Cheers, It's Christmas

Cheers, It's Christmas
Studio album by Blake Shelton
Released	October 2, 2012
Genre	Christmas, country
Length	44:34
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Scott Hendricks "Home" produced by Scott Hendricks and Brent Rowan
Blake Shelton chronology
Red River Blue (2011) Cheers, It's Christmas (2012) Based on a True Story... (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Roughstock	[2]

Cheers, It's Christmas is the first Christmas album and seventh studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on October 2, 2012, through Warner Bros. Nashville.^[3]

Content

Included on the album is a rendition of Michael Bublé's "Home", done here as a duet with the original artist and featuring Christmas-themed lyrics written by Bublé at Shelton's request. Other collaborators on the album include Shelton's wife (at the time), Miranda Lambert; the supergroup Pistol Annies, which comprises Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley; Shelton's mother, Dorothy Shackleford; Trypta-Phunk, a funk side project founded by Shelton's touring band;^[4] Kelly Clarkson; Reba McEntire; and Xenia, who placed fifth on the first season of The Voice, a televised singing competition on which Shelton is a judge.

Commercial performance

In its first week of release, the album sold 9,000 copies in the U.S.^[5] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 9, 2012, and sold a total of 428,000 copies in the US in 2012.^[6] The album re-entered the charts on November 20, 2013 at number 44 on the Billboard 200, selling 8,000 copies for week.^[7] As of December 2014, the album has sold 598,000 copies in the US.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jingle Bell Rock" (featuring Miranda Lambert)	Joe Beal, Jim Booth	2:03
2.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:37
3.	"Oklahoma Christmas" (featuring Reba McEntire)	Rob Byus, Jenee Fleenor, Trent Willmon	3:28
4.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:48
5.	"There's a New Kid in Town" (featuring Kelly Clarkson)	Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley	4:30
6.	"Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train"	Tracy Broussard, Byus, Blake Shelton, Beau Tackett	3:35
7.	"Home" (featuring Michael Bublé)	Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies	3:46
8.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	2:15
9.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	3:55
10.	"Blue Christmas" (featuring Pistol Annies)	Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson	2:06
11.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram	3:24
12.	"Silver Bells" (featuring Xenia)	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	3:10
13.	"Time for Me to Come Home" (featuring Dorothy Shackleford)	Dorothy Shackleford, Shelton	2:40
14.	"The Very Best Time of Year" (featuring Trypta-Phunk)	Broussard, Byus, Shelton, Tackett	2:58

Personnel

Armen Anassian – violin David Baldwin – electric guitar Chuck Berghoffer – bass Charlie Bisharat – violin Jacqueline Brand – violin Tracy Broussard – drums, percussion Michael Bublé – vocals on "Home" Caroline Buckman – viola Rob Byus – bass Gene Cipriano – clarinet Kelly Clarkson – vocals on "There's A New Kid in Town" Giovanna Clayton – cello Paul Cohen – cello Perry Coleman – background vocals Gina Coletti – viola Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick – cello Earle Dumler – oboe Nina Evtuhov – violin Chuck Findley – trumpet Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar Eric Gorfain – violin Tamara Hatwan – violin Aubrey Haynie – fiddle

Amy Hershberger – violin Dan Higgins – flute, alto saxophone Maia Jasper – violin Carolyn Dawn Johnson – background vocals Charlie Judge – keyboards, piano, string arrangements, conductor Miranda Lambert – vocals on "Jingle Bell Rock" Ana Landauer – violin Nick Lane – trombone Roger Lebow – cello Darrin McCann – violin Reba McEntire – vocals on "Oklahoma Christmas" Serena McKinney – violin Brent Mason – electric guitar Bob Mater – drums, percussion John Mitchell – bassoon Charlie Morillas – bass trombone Gordon Mote – keyboards, piano Craig Nelson – bass Cheryl Norman-Blake – violin Stephanie O'Keefe – contractor Grace Oh – violin

Danielle Ondarza – horns Geoffrey Osika – bass Sid Page – violin Joel Pargman – violin Joel Peskin – baritone saxophone Ben Phillips – drums Radu Pieptu – violin Pistol Annies – vocals on "Blue Christmas" Anatoly Rosinsky – violin Eric Rynearson – viola Brian Scanlon – tenor saxophone Kim Scholes – cello Dorothy Shakleford – vocals on "Time for Me to Come Home" Blake Shelton – lead vocals Dave Stone – bass Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar Beau Tackett – electric guitar Trypta-Phunk – vocals on "The Very Best Time of Year" Brad Warnaar – horns Mike Whitson – viola Glenn Worf – bas dessus Xenia – vocals on "Silver Bells"

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Canadian Albums Chart 19 US Billboard 200 8 US Billboard Top Country Albums 2 US Billboard Top Holiday Albums 1 Chart (2014) Peak position US Billboard 200[9] 61 Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 61 Chart (2013) Position US Billboard 200[11] 68 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 19 Chart (2014) Position US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[13] 27

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Canada (Music Canada)[14] Gold 40,000^^ United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 598,000[8] ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cheers, It's Christmas review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
2. Bjorke, Matt (29 November 2012). "Cheers, It's Christmas review". Roughstock. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
3. "Blake Shelton "Cheers It's Christmas" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. September 3, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
4. http://trypta-phunk.com/
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
6. Matt Bjorke (January 3, 2013). "Country Album Chart News For January 3, 2013: Taylor Swift Still #1; Hunter Hayes Gold". Roughstock. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
7. http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-november-20-2013-christmas-albums-from-duck-dynasty-kelly-blake-lady-a-scotty-lead-way-kellie-pickler-debuts
8. Bjorke, Matt (December 24, 2014). "Country Album Chart Report For December 24, 2014". Roughstock. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
9. "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Blake Shelton. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
10. "Top Country Albums: 2012 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
11. "Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres". Billboard.
12. "Top Country Albums: 2013 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
13. "Top Catalog Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
14. "Canadian album certifications – Blake Shelton – Cheers, It's Christmas". Music Canada.
15. "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Cheers, It%27s Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH