"in Australia until 1991. It was deleted (with other Australian only compilations) when EMI Australia ceased vinyl production. It was never released on compact disc. Due to timing problems, EMI included a three-track bonus EP (A-980), with the 20-track LP.. The cassette version contains all 23 tracks as cassettes do not have the length limitations which LPs have. The Number Ones The Number Ones is a compilation album of hits by The Beatles released in 1983 by EMI on the Parlophone Records label in Australia.. It is a localised version of the 1982 compilation album ""20 Greatest Hits"". To reflect"
"Triad (band) Triad was a Swedish pop band consisting of the trio Janne Bark, Lasse Lindbom and Niklas Strömstedt. Triad is most famous for their 1987-1988 Swedish number-one single hit ""Tänd ett ljus"" (""""Light a Candle""""), one of the Swedish classic songs for the Advent season, just prior to Christmas. The outro includes Christmas and New Year's greetings in different languages. The single topped the Swedish singles chart on 6 January 1988. The song charted at Svensktoppen for eight weeks during the period 20 December 198714 February 1988. It has been subject to many cover versions. The band was formed"
"unique rendition of ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"". From 1962 to early 1964, the Beach Boys were the only band to match the Four Seasons in record sales in the United States, and their first three Vee-Jay non-holiday single releases (i.e., ignoring their version of ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"") marked the first time that a rock band hit #1 on the ""Billboard"" singles charts with three consecutive entries. In 1962, they were invited to perform their hit ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" on the show ""American Bandstand."" Despite the band's success, Vee-Jay Records was in financial distress. The"
"Four Christmases Four Christmases (known as Four Holidays or Anywhere But Home in some territories) is a 2008 Christmas romantic comedy film about a couple visiting all four of their divorced parents' homes on Christmas Day. It stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, with Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Tim McGraw, Dwight Yoakam, and Kristin Chenoweth as supporting cast. The film is director Seth Gordon's first studio feature film. The film is produced by Spyglass Entertainment released by New Line Cinema on November 26, 2008, the day before Thanksgiving, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures."
"Christmas (Mannheim Steamroller album) Mannheim Steamroller Christmas (also known as Christmas 1984) is the first Christmas album and sixth studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. It was the band's first album to chart on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart, peaking at No. 50. On June 21, 2004, ""Mannheim Steamroller Christmas"" was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million copies in the United States since its 1984 release, making it one of the best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the U.S. Seven of the album's 11 tracks were included in the group's"
"Christmas Is 4 Ever Christmas Is 4 Ever is a 2006 Christmas-themed album by Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins. The album was released in the United States by the Shout Factory label and by P-Vine Records in Japan. The album represents the very first Christmas album made by any member of the P-Funk musical collective. The album features re-workings of Christmas standards such as ""Silent Night"", ""Merry Christmas Baby"", and ""Sleigh Ride"", as well as original compositions such as ""Happy Holidaze"". Collins stated: ""I’ve wanted to do a Christmas album forever, but I never really got the chance or the time"
"Christmas in Harmony Christmas in Harmony is the fourth studio album by American pop group Wilson Phillips. A Christmas album, it is their first in six years, after their 2004 covers album ""California"". The album sees them reunite with Glen Ballard, who also produced their first two albums. It is the first Christmas album of the group, although the Wilson sisters released a Christmas album in 1993, titled ""Hey Santa!"", and Carnie Wilson released a solo Christmas album titled ""Christmas with Carnie"" in 2007. It includes a mixture of traditional Christmas carols, covers of Christmas themed songs and new compositions."
