Christmas & Chill

Christmas & Chill
EP by Ariana Grande
Released December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)
Recorded 2015
Genre R&B
Length 13:08
Label
Ariana Grande chronology
The Remix
(2015)		 Christmas & Chill
(2015)		 Dangerous Woman
(2016)

Christmas & Chill is the second holiday EP by American recording artist Ariana Grande released on December 18, 2015 through Republic Records.[1] All six tracks are original holiday songs.

Recording and music

According to Grande, the EP was recorded in under a week in her home studio.[2] Songwriting credits are shared by Grande with Tommy Brown, Michael Foster, Steven Franks, Victoria Monet, Travis Sayles, Ryan Matthew Tedder and Peter Lee Johnson.[3] For Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos, the EP consists of "romantic Christmas ballads over trap beats", commenting that "the one song to stand out from the more R&B-leaning EP is the folky 'Winter Things', where the acoustic track sounds a bit like Jason Mraz, as Grande sings 'My baby's in town and we're gonna do some winter things'."[4]

Critical reception

Jaleesa M. Jones in USA Today called it "a festive ode to winter romance."[5] Emma Garland from Noisey said the album "basically sounds like a Cassie album ... but with sleigh bells and lyrics like 'tis the season for some love giving!' It's basically the perfect festive romp."[6]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Intro"   1:05
2. "Wit It This Christmas"   2:41
3. "December"   1:56
4. "Not Just on Christmas"   2:02
5. "True Love"   2:46
6. "Winter Things"   2:38
Total length:
 13:08

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 49
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 43
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 30
US Billboard 200[10] 34
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)[11] 3

References

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