White Christmas (Martina McBride album)

White Christmas

Cover of the 1999 re-release.
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released September 29, 1998
(see release history)
Recorded 1998
Genre Christmas, country
Length 41:06
Label RCA Records
Producer Rob Christie
Martina McBride
Patrick Williams
Paul Worley
Martina McBride chronology
Evolution
(1997)		 White Christmas
(1998)		 Emotion
(1999)
Alternative covers
Cover of the 2007 re-release.
Cover of the 2013 re-release.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]

White Christmas is the fifth album and an album of covers of famous Christmas songs by country singer Martina McBride released by RCA Records in 1998. The album was reissued in 1999 with new artwork and two new tracks. It was re-released for the second time in October 2007 with newer artwork and four new tracks added. In 2013, it was reisused for a third time as The Classic Christmas Album. The re-release added her Elvis Presley duet, "Blue Christmas", which was originally released on his posthumous album Christmas Duets, while removing the track "Jingle Bells" and revising the track listing.

In the U.S. the album was certified Gold on November 9, 1999 and Platinum on November 10, 2003 by the RIAA. The album has sold 1,789,700 copies in the U.S. as of November 2016.[3]

Track listings

Original 1998 release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane4:05
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"  Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn1:44
3."The Christmas Song"  Mel Tormé, Robert Wells3:38
4."O Holy Night"  Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight3:43
5."Silver Bells"  Jay Livingston, Ray Evans2:40
6."Away in a Manger"  Traditional3:27
7."White Christmas"  Irving Berlin3:18
8."What Child Is This?"  Traditional3:45
9."I'll Be Home for Christmas"  Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent3:10
10."Silent Night"  Franz Xaver Gruber, Josef Mohr3:22

1999 re-release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do You Hear What I Hear?"  Gloria Shayne Baker, Noël Regney3:55
2."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  Martin, Blane4:05
3."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"  Styne, Cahn1:44
4."O Come All Ye Faithful"  Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade3:58
5."The Christmas Song"  Tormé, Wells3:38
6."O Holy Night"  Adam, Dwight3:43
7."Silver Bells"  Livingston, Evans2:40
8."Away in a Manger"  Traditional3:27
9."White Christmas"  Berlin3:18
10."What Child Is This?"  Traditional3:45
11."I'll Be Home for Christmas"  Ram, Gannon, Kent3:10
12."Silent Night"  Gruber, Mohr3:22

2007 re-release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"  Styne, Cahn1:44
2."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  Martin, Blane4:05
3."Silver Bells"  Livingston, Evans2:40
4."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"  Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley2:29
5."Do You Hear What I Hear?"  Baker, Regney3:55
6."I'll Be Home for Christmas"  Ram, Gannon, Kent3:10
7."Winter Wonderland"  Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith3:26
8."O Come All Ye Faithful"  Oakeley, Wade3:58
9."Away in a Manger"  Traditional3:27
10."Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin)Frank Loesser2:55
11."Jingle Bells"  James Pierpont2:13
12."White Christmas"  Berlin3:18
13."Silent Night"  Gruber, Mohr3:22
14."The Christmas Song"  Tormé, Wells3:38
15."What Child Is This?"  Traditional3:45
16."O Holy Night"  Adam, Dwight3:43

The Classic Christmas Album (2013 re-release)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"  Styne, Cahn1:44
2."Silver Bells"  Livingston, Evans2:40
3."The Christmas Song"  Tormé, Wells3:38
4."Do You Hear What I Hear?"  Baker, Regney3:55
5."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"  Mendelssohn, Wesley2:29
6."Away in a Manger"  Traditional3:27
7."Winter Wonderland"  Bernard, Smith3:26
8."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  Martin, Blane4:05
9."Blue Christmas" (with Elvis Presley)Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson2:13
10."O Come All Ye Faithful"  Oakeley, Wade3:58
11."Silent Night"  Gruber, Mohr3:22
12."White Christmas"  Berlin3:18
13."Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin)Loesser2:55
14."I'll Be Home for Christmas"  Ram, Gannon, Kent3:10
15."What Child Is This?"  Traditional3:45
16."O Holy Night"  Adam, Dwight3:43

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Album charts

White Christmas

Chart (1998) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 9
U.S. Billboard 200 64
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 6

The Classic Christmas Album

Chart (2013) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 27
U.S. Billboard 200 177

Charted songs

Year Song Peak positions
US Country
1998 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" 64
2000 "The Christmas Song" 67
"White Christmas" 62
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 53
2001 "O Holy Night" 41
2006 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin) 35

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,789,700[3]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Label Format
United States September 29, 1998 RCA Nashville CD (10 tracks)
September 14, 1999 CD, digital download (12 tracks)
October 2, 2007 CD, digital download (16 tracks)
October 6, 2009 Legacy Recordings CD+DVD
October 8, 2013 CD, digital download (16 tracks)

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. 1 2 Bjorke, Matt (November 2, 2016). "Special Report: Catalog Country Album Sales: October 2, 2016". Roughstock.
  4. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Martina McBride – White Christmas". Music Canada.
  5. ↑ "American album certifications – Martina McBride – White Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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