Today Is Christmas

2015 studio album by LeAnn Rimes

Today Is Christmas

Studio album by

LeAnn Rimes

Released

October 16, 2015

Recorded

2015

Genre

Christmas, country

Length

40:28

Label

Kobalt

Producer

Darrell Brown, LeAnn Rimes, Niko Bolas

LeAnn Rimes chronology

All-Time Greatest Hits
(2015)

Today Is Christmas
(2015)

Remnants
(2016)

Today Is Christmas is the twelfth 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.^[1] The album has sold 35,700 copies in the United States as of January 2016.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Today Is Christmas" (Holiday Theme for NBC's Today)	Darrell Brown Rimes	3:22
2.	"We Need a Little Christmas"	Jerry Herman	3:00
3.	"That Spirit of Christmas" (duet with Aloe Blacc)	Parnell Davison Mable John Joel Webster	4:55
4.	"I Still Believe in Santa Claus"	Brown Rimes	3:07
5.	"Holly Jolly Christmas/Frosty the Snowman"	Johnny Marks Walter E. Rollins Steve Nelson	2:12
6.	"Celebrate Me Home" (duet with Gavin DeGraw)	Bob James Kenny Loggins	4:14
7.	"Must Be Santa"	Bill Fredericks Hal Moore	2:47
8.	"Christmas Time Is Here"	Vince Guaraldi Lee Mendelson	1:55
9.	"The Heartache Can Wait"	Brandi Carlile Phil Hanseroth	3:50
10.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine K. Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone	4:25
11.	"Joy (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Angels We Have Heard on High/Hark the Herald Angels Sing)"	Brown Rimes	4:46
12.	"Auld Lang Syne"	Robert Burns	1:55
Total length:			40:28

Target exclusive bonus tracks^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Ring Them Bells"	Bob Dylan	3:06
14.	"Pretty Paper"	Willie Nelson	2:27
15.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John Lennon Yoko Ono	3:14
Total length:			49:15

Personnel

Tariqha Akuni - acoustic guitar
Rob Arthur - Hammond B-3 organ, upright piano
Dave Audé - keyboards
Ryan Bast - background vocals
Aloe Blacc - vocals on "That Spirit of Christmas"
Darrell Brown - keyboards, background vocals, producer, songwriter
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Jim Cox - upright piano
Summer Davis - background vocals
Tim Davis - background vocals
Gavin DeGraw - vocals on "Celebrate Me Home"
Ron Dzuibla - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Steve Ferrone - drums
Bob Glaub - bass guitar
James Gadson - drums
Booker T. Jones - Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Suzie Katayama - string arrangements
Nick Lane - trombone
Deborah Lippmann - background vocals
Ray Parker Jr. - electric guitar
Steve Richards - cello
LeAnn Rimes - lead vocals, background vocals, producer, songwriter
Lee Thornburg - flugelhorn, trombone, trumpet, horn arrangements
Willie Weeks - bass guitar

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)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	88
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	9
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[6]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	65

References

^ Lynch, Joe (October 9, 2015). "Listen to LeAnn Rimes' 'Today Is Christmas' Album Right Now: Exclusive Stream". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 4, 2016". Roughstock.
^ "LeAnn Rimes - Today is Christmas - Target Exclusive : Target". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2020.