The Christmas Album (Johnny Mathis album)
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| Released | October 15, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Studio | Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, California, The Hop, Studio City, California, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, Aire Born Studios, Zionsville, Indiana, The Hop North Vancouver, British Columbia | |||
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| Length | 30:31 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Robbie Buchanan | |||
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The Christmas Album is the fifth Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on October 15, 2002, by Columbia Records and included his first recordings of three traditional carols ("Joy To The World", "Away in a Manger", "O Little Town of Bethlehem"), three new songs ("Heavenly Peace", "A Christmas Love Song", "Merry Christmas"), and a handful of 20th-century offerings.
In December of that year, the album reached number 23 on Billboard magazine's Top Holiday Albums chart and number 143 on the Billboard 200.
The album also gave Mathis his first entry on Billboard's list of the top Adult Contemporary songs of the week since 1988's number 27 hit "I'm on the Outside Looking In", when "Frosty the Snowman" reached number 29 during the week it spent on the chart in the issue dated January 4, 2003.
Mathis is pictured on the cover at the age of four years.