The Christmas Collection (Il Divo album)

The Christmas Collection
Studio album by Il Divo
Released	25 October 2005
Genre	Classical crossover
Label	Syco Columbia
Il Divo chronology
Il Divo (2004) The Christmas Collection (2005) Ancora (2005)

The Christmas Collection is the second studio album by the classical crossover vocal group Il Divo. The album is a collection of Christmas or holiday-inspired songs. It was released on 25 October 2005 in seven countries: the United States, Canada, Austria, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland.

The Christmas Collection was also the best-selling holiday album of 2005 in the United States according to sales figures from Nielsen/SoundScan, with total sales of 544,000 copies that year.[1]

On 8 January 2007, The Christmas Collection was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the United States.[2]

Track listing

1. "O Holy Night"
2. "White Christmas"
3. "Ave Maria"
4. "When a Child Is Born"
5. "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)"
6. "Over the Rainbow"
7. "Panis Angelicus"
8. "Rejoice"
9. "Silent Night"
10. "The Lord's Prayer"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Christmas Collection Chart (2005–2007) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 16 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 18 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 49 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 59 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[10] 122 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 75 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[10] 80 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 24 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[13] 2 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 19 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 13 US Billboard 200[17] 14 US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[18] 1 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)[19] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for The Christmas Collection Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[20] 137

Certifications

Certifications for The Christmas Collection

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21]	Gold	35,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[22]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[23]	Gold	50,000^^
Portugal (AFP)[24]	Platinum	20,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[25]	Gold	20,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[26]	Gold	100,000^‡
United States (RIAA)[27]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s

References

1. "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
2. "RIAA Searchable Database - Gold & Platinum Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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16. "Swisscharts.com – Il Divo – The Christmas Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
17. "Il Divo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
18. "Il Divo Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
19. "Il Divo Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
20. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
21. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
22. "Canadian album certifications – Il Divo – The Christmas Collection". Music Canada. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
23. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 9 September 2020. Type Il Divo in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and The Christmas Collection in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
24. "Portuguese album certifications – Il Divo – The Christmas Collection" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
25. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Christmas Collection')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
26. "British album certifications – Il Divo – The Christmas Collection". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
27. "American album certifications – Il Divo – The Christmas Collection". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 10 October 2019.