| Christmas in the Aire | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Mannheim Steamroller |
| Cover: | ChristmasIntheAire.jpg |
| Released: | September 12, 1995 |
| Recorded: | 1994–1995 |
| Genre: | Christmas |
| Length: | 43:11 |
| Label: | American Gramaphone |
| Producer: | Chip Davis |
| Prev Title: | To Russia with Love |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Huskers Muzik |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Christmas in the Aire is the third Christmas album and twenty-first studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1995, and was the biggest-selling holiday album in the United States that year with sales of 1,844,000 according to Nielsen/SoundScan.[1]
"Christmas Lullaby" was the only track from this album included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration. The song was re-recorded in lyrical form for the 2007 album Christmas Song with vocals by Olivia Newton-John.
On December 15, 1997, Christmas in the Aire was certified Quadruple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.[2]
As of November 2014, Christmas in the Aire is the fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,740,000 copies according to SoundScan.[3] It ranks as Manheim Steamroller's third best selling Christmas album.[4]