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Christmas (Album) by Michael Bublé

Artist Biography For Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé Born 9 September 1975 In Burnaby British Columbia Is A Canadian Singer And Actor. He Has Won Several Awards Including Three Grammy Awards And Multiple Juno Awards. His First Album Reached The Top Ten In The United Kingdom And His Home Country Of Canada. He Found Worldwide Commercial Success With His 2005 Album It's Time And His 2007 Album Call Me Irresponsible Was An Even Bigger Success Reaching Number One On The Canadian Albums Chart The U.S. Billboard 200 Chart The Australian ARIA Albums Chart And The European Charts. Bublé's Fifth Studio Album Christmas Was Released On October 24 2011 In The United Kingdom And October 25 2011 In The United States. The Cold December Night Songfacts States It Was Produced By David Foster Bob Rock And Humberto Gatica. The Album Was Recorded Primarily At Capitol Recording Studios In Hollywood And The Warehouse Studios In Vancouver During July. Michael Bublé’s Introduction To The Music Of The Swing Era Came To Him Through His Grandfather Who Filled His Grandson’s Ears With The Sounds Of The Mills Brothers Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra And Others. As Bublé Eagerly Absorbed The Recordings He Began To Realize That He Wanted To Be A Singer And That This Style Of Music Virtually Foreign To His Own Generation Was What He Wanted To Perform. With His Grandfather’s Assistance Bublé Soon Learned A Whole Catalog Of Tunes And Gained Experience And Exposure By Singing As A Guest With Several Local Bands. While Still In His Teen Years He Won The Canadian Youth Talent Search Released Several Independent Albums And Performed In A Musical Review Titled Swing That Traveled Across The U.S. It Wasn’t Long Before Bublé Was Introduced To Grammy-Winning Producer David Foster During A Famous Canadian Wedding Of Brian Mulroney’s Daughter Caroline Mulroney. He Later Signed His First Major Recording Contract With Reprise Records After That Encounter. The Two Canadians Began Work On A Debut Album That Would Incorporate Bublé’s Aptitude For Pop Standards Into Songs That Spanned Several Decades. His Self-Titled Debut Disc Was Released In Early 2003 And Featured Jazzy Takes On Old Standards Like “Fever” And “The Way You Look Tonight” As Well As Newer Classics Like “Moondance” And “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”. He Finished Off 2003 With An EP Of Holiday Material Let It Snow And Began 2004 With The Live CD/DVD Set Come Fly With Me. In 2005 It’s Time Was A Number One Hit In Canada Japan Italy And Australia And Made The Top Ten Of Both The UK And US. Later That Year He Released The Live Album Caught In The Act. More Recently Michael Received A 2010 Grammy Award For 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album' For 'Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden.

