Italian Albums (FIMI) [7] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [8] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 19
US Top Classical Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 10
US World Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [12] 2× Platinum100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Laura Xmas-Date and Tracklist
  2. ↑ Amazon.it – Laura Xmas
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