"Christmas in Jamaica" is a song recorded by American R&B singer
Toni Braxton
Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female artists in history. ...
. It was written by Braxton along with her former husband
Keri Lewis
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, Donnie Scantz, Craig Love, Dave Kelly and
Shaggy
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People
*Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer
*Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse
*Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspora ...
, for her first
Christmas album
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Snowflakes
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'' (2001), with Braxton, Lewis and Scantz producing the song and Shaggy co-producing and having featured vocals. The song was released as the album's second and final single on December 8, 2001, by
Arista Records
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. Following the previous single "
Snowflakes of Love", the
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-flavored
Christmas song
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charted at number three on the US ''
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Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
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chart, but failed to chart elsewhere. The song was issued without a music video.
Commercial performance
On January 5, 2002, the song peaked at number three on ''
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Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
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chart, In total the song spent a total of three weeks on the chart.
Formats and track listings
*US Promo CD single
#"Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix) - 3:39
#"Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit) - 4:01
#"Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix Instrumental) - 3:38
#"Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit Instrumental) - 4:00
*Europe CD Single
#"Christmas In Jamaica" (feat. Shaggy)- 4:01
#"Christmas In Jamaica" (Remix) (feat. Shaggy)- 3:39
#"Snowflakes of Love" - 4:06
Charts
Release history
References
2001 singles
2001 songs
2000s ballads
Toni Braxton songs
Shaggy (musician) songs
Arista Records singles
American Christmas songs
Contemporary R&B ballads
Songs written by Toni Braxton
Songs written by Craig Love
Songs written by Donnie Scantz
Male–female vocal duets
Songs about Jamaica
Songs written by Shaggy (musician)
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