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Christmas Is The Seventh Studio Album And First Christmas Album Released By Canadian Singer Michael Bublé. The Album Was Released On October 21 2011 In Ireland On October 24 2011 In The United Kingdom And On October 25 2011 In The United States. On The Week Ending December 10 2011 Christmas Rose To No. 1 On The Billboard 200 Album Sales Chart Becoming Bublé's Third Chart-Topper Following 2007's Call Me Irresponsible And 2009's Crazy Love And Spent Five Weeks At No. 1. As Of December 2021 This Is Buble's Most Successful Album With More Than 12 Million Copies Worldwide Making It One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of The 21st Century And One Of The Best-Selling Christmas Albums Worldwide. The Album Also Won A Juno Award For Album Of The Year Making It The First Holiday Album To Win The Award. The Album Was Re-Released On November 26 2012 Containing Four Additional Tracks Including A New Recording Of "The Christmas Song". Bublé Also Released A Reworked Version Of "White Christmas" This Time Featuring Shania Twain As A Single. This Version Premiered On Bublé's NBC Television Special Home For The Holidays On December 10 2012. The Album Is Bublé's Second Christmas-Themed Release After He Released A Five-Track EP Titled Let It Snow In 2003. Some Of The Songs From Let It Snow Have Been Re-Recorded For Inclusion On Christmas Making Christmas His First Full-Length Holiday Release. For The Album Bublé Teamed Up With Several Well-Known Artists To Record Duets. His Duet Version Of "White Christmas" With Country Music Singer Shania Twain Was Based On An Early Arrangement By The Drifters While His Recording Of "Jingle Bells" With The Puppini Sisters Was Based On The 1943 Recording Of Bing Crosby And The Andrews Sisters. He Also Teamed Up With Latin Star Thalía For A Recording Of "Feliz Navidad". Bublé Also Recorded Covers Of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" "Blue Christmas" And A Brand New Track "Cold December Night" Written With His Longtime Co-Writer Alan Chang And Producer Bob Rock. The Album's Track Listing Was Unveiled By Bublé On September 27 2011. Bublé Filmed Several Music Videos In Order To Promote The Album Including Videos For The Tracks "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" The Lead Single "All I Want For Christmas Is You" "Holly Jolly Christmas" "Christmas Baby Please Come Home " "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" And "Jingle Bells". Bublé Also Appeared To Perform During The Final Of The Eighth Series Of The X Factor In The United Kingdom On December 11 2011. Bublé's Recording Of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Was Also Featured In A Montage On ABC-TV's General Hospital That Aired On December 23 2011. On December 6 2011 Bublé Promoted The Album In The United States With The Broadcast Of An NBC Television Special A Michael Bublé Christmas A Show Produced By Ben Silverman. The Special Was Viewed By More Than 7.07 Million Viewers Receiving A 1.5 Rating And 4% Share Among Adults Between The Ages Of 18 And 49. In Canada The Special Was Viewed By 1.533 Million Viewers Ranking The Seventeenth Most-Watched Program Overall For The Week. Zap2it Reviewed The Special And Claimed It To Be "one Of The Year's Television Guilty Pleasures". On December 18 2011 Bublé Promoted The Album In The United Kingdom With The Broadcast Of An ITV1 Television Special Michael Bublé Home For Christmas. The Special Featured Guest Appearances From Comedian Dawn French Duet Performances With Both Kelly Rowland And Gary Barlow And A Cooking Tutorial With Gino D'Acampo. The Special Pulled In 5.7 Million Viewers And Was The Third Most-Watched ITV Christmas Special Of The Season. Michael Later Announced That He Was To Film Another NBC Special Titled Michael Bublé Home For The Holidays Featuring Guest Appearances From Rod Stewart Blake Shelton And Carly Rae Jepsen. The Special Aired On December 10 2012 And Was Watched By 5.66 Million American Viewers Receiving A 1.4/4 18-49 Rating/share. On October 18 2013 It Was Announced That Michael Will Feature In A Third Christmas Special On December 18 2013 Via NBC. Guest Stars Featured In The Special Include Mariah Carey Mary J. Blige And Cookie Monster. On November 5 2011 Christmas Debuted At No. 3 On The Billboard 200 Charts In The United States With First-Week Sales Of 141 000 Copies According To Nielsen SoundScan. In Its Fifth Week On The Chart The Album Climbed To No. 1 And Held The Top Spot For The Following Four Weeks Becoming Bublé's Biggest-Selling Chart-Topper Yet By Beating The Two-Week Reign Of His Previous Album Crazy Love. Christmas Also Sold 479 000 Copies In The Album's Third Week At No. 1 Which Marked Bublé's Best Sales Week Ever. On The Album's Tenth Week On The Album Charts And With Christmas Having Passed The Album Fell To No. 24 On January 14 2012. As Of January 2017 It Shares The Sixth-Largest Drop From #1 With Blue Slide Park By Mac Miller. For The Year Christmas Sold 2 452 000 Copies In The United States According To SoundScan And Was The Second Best-Selling Album Of The Year Just Behind Adele's Blockbuster Album 21. In 2012 Christmas Sold An Additional 622 000 Copies In The U.S. According To SoundScan And Was The Second Best-Selling Holiday Album Of The Year Behind Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas Baby . As Of December 4 2017 The Album Has Sold 4 129 000 Copies In The United States Making It His Best-Selling Album In The Country. And As Of 2020 The Album Has Sold 4 379 000 Copies In The United States. In Canada The Album Debuted At No. 2 On The Canadian Albums Chart Selling 37 000 Copies In Its First Week. In Its Third Week Of Release The Album Climbed To No. 1 Selling An Additional 32 000 Copies. As Of December 14 2011 The Album Has Sold 444 000 Copies In Canada. Christmas Also Debuted At Number 2 In Australia On October 31 2011. The Album Has Since Been Certified Double Diamond By The Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA For Shipments Of Over 910 000 Copies. It Hit Number 1 In December 2011 2012 2013 And 2014. It Reached Number 2 In 2015 Being Held Off From The Top Spot By Adele's 25. In 2016 The Album Peaked At Number 2 In December Then Hit Number 1 For The Fifth Time In The Week Of January 2 2017. During The Christmas Season Of 2017 It Peaked At Number 4 In Early December. In December 2019 It Hit Number 1 In Australia For The Sixth Time Becoming The First Album To Top The ARIA Albums Chart Six Separate Times In Different Years. Despite Competition From Snow Patrol's Album Fallen Empires Christmas Peaked At No. 1 On The UK Albums Chart. It Sold 1 292 000 Copies In The UK In 2011 Making It The Second Best-Selling Album Of 2011. It Is The First Seasonal Album To Chart Within The Top 10 Three Years In A Row As It Charted At Number One In 2011 At Number Two In 2012 And At Number Seven In 2013. As Of December 2021 The Album Is The Best-Selling Holiday Album In The UK Selling Over 3 Million Copies. The Album Returned To No. 1 For A Fourth Non-Consecutive Week On 1 January 2021 Nine Years After Its Initial Three-Week Run At The Top In 2011 And Became The First Album To Disappear From The No. 1 Spot On The UK Albums Chart On 8 January 2021 Previously The Vamps Had Achieved The Record For Biggest Drop From Number One When Their Album Fell From The Top To No. 72 In November 2020 .

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