The Christmas Collection (Il Divo album)

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The Christmas Collection
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Studio album by
Released25 October 2005
Genre Classical crossover
Label
Il Divo chronology
Il Divo
(2004)
The Christmas Collection
(2005)
Ancora
(2005)

The Christmas Collection is the second studio album by the classical crossover vocal group Il Divo. The album is a collection of Christmas or holiday-inspired songs. It was released on 25 October 2005 in seven countries: the United States, Canada, Austria, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland.

Contents

The Christmas Collection was also the best-selling holiday album of 2005 in the United States according to sales figures from Nielsen/SoundScan, with total sales of 544,000 copies that year. [1]

On 8 January 2007, The Christmas Collection was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the United States. [2]

Track listing

  1. "O Holy Night"
  2. "White Christmas"
  3. "Ave Maria"
  4. "When a Child Is Born"
  5. "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)"
  6. "Over the Rainbow"
  7. "Panis Angelicus"
  8. "Rejoice"
  9. "Silent Night"
  10. "The Lord's Prayer"

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The Christmas Collection
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [22] 2× Platinum200,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [23] Gold50,000^
Portugal (AFP) [24] Platinum20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [25] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold100,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United States (RIAA) [27] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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