8 Days of Christmas

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8 Days of Christmas
Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas.jpg
Studio album (holiday album) by Destiny's Child
Released October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)
Recorded July–September 2001
Genre Holiday, R&B
Length 41 min
Label Columbia
Producer Damon Elliott, Kurt Farguhar, Focus..., Alan Foyd, Rob Fusari, Alonzo Jackson, Beyoncé Knowles, Errol McCalla Jr., Falante Moore, Willie Morris, Ric Wake, Erron Williams, Bama Boyz
Destiny's Child chronology
Love: Destiny
(2001)Love: Destiny2001		 8 Days of Christmas
(2001)		 This Is the Remix
(2002)This Is the Remix2002
Singles from 8 Days of Christmas
  1. "8 Days of Christmas"
    Released: December 16, 2001
  2. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
    Released: January 3, 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+[2]
People mixed[3]
Rolling Stone unfavorable[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2/5 stars[5]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars[6]

8 Days of Christmas is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American R&B girl group Destiny's Child, released on October 30, 2001 by Columbia Records.

Background

The album contains nine tracks featuring traditional Christmas songs and three original songs. Most of them are re-arranged with up-tempo beats in a contemporary R&B style. The album was recorded in Summer 2001 in the United States, but Kelly Rowland stated during the "8 Days of Christmas" video premiere on BET's 106 & Park in Fall 2001 that parts of the album were also recorded in Japan during Destiny's Child's overseas promo tour. In the same interview, Beyoncé Knowles revealed, "Actually we wrote the song two years ago, when we went in the studio to do some Christmas something. That's what started the idea of doing a Christmas album."[7] The song "8 Days of Christmas" first appeared on the double-disc reissue of The Writing's on the Wall in November 2000.

Reception

8 Days of Christmas debuted at number fifty-nine on the US Billboard 200.[8] Five weeks later, it eventually peaked at number thirty-four.[9][10] The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 3, 2001, denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States.[11]

Track listing

  • Credits adapted from AllMusic.[12]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "8 Days of Christmas"   Beyoncé Knowles, Errol McCalla Jr. 3:31
2. "Winter Paradise"   Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore 3:36
3. "A 'DC' Christmas Medley"   Johnny Marks, Steve Nelson, Traditional 3:59
4. "Silent Night" (featuring Beyoncé) Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr 3:41
5. "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Solange) Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone 3:36
6. "Do You Hear What I Hear" (featuring Kelly Rowland) Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne 3:47
7. "White Christmas"   Irving Berlin 1:42
8. "Platinum Bells"   Ray Evans, Jay Livingston 1:26
9. "O' Holy Night" (featuring Michelle Williams) Adolphe Adam 4:24
10. "Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day"   Bernard Edwards, Jr, Knowles 3:41
11. "This Christmas"   Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor 3:38
12. "Opera of the Bells"   Mykola Leontovych, Peter J. Wilhousky, arranged by Knowles 4:34
Notes

Charts

Chart (2001–02) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 65
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[14] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 60
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[16] 24
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 134
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 80
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19] 20
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 117
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[21] 19
US Billboard 200[10] 34
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[22] 27
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)[23] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format
United States October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30) CD
Australia November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)
Europe[24] November 12, 2001 (2001-11-12)
United States October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18) DualDisc

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "8 Days of Christmas - Destiny's Child". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Chuck Arnold, Sona Charaipotra, Kyle Smith (December 10, 2001). "Picks and Pans Review: 8 Days of Christmas". People. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone: 232. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Sal Cinquemani (November 11, 2001). "Destiny's Child: 8 Days of Christmas". Slant Magazine.
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Destiny's Child – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Destiny's Child. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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  15. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Destiny's Child – 8 Days Of Christmas" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Destiny's Child – 8 Days Of Christmas" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Destiny's Child – 8 Days Of Christmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Destiny's Child – 8 Days Of Christmas". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Destiny's Child – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Destiny's Child. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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