''To Celebrate Christmas'' is the first solo

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and third solo studio album by American

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artist

Jennifer Nettles Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Nettles is the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush, and prior to this she fronted the Atlanta-based band ...

, released on October 28, 2016, through

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. This is the first Christmas-themed album for Nettles as a solo artist, after previously releasing '' Gold and Green'' with Sugarland in 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Jennifer Nettles – lead vocals * Tim Lauer – keyboards (1–4, 6–9), accordion (5), acoustic piano (10), arrangements *

Tom Bukovac Tom Bukovac is an American session musician and producer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in nearby Willowick, Ohio. He has been a Nashville-based musician since 1992. He previously owned 2nd Gear, a used music consignment shop in So ...

– electric guitars (1–4, 6–9) *

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– acoustic guitars (1–9) * Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (1, 3, 4, 6–9), dobro (2) *

Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass guitar. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the po ...

– bass guitar (1–3, 6, 7, 9) *

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– drums (1–4, 6–9) * Sam Levine – baritone saxophone (1, 4, 8) * Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone (1, 4, 8), horn arrangements (1, 2, 4, 8), clarinet (2) * Roy Agee – trombone (1, 4, 8) * Steve Herrman – trumpet (1, 2, 4, 8) * Steve Patrick – trumpet (1, 4, 8) * Alfreda McCrary-Lee – backing vocals (1) * Ann McCrary – backing vocals (1) * Regina McCrary – backing vocals (1) * Deborah Person – backing vocals (1) *

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– lead vocals (2) * Whitney Coleman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6–9) * Jeffrey Holstein – backing vocals (2, 4, 6–9) * Kiely Phillips – backing vocals (2, 4, 6–9) *

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– lead vocals (3) Technical personnel * Nicole Dovolis – A&R * Julian Raymond – producer, arrangements * Howard Willing – recording * Seth Morton – recording assistant (1, 2, 4, 6, 9) * Owen Lewis – recording assistant (1, 2, 4, 6–9) * Jason Mott – recording assistant (3, 7, 8) * Adam Chagnon – additional engineer *

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– mixing * Nik Karpen – mix assistant *

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– editing *

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– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) * Laurel Kittleson – production coordinator * Doug Rich – production coordinator * Janice Soled – production coordinator * Brianna Steinitz – production coordinator * Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction * Becky Reiser – art direction * Justin Ford – graphic design * Marc Baptiste – photography * Hayley Atkin – wardrobe

Charts

''To Celebrate Christmas'' debuted at No. 151 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 4,700 copies in its first week of release. As of November 2017, the album has sold 59,900 copies in the US.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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