8 Days of Christmas explained

8 Days of Christmas
Type:studio
Artist:Destiny's Child
Cover:Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas.jpg
Recorded:July 2000; July–September 2001
Length:41:00
Label:Columbia
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:This Is the Remix
Next Year:2002

8 Days of Christmas is the fourth studio album and only Christmas album by American R&B girl group Destiny's Child, released on October 30, 2001 by Columbia Records.

Background

The album contains twelve tracks featuring traditional Christmas songs and three original songs. Most of them are re-arranged with up-tempo beats in a contemporary R&B style. The album was recorded in Summer 2001 in the United States, but Kelly Rowland stated during the "8 Days of Christmas" video premiere on BET's 106 & Park in Fall 2001 that parts of the album were also recorded in Japan during Destiny's Child's overseas promo tour. In the same interview, Beyoncé revealed, "Actually we wrote the song two years ago when we went in the studio to do some Christmas something. That's what started the idea of doing a Christmas album."[1] The song "8 Days of Christmas" first appeared on the double-disc reissue of The Writing's on the Wall in November 2000.

Critical reception

8 Days of Christmas received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, gave the album 2.5 out 5 stars. In his review, he felt that it did not offer anything different from any other Christmas album and that it had the same formula as every other Christmas album, making it very predictable.[2] Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+. He felt that the album had a rough start, stating that song lyrics such as, "a pair of Chloe shades and a diamond belly ring" were too materialistic, leaving a bad taste in your mouth, however, he stated that originals like "Winter Christmas", and "This Christmas" helped the album quickly recover.[3] People gave the album a mixed review, stating that some songs of the album fell short, but despite that, there were a few gifts on the album, such as "Carol of the Bells". They came to the conclusion that while it was good, it was not destined for success. Alexa Camp of Slant Magazine gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars. She said that the album sounded like a, "Survivor II: Winter Ghetto-chic," and that the album brought little justice to the original songs.

Commercial performance

8 Days of Christmas made its debut on the Billboard 200 at number 59.[4] On the chart issue dated December 22, 2001, it reached its peak at number 34. On December 3, 2001, the album was certified Platinum in 2020 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[5]

Notes

Sample Credits

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001–02)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 65
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[14] 10
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] 34
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[16] 6
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 20
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 117
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)[19] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)!scope="col"
Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[20] 158

Release history

RegionDateFormat
United StatesCD
Australia
Europe[21]
United StatesDualDisc

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keyta's Vibe – DESTINY'S CHILD . Freewebs.com . 2011-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918030206/http://www.freewebs.com/keytasvibe/destinyschild.htm . 2010-09-18 . dead .
  2. [Stephen Thomas Erlewine]
  3. Music reviews on MTV TRL Christmas; 8 Days of Christmas; Barbra Streisand's Christmas Memories; NOW That's What I Call Christmas!; Toni Braxton's Snowflakes; They Might Be Giants' Holidayland; Extraordinaire. Willman. Chris. Entertainment Weekly. November 30, 2001. March 24, 2018. December 12, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212075715/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,253136,00.html. dead.
  4. November 17, 2001. Top 200 Albums Billboard 200 chart Billboard. Billboard.
  5. Destiny's Child . 8 Days of Christmas . 2001 . booklet . Columbia.
  6. "8 Days of Christmas" Sample of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/127394/Destiny%27s-Child-8-Days-of-Christmas-Traditional-Folk-The-Twelve-Days-of-Christmas/
  7. "8 Days of Christmas" Sample of "Jingle Bells (One Horse Open Sleigh)". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/127396/Destiny%27s-Child-8-Days-of-Christmas-James-Pierpont-Jingle-Bells-(One-Horse-Open-Sleigh)/
  8. Web site: Destiny's Child and Solange's "Little Drummer Boy" cover of The Harry Simeone Chorale's "The Little Drummer Boy". WhoSampled.com.
  9. Web site: Kelly Rowland and Destiny's Child's Cover of The Harry Simeone Chorale's "Do You Hear What I Hear?" . WhoSampled.com.
  10. Web site: Destiny's Child's cover of Bing Crosby's "White Christmas". WhoSampled.com.
  11. Web site: "Platinum Bells" Sample of "Silver Bells". WhoSampled.com.
  12. Web site: Destiny's Child's cover of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas". WhoSampled.com.
  13. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 31st December 2001 . . 6 . February 18, 2013 . dead . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue618.pdf . February 20, 2002 .
  14. Web site: ARIA Urban Chart – Week Commencing 31st December 2001 . ARIA Charts. Australian Web Archive . 14 . February 18, 2013 . dead . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue618.pdf . February 20, 2002 .
  15. Web site: Albums : Top 100. Jam!. December 13, 2001. March 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041125093905/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_121301_ALBUMS.html. November 25, 2004.
  16. Web site: R&B : Top 50. Jam!. December 20, 2001. January 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20011223082112/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html. December 23, 2001.
  17. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/110256/ranking/cd_album/ . ja:デスティニーズ・チャイルドのアルバム売り上げランキング . Destiny's Child album sales ranking . ja . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024231514/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/110256/ranking/cd_album/ . October 24, 2012 . March 13, 2015.
  18. Web site: Chart Log UK: Asher D – Dyverse . Zobbel . March 13, 2015.
  19. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=destiny's child|chart=Holiday Albums}} Destiny's Child – Chart history: Holiday Albums ]. Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . February 18, 2013.
  20. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184204/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b2.html. September 6, 2004. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001. Jam!. March 25, 2022.
  21. Web site: 8 Days of Christmas: Destiny's Child: Amazon.de: Musik . Amazon.de . 2011-02-20.

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