Now That's What I Call Christmas! | |||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | |||||
Released | October 23, 2001 | ||||
Genre | Christmas music | ||||
Length | CD 1: 48:59 CD 2: 67:33 |
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Label | UTV | ||||
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Allmusic | |
*Entertainment Weekly | B- |
Now That's What I Call Christmas! is a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001 by Universal Music Group. The album is part of the (U.S.) Now! series, and the first holiday-themed album in the series.
On November 15, 2004, Now That's What I Call Christmas! was certified 6x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million units in the United States.
Based on sales figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, the album was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. for both 2001 and 2002 with sales of 1,614,000 and 741,000 copies respectively. As of November 2014, Now That's What I Call Christmas! is the eighth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 — present), having sold 3,480,000 copies.