Beyond the Season is the first Christmas album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 25, 1992, by Liberty Records, and peaked at number 2 on both of Billboard magazine's Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums sales charts that year. Beyond the Season was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of 1992 in the United States with sales of 1,542,000 copies for the year according to Nielsen SoundScan. As of November 2014, the album has cumulative sales of 2,650,000 copies in the U.S. and is the seventeenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the entire SoundScan era (March 1991 – present).
Background Brooks commented on the album, saying:
Commercial performance Beyond the Season peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums. On November 15, 1995, Beyond the Season was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of 3 million copies in the United States. On March 17, 2026, the album was certified 4x Platinum.
Track listing
Personnel
Robert "Bob" Bailey – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (tracks 3, 5, 8) Garth Brooks – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals (tracks 3, 8, 9) Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar Gary Chapman – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Mike Chapman – bass guitar (tracks 1–9) Johnny Cobb – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Charles Cochran – string arrangements (tracks 10, 11) Landy Gardner – choir director (track 5) Carl Gorodetzky – violin (track 10) Rob Hajacos – fiddle (tracks 3, 8) Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Emily Harris – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Jana King – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar (tracks 1–9), electric guitar (tracks 1–9) Bob Mason – cello (track 10) Donna McElroy – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Joey Miskulin – accordion (track 4) Donna Morris – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Allen Reynolds – harmony vocals (track 9) Milton Sledge – drums (tracks 1–9), percussion (tracks 1–9) Howard Smith – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Pamela Sixfin – violin (track 10) Gary Vanosdale – viola (track 10) Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 11) Bobby Wood – acoustic piano, keyboards Cynthia Reynolds Wyatt – harp (tracks 10, 11) Christ Church Choir – choir (track 5) The Nashville String Machine – strings (track 11) Trisha Yearwood – harmony vocals (tracks 5, 9)
Production Matt Allen – recording assistant Carlos Grier – digital editing Jerry Joyner – design Mark Miller – recording engineer, mixing engineer Beverly Parker – photography Denny Purcell – mastering engineer Allen Reynolds – producer Virginia Team – art direction
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 128 Canadian Albums (RPM) 20 Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 3
Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200 61 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 11 Chart (1993) Position US Billboard 200 72 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 15
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country 1998 "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" 41 1999 "Go Tell it on the Mountain" 72 2000 "White Christmas" 65 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 69
Certifications
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