To Celebrate Christmas Explained
To Celebrate Christmas is the first solo Christmas and third solo studio album by American country music artist Jennifer Nettles, released on October 28, 2016, through Big Machine Records.[1] This is the first Christmas-themed album for Nettles as a solo artist, after previously releasing Gold and Green with Sugarland in 2009.
Personnel
Musicians
- Jennifer Nettles – lead vocals
- Tim Lauer – keyboards (1–4, 6–9), accordion (5), acoustic piano (10), arrangements
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitars (1–4, 6–9)
- Danny Rader – acoustic guitars (1–9)
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (1, 3, 4, 6–9), dobro (2)
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (1–3, 6, 7, 9)
- Dorian Crozier – 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)
- Andra Day – 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)
- Idina Menzel – 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
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Nik Karpen – mix assistant
- Lars Fox – editing
- Ted Jensen – 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.[2] As of November 2017, the album has sold 59,900 copies in the US.[3]
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- News: Nicholson. Jessica. Jennifer Nettles Plans Christmas Album, Nashville Symphony Show. September 24, 2016. MusicRow. September 19, 2016.
- News: Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 7, 2016. Matt. Bjorke. November 6, 2016. November 9, 2016. Roughstock.
- News: Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017. Matt. Bjorke. November 26, 2017. December 1, 2017. Roughstock.
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. December 5, 2021.
- Web site: Jennifer Nettles: To Celebrate Christmas: Music. B01L22Y6R2. September 24, 2016.
