To Celebrate Christmas

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To Celebrate Christmas
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)
Genre
Length37:01
Label Big Machine
Producer Julian Raymond
Jennifer Nettles chronology
Playing with Fire
(2016)
To Celebrate Christmas
(2016)
I Can Do Hard Things EP
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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To Celebrate Christmas is the first solo Christmas and third solo studio album by American country music artist Jennifer Nettles, released on October 28, 2016, through Big Machine Records. [2] This is the first Christmas-themed album for Nettles as a solo artist, after previously releasing Gold and Green with Sugarland in 2009. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go Tell It on the Mountain" John Wesley Work, Jr. 2:49
2."God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (featuring Andra Day)Traditional3:05
3."Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Idina Menzel) Harry Simeone, Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati5:03
4."Celebrate Me Home" Kenny Loggins, Bob James 4:05
5."Circle of Love" Dolly Parton 3:47
6."Do You Hear What I Hear" Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker 3:37
7."Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" Irving Berlin 2:58
8."O Holy Night" Adolphe Adam 3:51
9."Merry Christmas with Love"Greg Davis, Billy Smiley 3:53
10."The First Noel"Traditional3:53
Total length:37:01

Personnel

Charts

To Celebrate Christmas debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200, selling 4,700 copies in its first week of release. [3] As of November 2017, the album has sold 59,900 copies in the US. [4]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United StatesOctober 28, 2016
Big Machine [10]

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