Christmas (Kimberley Locke album)

Christmas
Studio album by Kimberley Locke
Released	November 6, 2007
Recorded	2005–2007
Genre	Christmas music
Length	34:36
Label	Curb Records
Producer	Mike Curb, Michael Lloyd, Mark Feist, Damon Sharpe
Kimberley Locke chronology
Based on a True Story (2007) Christmas (2007)
Singles from Christmas
"Up on the House Top" Released: November, 2005 "Jingle Bells" Released: November, 2006 "Frosty the Snowman" Released: November, 2007 "We Need a Little Christmas" Released: November, 2008

Christmas, a collection of Christmas songs, is the third studio album by Curb Records recording artist Kimberley Locke. The album was only released digitally.

Background

After Locke saw her first holiday single, "Up On the House Top", sit at the top of Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary chart for 4 weeks in 2005, a full holiday album was planned for release during the 2006 holiday season. With the delay of her second studio album Based on a True Story, the label decided to delay plans on the holiday album as well until the 2007 season. Instead, only "Jingle Bells" was released as a single, which again brought Locke's name to the top of the Billboard AC chart.

Along with the release of the album, a third holiday single, "Frosty the Snowman", was sent to radio, and once again brought Locke's name to the top of the AC chart. The album's final single, "We Need a Little Christmas", failed to make the impression the other single had, peaking at #19.

The album sold 3000 copies as of December 31, 2008.^[1]

Track listing

1. "We Need a Little Christmas" – 2:31 (Jerry Herman)
2. "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:21 (Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson)
3. "Merry Christmas Darling" – 3:09 (Frank Pooler; Richard Carpenter)
4. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – 3:00 (Irving Berlin)
5. "Up On the Housetop" – 2:19 (Benjamin Hanby)
6. "Away in a Manger" – 2:49 (James R. Murray)
7. "Last Christmas" – 3:42 (George Michael)
8. "Jingle Bells" – 2:53 (James Lord Pierpont)
9. "Holly Jolly Christmas" – 2:25 (Johnny Marks)
10. "Mary, Did You Know?" – 4:15 (Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene)
11. "Ave Maria" – 3:55 (Traditional)

Charts

Singles

Charting Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
2005	"Up On the House Top"	U.S. Adult Contemporary	1
		U.S. Adult Contemporary Recurrents	15
		Top AC Singles of 2006	36
2006	"Jingle Bells"	U.S. Adult Contemporary	1
2007	"Frosty the Snowman"	U.S. Adult Contemporary	1
		Canadian Adult Contemporary	40
		Top AC Singles of 2008	46
2008	"We Need a Little Christmas"	U.S. Adult Contemporary	19

References

1. ^ Idol sales: Cook returns to top 10 at year's end