Today Is Christmas

Today Is Christmas
Studio album by LeAnn Rimes
Released	October 16, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Christmas, country
Length	40:28
Label	Kobalt
Producer	Darrell Brown, LeAnn Rimes, Niko Bolas
LeAnn Rimes chronology
Spitfire (2013) Today Is Christmas (2015)

Today Is Christmas is a 2015 Christmas album by LeAnn Rimes. It features holiday classics and two original songs co-written by Rimes.^[1] The album has sold 35,700 copies in the United States as of January 2016.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Today Is Christmas" (Holiday Theme for NBC's Today)	Darrell Brown Rimes	3:22
2.	"We Need a Little Christmas"	Jerry Herman	3:00
3.	"That Spirit of Christmas" (duet with Aloe Blacc)	Parnell Davison Mable John Joel Webster	4:55
4.	"I Still Believe in Santa Claus"	Brown Rimes	3:07
5.	"Holly Jolly Christmas/Frosty the Snowman"	Johnny Marks Walter E. Rollins Steve Nelson	2:12
6.	"Celebrate Me Home" (duet with Gavin DeGraw)	Bob James Kenny Loggins	4:14
7.	"Must Be Santa"	Bill Fredericks Hal Moore	2:47
8.	"Christmas Time Is Here"	Vince Guaraldi Lee Mendelson	1:55
9.	"The Heartache Can Wait"	Brandi Carlile Phil Hanseroth	3:50
10.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine K. Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone	4:25
11.	"Joy (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Angels We Have Heard on High/Hark the Herald Angels Sing)"	Brown Rimes	4:46
12.	"Auld Lang Syne"		1:55

Target exclusive bonus tracks[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Ring Them Bells"	Bob Dylan
14.	"Pretty Paper"	Willie Nelson
15.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John Lennon Yoko Ono

Personnel

• Tariqha Akuni - acoustic guitar
• Rob Arthur - Hammond B-3 organ, upright piano
• Dave Audé - keyboards
• Ryan Bast - background vocals
• Aloe Blacc - vocals on "That Spirit of Christmas"
• Darrell Brown - keyboards, background vocals, producer, songwriter
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
• Jim Cox - upright piano
• Summer Davis - background vocals
• Tim Davis - background vocals
• Gavin DeGraw - vocals on "Celebrate Me Home"
• Ron Dzuibla - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Steve Ferrone - drums
• Bob Gloub - bass guitar
• James Godson - drums
• Booker T. Jones - Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
• Suzie Katayama - string arrangements
• Nick Lane - trombone
• Deborah Lippmann - background vocals
• Ray Parker Jr. - electric guitar
• Steve Richards - cello
• LeAnn Rimes - lead vocals, background vocals, producer, songwriter
• Lee Thornburg - flugelhorn, trombone, trumpet, horn arrangements
• Willie Weeks - bass guitar

Celebrate Me Home

Celebrate Me Home promo single according to Mediabase radio charts reached #2 on the Holiday Radio Play chart and #7 on Adult Contemporary chart. The Video for Celebrate Me Home was created as a Facebook awareness video for Disable American Veterans and proved to be a great success with over 5.6 million native views as of January 2016.

Chart performance Chart (2015) Peak position US Billboard 200[4] 88 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 9 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) 2 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[6] 2 References Lynch, Joe (October 9, 2015). "Listen to LeAnn Rimes' 'Today Is Christmas' Album Right Now: Exclusive Stream". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2015. Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 4, 2016". Roughstock. http://www.target.com/p/leann-rimes-today-is-christmas-target-exclusive/-/A-50077509 "LeAnn Rimes – Chart history" Billboard 200 for LeAnn Rimes. "LeAnn Rimes – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for LeAnn Rimes. "LeAnn Rimes – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for LeAnn Rimes.