Wintersong
2006 studio album by Sarah McLachlan
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wintersong |
| type | studio |
| artist | Sarah McLachlan |
| cover | SarahMcLachlanWintersong.jpg |
| released | 17 October 2006 |
| recorded | 1994, Spring-Summer 2006 |
| genre | Christmas |
| length | 45:43 |
| producer | Pierre Marchand |
| prev_title | Mirrorball: The Complete Concert |
| prev_year | 2006 |
| next_title | Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 |
| next_year | 2008 |
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Wintersong is the sixth album and first Christmas album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released in October 2006. It was produced by longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand and includes contributions from Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies. The album also includes a collaboration with Jazz musician Diana Krall. In 2007, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In 2015, all songs from Wintersong plus five more tracks were released as The Classic Christmas Album.
Singles
"River" was released as a single from that album in September 2006. The song was performed in mid-October on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show and reached No. 71 in the Billboard Hot 100. McLachlan's video for "River" premiered on Yahoo! music, on 1 November 2006. Silent Night from this album was used in an ASPCA commercial
Charts
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| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | River | Billboard Hot 100 | 71 |
| 2006 | Pop 100 | 70 | |
| Hot Digital Songs | 66 | ||
| 2007 | Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 8 | |
| Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 6 | |
| Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 | |
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Commercial performance
Wintersong debuted at number 42 on the Billboard 200 in the United States (chart issue for the week of 3 November 2006), selling 20,000 copies in its first week. The album peaked at number 7 in its seventh week on the chart, with 116,000 copies sold for the tracking period ending 3 December. According to sales data from Nielsen/SoundScan, it was the best-selling holiday album of 2006 in the U.S. with a cumulative 759,000 copies sold for the year.
On 13 December 2007, Wintersong was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the U.S. In Canada, it has sold over 300,000 copies, and has been certified Triple Platinum.
In 2011, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 195 on the chart issue for the week of 17 December.
Track listing
| title1 = Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | writer1 = John Lennon, Yoko Ono | length1 = 3:28 | title2 = What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) | writer2 = William Chatterton Dix | length2 = 3:31 | title3 = River | writer3 = Joni Mitchell | length3 = 4:02 | title4 = Wintersong | writer4 = Sarah McLachlan | length4 = 3:31 | title5 = I'll Be Home for Christmas | writer5 = Walter Kent, Kim Gannon | length5 = 3:15 | title6 = O Little Town of Bethlehem | writer6 = Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner | length6 = 3:51 | title7 = The First Noel / Mary Mary | writer7 = Traditional | length7 = 5:00 | title8 = Silent Night | writer8 = Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber | length8 = 3:48 | title9 = Song for a Winter's Night | writer9 = Gordon Lightfoot | length9 = 3:48 | title10 = Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | writer10 = Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | length10 = 3:44 | title11 = In the Bleak Mid-Winter | writer11 = Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst | length11 = 3:46 | title12 = Christmas Time Is Here | note12 = featuring Diana Krall | writer12 = Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson | length12 = 3:59
A "sampler" CD exists, featuring similar artwork on a cardboard sleeve, which omits "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Song for a Winter's Night", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
Personnel
- Sarah McLachlan - Vocals, Piano, Harp, Dobro
- Pierre Marchand - Keyboards, Programming, Synth Bass, Quartet Manipulations, Vienna Keyboard Strings
- Jim Creeggan - Double Bass
- Colin Cripps - Guitar, Dobro
- Diana Krall - Piano on "Christmas Time Is Here".
- Ashwin Sood - Drums, Percussion
- Luke Doucet - Guitar
- Bill Dillon - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Bass
- Bob Doige - Sleigh Bells
- Daryl Johnson - Bass
- Vince Mai - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Brian Minato - Bass
- David Kershaw - Keyboards
- David Sinclair - Guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Chart (2006) | Position | Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | Canadian Digital Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | US Top Holiday Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | Chart (2007) | Position | US Billboard 200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | |||||||
| 1 | |||||||
| 1 | |||||||
| 71 | |||||||
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Certifications and sales
References
References
- Brian Dakss. (2006-12-05). "Sarah McLachlan's Atypical Christmas CD".
- [{{AllMusic
- "Blogcritics review".
- "Entertainment Weekly review".
- [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/sarah-mclachlan-wintersong Slant Magazine review]
- Katie Hasty. (6 August 2006). "McLachlan Salutes Holiday Season On New CD". [[Billboard (magazine).
- [http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/wintersong.html Wintersong] SarahMcLachlan.com Retrieved 18 May 2007
- [http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/news/story.jsp?story_id=3204 News] SarahMcLachlan.com Retrieved 18 May 2007
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- "Billboard 200 (Week of November 4, 2006)".
- Hasty, Katie. (25 October 2006). "Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years".
- "Billboard 200 (Week of December 16, 2006)".
- Morris, Chris. (7 December 2006). "Incubus 'Grenades' No. 1 on Billboard 200".
- Grein, Paul. (4 December 2009). "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!".
- "RIAA Searchable Database – Gold & Platinum Certifications". [[Recording Industry Association of America]].
- [http://www.cria.ca/gold/0107_g.php CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007] {{webarchive. link. (26 May 2010 . Retrieved 25 July 2007.)
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- "Nielsen Music 2006 Year End Music Industry Report for Canada". [[Nielsen SoundScan]].
- Paul Grein. "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". [[Yahoo!]].
- "2007: Billboard 200 Albums".
- Keith Caulfield. "Sarah McLachlan Talks 'Challenge' of Making New Holiday Album & Secrets of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade".
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