Let It Be Christmas

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Let It Be Christmas
LetItBeChristmas.jpg
Studio album (Christmas)by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2002
Genre
Length35:40
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
Drive
(2002)
Let It Be Christmas
(2002)
Greatest Hits Volume II
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com (favorable) [1]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Country Weekly (favorable) [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
Rolling Stone (favorable) [5]

Let It Be Christmas is the eleventh studio album and the second Christmas album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Unlike his first album of Christmas music (1993's Honky Tonk Christmas ), this one is composed mainly of renditions of traditional Christmas music. It was released on October 22, 2002, by Arista Nashville. The title track, one of two Christmas songs composed by Jackson, was a top 40 hit for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"2:58
2."Winter Wonderland"2:18
3."O Come, All Ye Faithful"3:18
4."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"2:42
5."The Christmas Song"3:52
6."Silent Night"3:47
7."Let It Be Christmas" Alan Jackson 4:11
8."Jingle Bells" James Lord Pierpont 2:50
9."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 3:19
10."Silver Bells"3:36
11."Away in a Manger"
  • James Ramsey Murray
  • John Thomas McFarland
2:49
Total length:35:40

Personnel

Chart performance

Let It Be Christmas peaked at No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the Top Country Albums chart. In January 2003, it was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 27
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [7] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 6
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [9] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [10] 22
Chart (2003)Position
US Billboard 200 [11] 178
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [12] 23
Chart (2018)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 92

Sales and certifications

RegionProviderCertificationSales/Shipments
United States RIAA Gold [14] 500,000+

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