''Cheers, It's Christmas'' is the first Christmas album and seventh studio album by American country music artist

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...

. It was released on October 2, 2012, through Warner Bros. Nashville. Shelton co-wrote three tracks for the album.

Content

Included on the album is a rendition of

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's "

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", 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 former wife,

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; the supergroup

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, which is composed of Lambert,

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, and

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; Shelton's mother, Dorothy Shackleford; Trypta-Phunk, a

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side project founded by Shelton's touring band;

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;

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; and Xenia, who placed fifth on the first season of ''

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'', a televised singing competition on which Shelton is a judge. The

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holiday film, "Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas," which premiered on December 15, 2018 starring

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and

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, was inspired by the track Shelton wrote with his mother. The album was re-released in 2017 with new artwork and three additional tracks: "

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" (from the 2016 album

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), "Two Step ’Round the Christmas Tree" and "Christmas Eve" (a version of

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). The album re-released for a second time in 2022 with three additional tracks: "

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", "

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" and a cover of "Cheer for the Elves", which originally appeared on the deluxe edition of Gwen Stefani's album, "

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Commercial performance

In its first week of release, the album sold 9,000 copies in the U.S. The album sold a total of 428,000 copies in the US in 2012, and was

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by the

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on November 9, 2012. The album re-entered the charts on November 20, 2013 at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 8,000 copies for the week. As of November 2017, the album has sold 688,400 copies in the US.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals * Charlie Judge – keyboards, acoustic piano *

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– keyboards, acoustic piano *

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– acoustic guitar * David Baldwin – electric guitar *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American, Nashville, Tennessee-based recording studio guitarist and songwriter, performing primarily country music. Guitar World Magazine listed him as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". ...

– electric guitar * Beau Tackett – electric guitar * Paul Franklin –

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* Rob Byus – bass * Craig Nelson – bass *

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– bass * Tracy Broussard – drums, percussion * Bob Mater – drums, percussion * Ben Phillips – drums *

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–

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* Perry Coleman – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

– backing vocals, lead and backing vocals on "Jingle Bell Rock" *

– lead and backing vocals on "Oklahoma Christmas" *

– lead and backing vocals on "There's A New Kid in Town" *

– lead and backing vocals on "Home" *

– backing vocals on "Blue Christmas" * Xenia – lead and backing vocals on "Silver Bells" * Dorothy Shakleford – backing vocals, lead and backing vocals on "Time for Me to Come Home * Trypta-Phunk – lead and backing vocals on "The Very Best Time of Year" Orchestra * Charlie Judge – arrangements and conductor * Stephanie O'Keefe – contractor * Julie Gigante – concertmaster ;Horns and Woodwinds *

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...

– alto saxophone * Joel Peskin – baritone saxophone * Brian Scanlon – tenor saxophone * John Mitchell –

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* Gene Cipriano and Phil O'Connor –

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* Dan Higgins and Steve Kujala –

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* Earle Dumler –

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* Charlie Morillas – bass trombone * Nick Lane – trombone *

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– trumpet * Brian O'Connor, Stephanie O'Keefe, Danielle Ondarza and Brad Warnaar –

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;Strings * Paul Cohen, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Steve Erdody, Roger Lebow, Giovanna Moraga-Clayton and George Kim Scholes – cello *

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, Geoff Osika, Dave Stone and Mike Valerio– double bass * Robert Brophy, Caroline Buckmam, Gina Coletti, Darrin McCaan, Eric Rynearson and Mike Whitson – viola * Armen Anassian, Charlie Bisharat, Jackie Brand, Bruce Dukov, Nina Evtuhov, Julie Gigante, Eric Gorfain, Tamara Hatwan, Amy Hershberger, Maia Jasper, Ana Landauer, Serena McKinney, Cheryl Norman-Blake, Grace Oh,

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks (singer), Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appea ...

, Joel Pargman, Radu Pieptu and Anatoly Rosinsky – violin

Production

* Scott Hendricks – producer, overdub recording, digital editing * Brent Rowan – producer (7) * Drew Bollman – recording, mix assistant * Justin Niebank – recording, mixing * Nick Spezia – recording assistant * Tommy Vicari – horn and orchestra recording * Chandler Harrod – horn and orchestra recording assistant * Bill Appleby – overdub recording * Herb Shucher – overdub recording * Chris Ashburn – overdub assistant * Ben O'Neill – overdub assistant * Todd Tidwell – overdub assistant * Ben Phillips – digital editing * Jeffrey Welch – technical assistant * Hank Williams – mastering * Scott Johnson – production assistant * Katherine Petillo – art direction * Firecracker Studios – design * Kristin Barlowe – photography Studios * Recorded at

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(Nashville, Tennessee). * Overdubs recorded at Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee);

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and

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(Hollywood, California); Gas Money Studios; The Villahona Resort; Cinema Sauna. * Edited at Riverview Back Porch Studios and Superphonic Studio (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mixed at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) and Hound's Ear Studio (Franklin, Tennessee). * Technical assistance at Design FX (Los Angeles, California). * Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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