Laura Xmas

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Laura Xmas /
Laura Navidad
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016
GenreChristmas, jazz, swing
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, French
LabelWarner
ProducerPatrick Williams
Laura Pausini chronology
Simili
(2015)
Laura Xmas /
Laura Navidad

(2016)
Fatti sentire
(2018)
Singles from Laura Xmas
  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
    Released: November 6, 2016

Laura Xmas and Laura Navidad are the first Christmas albums and thirteenth studio albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released on November 4, 2016 by Warner Music.[1][2] The album is a collaboration with Patrick Williams and offers renditions of popular Christmas songs in both English and Spanish. The song Astro del ciel is performed in Italian in the English-language edition but performed in the Spanish-language edition as Noche de Paz. The song Adeste Fideles is only performed in Latin for both editions. A special version was released for the francophone market, with the song Noël Blanc substituting White Christmas.[1][3][4][5]

Track listings[edit]

Laura Xmas[edit]

Standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
6."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
7."White Christmas"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
8."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
9."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
10."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
11."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
12."Astro del Ciel"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
Total length:42:37
French edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
7."Noël Blanc"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
Total length:42:37

Laura Navidad[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Va a Nevar"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
3."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
6."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
7."Blanca Navidad"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
8."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
9."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
10."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
11."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
12."Noche de Paz"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
Total length:42:37

Laura Xmas (Deluxe)[edit]

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
3."Blanca Navidad"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
4."Astro del Ciel"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
5."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
6."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
7."Va a Nevar"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
8."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
9."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
10."Noël Blanc"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
11."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
12."White Christmas"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
13."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
14."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
15."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
16."Noche de Paz"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
17."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
Total length:57:19
DVD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Laura Xmas"---
2."Laura Navidad"---
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Videoclip)John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:21
4."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad" (Videoclip)John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:21
5."Noël Blanc" (Videoclip)Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:19

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 41
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 182
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] 25
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[11] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 19
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[13] 10
US World Albums (Billboard)[13] 3

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2016) Position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] 6

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[15] 2× Platinum 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Laura Xmas-Date and Tracklist
  2. ^ Amazon.it – Laura Xmas
  3. ^ Laura Xmas
  4. ^ Pausini reveals the tracklist of "Laura Xmas" and the release date for November 4
  5. ^ Laura Xmas Tracklist
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Lescharts.com – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 51. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Laura Pausini – Laura Navidad". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Chart Search – Laura Pausini Recorded With The Patrick Williams Orchestra". Billboard. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Mina e Celentano, Tiziano Ferro, Ligabue, Vasco Rossi e Amoroso. I dischi più venduti del 2016. Ecco la top 100 completa" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 9 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Italian album certifications – Laura Pausini – Laura Xmas" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 January 2017. Select "2016" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Laura Xmas" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".

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