''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' is a #1 selling bilingual English/Norwegian album by
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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singer
Kurt Nilsen
Kurt Erik Nilsen () (born 29 September 1978) is a Norwegian pop/country singer. He won the first season of the Norwegian reality show ''Idol'', which aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He then won a one-off international version of ''Pop Idol'' called ...
in participation of
Kringkastingsorkestret
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norwegian, ''Kringkastingsorkestret'', abbreviated as KORK) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (''Norsk rikskringkasting AS'', or NRK). Its principal base is the ''Store Studi ...
(KORK), the Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Nick Davies.
The
Christmas
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album was released on 15 November 2010 and hit #1 in 9 different years (2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021).
VG Lista: ''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' album page
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The album contains 13 songs (9 in English and 4 in Norwegian). 11 of the songs are solo and 2 as duets with Christel Alsos and Helene Bøksle
Helene Margrete Bøksle (born April 1, 1981, Mandal, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress.
Career
Bøksle performs a mixture of traditional Norwegian folk music and popular music.
Bøksle has performed with singers such as Bjørn Eidsvå ...
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Track listing
#"The Christmas Song
"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé.
The Nat King Cole Trio f ...
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#"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions ...
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#"Baby, It's Cold Outside
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in the 1949 film '' Neptune's Daughter''. While the lyrics make no mention of a holiday, it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song owing to its winter ...
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#"Himmel på jord"
#" When You Wish Upon a Star"
#"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In ...
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#"Winter Wonderland
"Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, ...
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#"Gje meg handa di venn"
#"Walking in the Air
"Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film ''The Snowman'' based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 children's book of the same name. The song forms the centrepiece of ''The Snowman'', which has become a seasonal fav ...
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#" Nå tennes tusen julelys" ("Nu tändas tusen juleljus")
#"Stjernesludd"
#" White Christmas"
#"Auld lang syne
"Auld Lang Syne" (: note "s" rather than "z") is a popular song, particularly in the English-speaking world. Traditionally, it is sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. By extension, it is also often ...
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Charts
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References
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2010 Christmas albums
Kurt Nilsen albums
Christmas albums by Norwegian artists