Merry Christmas, Baby , is Rod Stewart's first Christmas album, released on October 30, 2012. The album has proven to be a top 10 success in many countries including Britain, USA, Canada and Australia. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in November 2012 with over 1,000,000 copies sold in the US.
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Critical reception
Merry Christmas, Baby accepts mixed criticism from music critics. At Metacritic, which gives a normalized ranking of 100 to reviews of major criticism, the album received an average score of 53, indicating "mixed or averaged reviews", based on 6 reviews.
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Commercial performance
Merry Christmas, Baby debuted at number 3 on the Billboard album sales chart 200, with first week sales of 117,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, and spent a total of eight weeks in the top 10. With total US sales of 858,000 copies in 2012 according to SoundScan, Merry Christmas, Baby is the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of the year. The album is also the fifth best-selling album in the US according to Billboard and the ninth best-selling physical album in the US according to Nielsen Company's 2012 Music Industry Report.
In the UK, the album debuted at Number 2 in the Official Album Ladder and has so far spent six weeks in the top 10. Total UK sales for 2012 is 421,000 copies.
In Canada, the album spent eight weeks in the top ten Canada Ladder Albums, with three consecutive weeks in No. 1. This is the ninth best-selling album in Canada in 2012 according to year-end sales data from Nielsen SoundScan Canada with sales of 135,000.
Worldwide, the album achieved total 2012 sales of 2.6 million according to the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, making it the seventh best-selling album of the year.
Track list
- All songs produced by David Foster; except "Auld Lang Syne" produced by Rod Stewart and Kevin Savigar.
Graphics and certification
Awards and acknowledgments
In February 2013, the album was nominated for the Juno Canada Award in the category of International Albums of the Year.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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