: ''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! ''Now That's What I Call Music!'' (often shortened to ''Now!'') is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music (Universal Music Group, Universal/Sony Music Entert ...

and

Now That's What I Call Music! discography This is a list of available actual and physical albums belonging to the UK ''Now That's What I Call Music!'' series, comprising: compact discs (CD), audio cassettes (AC), vinyl ( LP), VHS tape, DVD, and on other short-lived formats. They are ...

'' ''Now That's What I Call Christmas!'' is a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001, by

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. 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

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for shipment of six million units in the United States. Based on sales figures provided by

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, 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. 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.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc Two

Charts and sales

*2001 ''Billboard'' 200 – No. 3 *2001

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– No. 4 *

RIAA certification In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.

: 6× Platinum (US)

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