"followup to his chart topper ""Right Here Right Now"" peaking at number two, marking his third consecutive top three hit. 1999 emphasised the trend away from girl groups, with solo acts and boy bands dominating the charts. B*Witched, with a fourth and final release from their début self-titled album, ""Blame It On The Weatherman"" became the first (and only) girl group for their first four releases to début at #1; their success declined quickly thereafter. The Spice Girls, with four remaining members, reached number one with their first single without Geri Halliwell, claiming the official number one Christmas single at"
"during Christmas 2007. A total of 19 achieved this without being officially re-issued (on downloads alone). Two of these (by Mariah Carey and The Pogues), reached the Top 5. Eleven Christmas hits returned to the Top 75 for Christmas 2008, nine in 2009, eight in 2010 and twelve in 2011, with the Mariah Carey and Pogues songs faring best each year. The first unsigned artist to break the top 5 was Alex Day, who reached number 4 with his single ""Forever Yours"" in the Christmas chart, beating Coldplay and Olly Murs, following a large-scale social media campaign. In February 2013,"
"GMA Dove Awards. Home for Christmas (BarlowGirl album) Home for Christmas is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album from Christian rock band BarlowGirl. It was released on September 23, 2008 by Fervent Records and was produced by Otto Price and Susan Riley for Twelve-18 Entertainment. ""It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"", ""Carol of the Bells / Sing We Now of Christmas"", ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" and ""Hallelujah (Light Has Come)"" were released as singles. It is BarlowGirl's sole album to deviate from a pop rock sound, as the band opts for a traditional Christmas genre"
"to have ever been Christmas number one twice, in both 1975 and 1991. At the turn of the 21st century, songs associated with reality shows became a frequent source of Christmas number ones in the UK. In 2002, ""Popstars The Rivals"" produced the top three singles on the British Christmas charts. The ""rival"" groups produced by the series—the girl group Girls Aloud and the boy band One True Voice—finished first and second respectively on the charts. Failed contestants The Cheeky Girls charted with a novelty hit, ""Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"", at third. Briton Will Young, winner of the first"
"music of Christmas has always been a combination of sacred and secular, and every year in the UK there is highly publicised competition to be the Christmas number one single, which has led to the production of music which provides the mainstay of festive playlists. Responding to a BBC report on the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof created the charity supergroup Band Aid who recorded ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". It has been Christmas number one three times. Written by Sarah Flower Adams in 1841, the Christian hymn ""Nearer, My God, to Thee"" is associated with the sinking of"
"tend to be the Mud or James Memphis King versions. Lonely This Christmas ""Lonely This Christmas"" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, ""Lonely This Christmas"" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style"
"Lonely This Christmas ""Lonely This Christmas"" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, ""Lonely This Christmas"" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style of Elvis Presley's slower songs from his later career. The"
"to really think about doing it and putting the effort in it."" And Christmas Messages from: Christmas Is 4 Ever Christmas Is 4 Ever is a 2006 Christmas-themed album by Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins. The album was released in the United States by the Shout Factory label and by P-Vine Records in Japan. The album represents the very first Christmas album made by any member of the P-Funk musical collective. The album features re-workings of Christmas standards such as ""Silent Night"", ""Merry Christmas Baby"", and ""Sleigh Ride"", as well as original compositions such as ""Happy Holidaze"". Collins stated: ""I’ve wanted"
"It's Only Christmas ""It's Only Christmas"" is a song by Irish pop singer and Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating, released as the second single from his sixth studio album, ""Winter Songs"", exclusively in Australia and New Zealand. The version of the song featured on the British version of ""Winter Songs"" features vocals from Hayley Westenra, however, the version of the song featured on the Australian version of the album replaces her vocals with those of Kate Ceberano, and thus, whose vocals appear on the single. Although not an international hit like his previous singles, Keating's version of the song failed to"
"both ""potent numbers"". Give Love on Christmas Day ""Give Love on Christmas Day"" is a Christmas song first recorded by Motown Records' family quintet The Jackson 5. Written by the label's songwriting-producing team, The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Christine Perren, Freddie Perren and Deke Richards), the song was recorded for the Jackson brothers' 1970 seasonal album, entitled ""The Jackson 5 Christmas Album"". The song was well received critically upon release of the album. The festive track went on to be covered by groups such as The Temptations, New Edition, BlackGirl, and solo artists such as Coko and Johnny Gill."
"they agreed to record an a cappella Christmas album called ""An Evening in December"". The album sold well in the Contemporary Christian market, and the trio was offered the opportunity to accompany five-time Grammy Award-winning Christian vocalist Sandi Patty on her 150-city ""Let There Be Praise"" tour. Their first album of non-Christmas music, ""Undivided"" (1986), was followed by ""Something Takes Over"" (1987) and ""God Is Good"" (1989). The two Christmas music collections, ""An Evening in December"" Volume I (1985) and Volume II (1987), have long been bestsellers in the group's catalog. Many comparisons have been made to the group's style"
"Christmas in the Aire Christmas in the Aire is the third Christmas album and twenty-first studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1995, and was the biggest-selling holiday album in the United States that year with sales of 1,844,000 according to Nielsen/SoundScan. ""Christmas Lullaby"" was the only track from this album included in the group's 2004 compilation ""Christmas Celebration"". On December 15, 1997, ""Christmas in the Aire"" was certified Quadruple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States. As of November 2014,"
"Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection is a 2004 Christmas album from Frank Sinatra. The selection of tracks on the album spans Sinatra's career from 1957 to 1991 and includes four previously unavailable tracks—two previously unissued on CD and two previously unissued in any format—the latter the last Christmas carol Sinatra recorded. The album was released by Warner Music Group on October 26, 2004. It features 18 Christmas-themed tracks recorded by Sinatra from 1957 to 1991, including all the holiday tracks recorded by Sinatra during his years with the Reprise label. Two tracks previously unissued on CD"
"November, during a visit to Phonogram's offices in London, Bob Geldof arrived to pitch his idea of the multi-artist charity single ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" to the label. He asked the group to participate, making them the only American artists performing on the song. In 1985, Bell said the band retained control of their own business affairs, avoiding to hire management on a full time basis and preferring to hire consultants and agents for each project or a single term. By 1986, the band had scored 14 top 40 singles in the US since 1980, more than Michael Jackson."
"The Flying Pickets discography This is the discography of the British a cappella vocal group The Flying Pickets. The group had a Christmas number one hit in 1983 in the UK Singles Chart with their cover of Yazoo's track ""Only You"". The Flying Pickets have had very limited commercial success since their breakthrough hit, but continue to release various compilation albums globally up to present day. The last Alan Parsons Project album, which was released simply as a solo album by Eric Woolfson.<br> It was soon after adapted into Eric Woolfson's first musical of the same name.<br> The Flying Pickets"
"BRIT Award nomination for Best Single; like its successor, the ballad ""Caught in a Moment"", it went to number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2004, the trio sang on Band Aid 20's remake of ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"", which went to number 1 in the UK in December. Around this time, the group's perceived ""moodiness"", alleged backstage catfights, and press junket tantrums were tabloid fodder in Britain. They were surrounded by continuous rumours of in-fighting within the group and constant split reports. Rumours suggested that Buchanan and Buena had bullied Range, although Range herself repeatedly denied such"
"Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of ""Always on My Mind"". MacGowan was reported to have said ""We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine"". MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music. The song was re-released by the Pogues in the UK in 1991 (reaching #36), and again in the UK and Ireland for Christmas 2005, reaching number three in the UK. All proceeds from the latter release were donated towards a mixture of"
"including ""The Edge of Christmas"", ""Dr. Demento's Holidays in Dementia"", and """". Christmas Wrapping ""Christmas Wrapping"" is a Christmas song by the American new wave band the Waitresses. It was first released on the 1981 compilation album ""A Christmas Record"" on ZE Records, and also appears on the Waitresses' 1982 EP ""I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts"" and numerous Christmas holiday compilation albums. It was written and produced by Chris Butler, with vocals by Patty Donahue. The song received positive reviews and AllMusic described it as ""one of the best holiday pop tunes ever"
"other promotional images of the film. It was released on November 25, 2008, by New Line Records. The compact disc format was released on October 6, 2009, by Watertower Music. Four Christmases Four Christmases (known as Four Holidays or Anywhere But Home in some territories) is a 2008 Christmas romantic comedy film about a couple visiting all four of their divorced parents' homes on Christmas Day. It stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, with Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Tim McGraw, Dwight Yoakam, and Kristin Chenoweth as supporting cast. The film is director Seth Gordon's"
"""Christmas in the Aire"" is the fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,740,000 copies according to SoundScan. Christmas in the Aire Christmas in the Aire is the third Christmas album and twenty-first studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1995, and was the biggest-selling holiday album in the United States that year with sales of 1,844,000 according to Nielsen/SoundScan. ""Christmas Lullaby"" was the only track from this album included in the group's 2004 compilation ""Christmas Celebration""."
"Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" (No. 2, 1984). Examples of songs not explicitly tied to Christmas have included children's songs such as ""Mr Blobby"" (No. 1, 1993) and the theme from ""Bob the Builder"" (No. 1, 2000), novelty songs such as Benny Hill's ""Ernie"" (No. 1, 1971) and South Park's ""Chocolate Salty Balls"" (No. 2, 1998), ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" from an ensemble of Liverpudlian celebrities in commemoration of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster (No. 1, 2012), and several examples of standard pop fare that would likely be just as popular outside the holiday season. ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" is the only recording"
"1 week it’s ok not be #1. Let’s do the right thing & help them win. It’s Christmas."" Following his tweet, many bookmakers harshly lowered odds on the choir to achieve the Christmas number one, while Coral suspended betting altogether. On Christmas Eve, itv.com commented that the choir ""now look unbeatable"". It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart at Christmas 2015, selling more than 127,000 copies, 88,000 sales fewer than Ben Haenow's 2014 Christmas number one ""Something I Need"". It beat off competition from Bieber as well as ""The X Factor"" winner Louisa Johnson, Adele, and Stormzy. It"
"#3. Cliff Richard scored the Christmas number one single with ""Saviour's Day"", his 13th number one, and his 100th top 40 hit. With this he became the only person to have a number one in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Merseyside composer John McCabe produced a flute concerto, written for James Galway and premièred by the London Symphony Orchestra who had commissioned it; it was not recorded until 1999. Another Lancashire composer, John Pickard, produced his best-known work ""The Flight of Icarus"". Simon Rattle became musical director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, of which he had"
"four of its singles made a spot on the US Adult Top 40 (""Billboard""), none of the singles were subsequent hits, thus making it fail commercially. It also failed to receive an RIAA certification, the band's first album since ""For Me, It's You"" to do so. On May 14, 2015, it was announced the band was recording a Christmas album. The album, titled ""Christmas in Tahoe"", was released on November 13, 2015, exclusively on Amazon, and is their eighth overall studio album. The album features fifteen songs, twelve of which are covers of other holiday songs, and three of them"
"Osmond Christmas Album Osmond Christmas Album is a holiday album by the Osmond family. The album peaked at No. 127 on the U.S. Billboard Top LP's chart, a modest improvement from their previous two albums. ""Osmond Family Christmas"" featured a mixture of traditional and secular Christmas standards along with some original songs, and included all seven performing members of the Osmond family, the first studio album to do so. Each track featured one of the various acts encompassed by the seven siblings: The Osmond Brothers, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Donny & Marie as a duet, or Little Jimmy Osmond. The"
"McTell's 'Streets of London' from reaching #1 in the UK Singles Chart. Wombling Merry Christmas ""Wombling Merry Christmas"" is a Christmas song written by Mike Batt, Chris Spedding and Richard Kelly, and recorded by British band The Wombles. Released in November 1974, the song rose to a peak of #2 in the UK Singles Chart in December that year, spending 8 weeks in the chart. The song was also released in West Germany, but failed to chart. The video was recorded in 2011 as part of a re-release that year, and shows the Wombles dancing to the song. The band"