Today Is Christmas is the fourteenth studio album and second Christmas album by American singer LeAnn Rimes. Released in 2015, it features holiday classics and two original songs co-written by Rimes. The album has sold 35,700 copies in the United States as of January 2016.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
LeAnn Rimes – vocals, arrangements and adaptation (11, 12) Booker T. Jones – Hammond B3 organ (1–7, 9), Wurlitzer electric piano (1–7) Rob Arthur – upright piano (2, 4, 8), Hammond B3 organ (10) Jim Cox – upright piano (6, 9) Dave Audé – keyboards (11) Darrell Brown – keyboards (11), arrangements and adaptation (11, 12) Tariqh Akuni – acoustic guitar (1), guitars (5) Ray Parker Jr. – guitars (2–4, 6–10) Willie Weeks – bass (1, 3, 5–7, 9) Bob Glaub – bass (2, 4, 8, 10) James Gadson – drums (1, 5) Steve Ferrone – drums (3, 6, 7) Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (4, 8, 10), snare drum (11), toms (11) Ron Dzuibla – baritone saxophone (1, 3, 4, 7), tenor saxophone (1, 3, 4, 7) Lee Thornburg – trombone (1, 3), trumpet (1, 3, 4, 7), horn arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7) Nick Lane – trombone (3, 4, 7) Steve Richards – cello (2, 9) Suzie Katayama – string arrangements (2, 9)
Background and guest vocalists LeAnn Rimes – backing vocals (1–8, 10, 11) Darrell Brown – backing vocals (1, 3–5, 11) Tim Davis – backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 11) Aloe Blacc – vocals (3), backing vocals (3) Summer Davis – backing vocals (3) Gavin DeGraw – vocals (6), backing vocals (6) Ryan Bast – backing vocals (7) Deborah Lippman – backing vocals (7)
Production
Darrell Brown – producer LeAnn Rimes – producer Niko Bolas – producer (1–10, 12) Dave Audé – producer (11) Cindi Peters – production coordinator Kiki Caldas – production assistant Abby Littman – production intern Donny Phillips – design Sara Hertel – photography Sarah Stein – stylist Nathaniel Hawkins – hair, make-up Troy Surratt – hair, make-up Marcel Pariseau and Sara Shillingslaw for True Public Relations – publicity Brad Bissell and Rod Essiq for Creative Artist Agency – booking agents
Technical credits Ian Sefchick – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California) Niko Bolas – recording, mixing Al Schmitt – mixing Shamus Bacon – additional engineer Darrell Brown – additional engineer, editing (11) Will Delaney – additional engineer Steve Genewick – additional engineer Chandler Harrod – additional engineer Jeremy Miller – additional engineer Ernesto Olvera – additional engineer Nick Rives – additional engineer Diego Ruelas – additional engineer Morgan Stratton – additional engineer Joshua Stuebe – additional engineer Josh White – additional engineer Dave Audé – editing (11) Paul Jamieson – bass and drum equipment rentals and cartage
Celebrate Me Home
Celebrate Me Home promo single according to Mediabase radio charts reached #2 on the Holiday Radio Play chart and #7 on Adult Contemporary chart. The Video for Celebrate Me Home was created as a Facebook awareness video for Disabled American Veterans and proved to be a great success with over 5.6 million native views as of January 2016.
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peakposition US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) 2
Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 65
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