Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day,occurring on the second day of Christmastide. Though it originated as a holiday to give gifts to poor people,today Boxing Day forms part of Christmas celebrations,with many people choosing to take advantage of Boxing Day sales. It originated in Great Britain and is celebrated in several Commonwealth nations. The attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place on 28 December if necessary to ensure it falls on a weekday. Boxing Day is also concurrent with the Christian festival Saint Stephen's Day.
International Superhits! is the first greatest hits compilation by American rock band Green Day,released November 13,2001,through Reprise Records. It collects all of the band's singles released between 1994 and 2000 as well as a rerecording of "Maria",a B-side from Waiting,and a previously unreleased track,"Poprocks &Coke". A DVD and VHS titled International Supervideos! was released simultaneously,collecting fifteen of the band's music videos spanning the same period. Both releases have been certified Platinum in the United States for sales of over 1 million copies and 3×Platinum in the United Kingdom for sales of 900,000.
Best Buy Co. Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield,Minnesota. Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music,it was rebranded under its current name with an emphasis on consumer electronics in 1983.
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices and often open early,sometimes as early as midnight or even on Thanksgiving. Some stores' sales continue to Monday or for a week.
The Toyota Corolla is a series of compact cars manufactured and marketed globally by the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. Introduced in 1966,the Corolla was the best-selling car worldwide by 1974 and has been one of the best-selling cars in the world since then. In 1997,the Corolla became the best-selling nameplate in the world,surpassing the Volkswagen Beetle. Toyota reached the milestone of 50 million Corollas sold over twelve generations in 2021.
The Jeep Wrangler is a series of compact and mid-size four-wheel drive off-road SUVs manufactured by Jeep since 1986,and currently in its fourth generation. The Wrangler JL,the most recent generation,was unveiled in late 2017 and is produced at Jeep's Toledo Complex.
Head &Shoulders (H&S) is an American brand of anti-dandruff and non-dandruff shampoo produced by parent company Procter &Gamble. It was introduced in the United States on 1 January 1961 based in Manhattan and used the slogan THE AMERICA AND WORLD's NO. 1 SHAMPOO. The active anti-fungal ingredient in Head &Shoulders is piroctone olamine,with some "clinical strength" varieties also containing selenium disulfide.
"Tears in Heaven" is a song by English guitarist,singer,and songwriter Eric Clapton and Will Jennings,written about the death of Clapton's four-year-old son,Conor. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. In January 1992,Clapton performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios,Berkshire,England for MTV Unplugged,with the recording appearing on his Unplugged album.
The American rock band Green Day has released 14 studio albums,four live albums,four compilation albums,one soundtrack album,four video albums,11 extended plays,4 box sets,48 singles,10 promotional singles,3 Anniversaries,and 56 music videos. The band has sold over 75 million records worldwide,including more than 24 million in certified album sales in the United States. Green Day released their first two studio albums,1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991) and Kerplunk (1991),through the independent label Lookout! Records before signing to major label Reprise Records. Dookie,the band's first album on the label and third studio album overall,was released in February 1994. It was a breakout success,selling over 10 million copies in the United States and 20 million copies worldwide. Dookie spawned five singles,including the international hits "Longview","Basket Case" and "When I Come Around". The album placed Green Day at the forefront of the 1990s punk rock revival.
"Baby,It's Cold Outside" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter. While the lyrics make no mention of a holiday,it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song owing to its winter theme. The song was released in eight recordings in 1949 —including well-known versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan,and by Dean Martin and Marilyn Maxwell —and has been covered numerous times since.
Cyber Monday is a marketing term for e-commerce transactions on the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It was created by retailers to encourage people to shop online. The term was coined by Ellen Davis of the National Retail Federation and Scott Silverman,and made its debut on November 28,2005,in a Shop.org press release entitled "Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year". Cyber Monday takes place the Monday after Thanksgiving;the date falls between November 26 and December 2,depending on the year.
WMJJ is a radio station licensed to Birmingham,Alabama. Owned by San Antonio-based iHeartMedia,it broadcasts an adult contemporary format. This format temporarily switches to Christmas music for the months of November and December. Its studios are located at Beacon Ridge Tower in Birmingham,and its transmitter is on the west end of the Red Mountain range.
The Canadian Singles Chart was a chart compiled by the American-based music sales tracking company,Nielsen SoundScan,which began publication in November 1996. It was published every Wednesday and also published on Thursday by Jam!/Canoe. The chart also appeared in Billboard until March 2006,when Billboard stopped publishing the Canadian Singles Chart in favor of the Canadian Digital Songs Sales Chart. Billboard later introduced their own singles chart for Canada,the Canadian Hot 100,on June 7,2007.
The Christmas season or the festive season is an annual period recognized in many Western and other countries that is generally considered to run from late November to early January. It is defined as incorporating at least Christmas Day,New Year's Day,and sometimes various other holidays and festivals. It also is associated with a period of shopping which comprises a peak season for the retail sector and a period of sales at the end of the season. Christmas window displays and Christmas tree lighting ceremonies when trees decorated with ornaments and light bulbs are illuminated are traditions in many areas.
Mega Brands Inc. is a Canadian children's toy company that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Mattel. Mega Bloks,a line of construction set toys,is its most popular product. Its other brands include Mega Construx,Mega Puzzles,Board Dudes and Rose Art. The company distributes a wide range of construction toys,puzzles,and craft-based products.
The Canadian Album Charts, also known as Canadian Billboard, is the official record chart ranking the 100 most popular music albums and extended plays in Canada. It is compiled weekly by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Luminate,and published every Tuesday by American music and entertainment magazine Billboard. The albums are compared across all genres,ranked by album sales,audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales of tracks from albums.
American singer Katy Perry has released six studio albums,seven extended plays (EP),39 singles,and 11 promotional singles. She is referred as the "Queen of Pop" of her time. According to Recording Industry Association of America,Perry has sold 109.5 million digital singles and 17 million albums in the United States. She is also the sixth best-selling digital singles artist in the United States. Throughout her career,Perry has sold 48 million album units and 135 million singles worldwide,making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Billboard listed her as the fourth top female artist of the 2010s decade and the 61st greatest artist of all time. Perry has scored nine number one songs on Billboard Hot 100 and three number one albums on Billboard 200.
Super Hits is the first of two compilation albums in the Super Hits series featuring songs by country singer Willie Nelson.The album was certified 2×Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million copies. As of April 2017,the album has sold 2,919,300 copies in the United States.
Nashville Outlaws:A Tribute to Mötley Crüe is a 2014 studio album released via Big Machine Records. It is a tribute album to the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe,featuring covers of their songs performed by various country music artists. The album's lead single is a cover of "Home Sweet Home",recorded by Justin Moore as a duet with Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil.
