Artist:Christina Aguilera
Song:Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Album:My Kind of Christmas
This Christmas album by pop singer Christina Aguilera was a big seller when it was released in 2000. It sold a million copies which is great for a Christmas album. At the time, Christina had just become a big star with singles like Genie in a Bottle. She was on tour and her next album of original music would be the 2002 album Stripped. So RCA Records executive producer Ron Fair figured they needed a couple of stopgap albums until Stripped was ready. So first they released the Spanish language album Mi Reflejo in Sept. 2000. That album was written and produced by veteran producer Rudy Perez. That album sold a half million copies which is pretty good for a Spanish album. And it was followed in Oct. 2000 by the album My Kind of Christmas. They had released The Christmas Song as a single and it reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 so Fair knew it would be a big seller. The album was certified Platinum and it topped Billboard's seasonal chart. Christina was touring when this album was recorded. Fair produced most of the album. It's mostly Christmas standards like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas which Judy Garland sang in the 1943 film Meet Me in St. Louis. As we have learned in recent years, there is plenty of money to be made with original Christmas songs. But there are only three original songs on this album. It's available as a budget CD. These days Christina isn't as popular as she used to be. Her latest album in 2022 was the Spanish language album Aguilera. And instead of touring, she has been doing residencies in Las Vegas. Last month it was announced that to celebrate the 25th anniversary of My Kind of Christmas, the concert film Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris will be released to theaters in December. Shouldn't that be a TV special or released direct to streaming? A soundtrack album might do well. Here's Christina Aguilera and Brian McKnight performing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas on the 2000 ABC TV special Christina Aguilera: My Reflection. This performance was on the home video release.
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