Today Is Christmas

Studio album by LeAnn Rimes

Released

October 16, 2015

Recorded

2015

Genre

Christmas, country

Length

40:28

Label

Kobalt

Producer

Darrell Brown, LeAnn Rimes, Niko Bolas

LeAnn Rimes chronology

Spitfire
(2013)

Today Is Christmas
(2015)

Remnants
(2016)

Today Is Christmas is a 2015 Christmas album by LeAnn Rimes. It features holiday classics and two original songs co-written by Rimes.^[1] The album has sold 35,700 copies in the United States as of January 2016.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Today Is Christmas" (Holiday Theme for NBC's Today)	Darrell Brown Rimes	3:22
2.	"We Need a Little Christmas"	Jerry Herman	3:00
3.	"That Spirit of Christmas" (duet with Aloe Blacc)	Parnell Davison Mable John Joel Webster	4:55
4.	"I Still Believe in Santa Claus"	Brown Rimes	3:07
5.	"Holly Jolly Christmas/Frosty the Snowman"	Johnny Marks Walter E. Rollins Steve Nelson	2:12
6.	"Celebrate Me Home" (duet with Gavin DeGraw)	Bob James Kenny Loggins	4:14
7.	"Must Be Santa"	Bill Fredericks Hal Moore	2:47
8.	"Christmas Time Is Here"	Vince Guaraldi Lee Mendelson	1:55
9.	"The Heartache Can Wait"	Brandi Carlile Phil Hanseroth	3:50
10.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine K. Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone	4:25
11.	"Joy (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Angels We Have Heard on High/Hark the Herald Angels Sing)"	Brown Rimes	4:46
12.	"Auld Lang Syne"	Robert Burns	1:55
Total length:			40:28

Target exclusive bonus tracks^[3]
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Ring Them Bells"	Bob Dylan	3:06
14.	"Pretty Paper"	Willie Nelson	2:27
15.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John Lennon Yoko Ono	3:14
Total length:			49:15

Personnel

Tariqha Akuni - acoustic guitar
Rob Arthur - Hammond B-3 organ, upright piano
Dave Audé - keyboards
Ryan Bast - background vocals
Aloe Blacc - vocals on "That Spirit of Christmas"
Darrell Brown - keyboards, background vocals, producer, songwriter
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Jim Cox - upright piano
Summer Davis - background vocals
Tim Davis - background vocals
Gavin DeGraw - vocals on "Celebrate Me Home"
Ron Dzuibla - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Steve Ferrone - drums
Bob Glaub - bass guitar
James Gadson - drums
Booker T. Jones - Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Suzie Katayama - string arrangements
Nick Lane - trombone
Deborah Lippmann - background vocals
Ray Parker Jr. - electric guitar
Steve Richards - cello
LeAnn Rimes - lead vocals, background vocals, producer, songwriter
Lee Thornburg - flugelhorn, trombone, trumpet, horn arrangements
Willie Weeks - bass guitar

Celebrate Me Home

Celebrate Me Home promo single according to Mediabase radio charts reached #2 on the Holiday Radio Play chart and #7 on Adult Contemporary chart. The Video for Celebrate Me Home was created as a Facebook awareness video for Disabled American Veterans and proved to be a great success with over 5.6 million native views as of January 2016.

Chart performance

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	88
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	9
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[6]	2

References

↑ Lynch, Joe (October 9, 2015). "Listen to LeAnn Rimes' 'Today Is Christmas' Album Right Now: Exclusive Stream". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 4, 2016". Roughstock.
↑ http://www.target.com/p/leann-rimes-today-is-christmas-target-exclusive/-/A-50077509
↑ "LeAnn Rimes – Chart history" Billboard 200 for LeAnn Rimes.
↑ "LeAnn Rimes – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for LeAnn Rimes.
↑ "LeAnn Rimes – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for LeAnn Rimes.

LeAnn Rimes

Discography

Independent albums	All That (1994)

Studio albums	Blue (1996) You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997) Sittin' on Top of the World (1998) LeAnn Rimes (1999) Twisted Angel (2002) What a Wonderful World (2004) This Woman (2005) Whatever We Wanna (2006) Family (2007) Lady & Gentlemen (2011) Spitfire (2013) Today Is Christmas (2015) Remnants (2016)

Compilations	Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997) I Need You (2001) God Bless America (2001) Greatest Hits (2003) The Best of LeAnn Rimes (2004)

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