Now That's What I Call Christmas!

This article describes a 2001 album in the U.S. Now! series. It should not be confused with other similarly titled "Now!" Christmas albums. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

2001 compilation album by Various artists

Compilation album by

Various artists

Released

October 23, 2001

Genre

Christmas music

Length

CD 1: 48:59
CD 2: 67:33

Label

UTV

Full series chronology

Now That's What I Call Music! 7
(2001)

Now That's What I Call Christmas!
(2001)

Now That's What I Call Music! 8
(2001)

Christmas chronology

Now That's What I Call Christmas!
(2001)

Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]

Now That's What I Call Christmas! is a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001, by Universal Music Group. The album is part of the (U.S.) Now! series, and the first holiday-themed album in the series.

On November 15, 2004, Now That's What I Call Christmas! was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million units in the United States.^[3]

Based on sales figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, the album was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. for both 2001 and 2002 with sales of 1,614,000 and 741,000 copies respectively.^[4] As of November 2014, Now That's What I Call Christmas! is the eighth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 — present), having sold 3,480,000 copies.^[5]

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"The Christmas Song"	Nat King Cole	3:09
2.	"White Christmas"	Bing Crosby	2:57
3.	"Blue Christmas"	Elvis Presley	2:07
4.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Frank Sinatra	3:27
5.	"Winter Wonderland"	Tony Bennett	2:13
6.	"Sleigh Ride"	Ella Fitzgerald	2:56
7.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Dean Martin	1:56
8.	"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"	Perry Como	2:51
9.	"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"	Johnny Mathis	2:45
10.	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	Burl Ives	2:13
11.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	Gene Autry	3:12
12.	"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"	Elmo & Patsy	3:27
13.	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Brenda Lee	2:05
14.	"Jingle Bell Rock"	Bobby Helms	2:09
15.	"Little Saint Nick"	The Beach Boys	2:08
16.	"Merry Christmas Darling"	The Carpenters	3:05
17.	"Christmas Collage"	Kathy Mattea	3:33
18.	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"	Bing Crosby & David Bowie	2:36

Disc 2

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"	Bruce Springsteen	4:48
2.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir	3:32
3.	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid	3:40
4.	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	3:45
5.	"Our Love Is Like a Holiday"	Michael Bolton	3:16
6.	"(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus"	Harry Connick Jr.	4:37
7.	"Jingle Bells"	Diana Krall	2:11
8.	"Away in a Manger"	Mannheim Steamroller	3:18
9.	"Deck the Halls"	Ottmar Liebert	3:06
10.	"Love on Layaway"	Gloria Estefan	4:26
11.	"Don't Save It All for Christmas Day"	Celine Dion	4:35
12.	"This Christmas"	Joe	3:05
13.	"Special Gift"	The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley	3:57
14.	"All We Need Is Love (Christmas in the Yard)"	The Big Yard Family featuring Shaggy	3:58
15.	"My Only Wish (This Year)"	Britney Spears	4:15
16.	"You Don't Have to Be Alone (On Christmas)"	'N SYNC	4:32
17.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Luther Vandross	4:17
18.	"Silent Night"	Boyz II Men	2:31

Charts and sales

2001 Billboard 200 – No. 3^[6]
2001 Top Internet Albums – No. 4
RIAA certification: 6× Platinum (US)^[3]

References

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r558090
^ Willman, Chris (November 26, 2001). "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! Multi-Platinum Albums". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ Paul Grein (October 29, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year's Top Christmas Album?". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^ "Top 200 Albums - Billboard 200 chart". Billboard.