Our Christmas Wish

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Our Christmas Wish
Our Christmas Wish by The Ten Tenors.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)
Genre
Length52:41
LanguageEnglish
Label MGM Records
The Ten Tenors chronology
On Broadway (Vol. 1)
(2014)
Our Christmas Wish
(2015)
In Mezzo al Mare
(2016)

Our Christmas Wish is a Christmas and tenth studio album from Australian vocal group The Ten Tenors, released in November 2015. The album peaked at number 16 on the ARIA Charts in December 2015.

Christmas music Music associated with Christmas

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of many carols or songs may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. Performances of Christmas music at public concerts, in churches, at shopping malls, on city streets, and in private gatherings is an integral staple of the Christmas holiday in many cultures across the world.

The TEN Tenors are an Australian music ensemble that has toured worldwide, been seen by more than 90 million people and attracted a vast international fan-base by performing a unique combination of classical and contemporary music featuring ten-part harmonies.

ARIA Charts main Australian music sales charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australia's national charts since 1974.

Contents

Proceeds from the sale of the album went towards to the Children’s Hospital Foundation. [1] [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Little Drummer Boy" Harry Simeone, Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati3:20
2."Adeste Fideles" 4:02
3."Winter Wonderland" Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard 3:19
4."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 3:31
5."Joy to the World" Isaac Watts 2:32
6."O Holy Night" Placide Cappeau 4:16
7."Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson 3:24
8."Amazing Grace" John Newton 3:43
9."Thousand Candles" 4:26
10."All I Want for Christmas" Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff 3:46
11."The Christmas Song" Robert Wells, Mel Tormé 3:48
12."Veni, veni Emmanuel" 3:53
13."Feliz Navidad" José Feliciano 3:58
14."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John Lennon, Yoko Ono 4:51
Total length:52:41

Charts

Chart (2015–17)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 16

Year-end charts

YearChartPosition
2015Australian ARIA Charts [4] 91
2015Australian Artist ARIA Charts [5] 32

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue Number
Australia13 November 2015 [6] MGM Records CD FIASAU00011

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