Christmas & Chill
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Released | December 18, 2015 | |||
Recorded | December 2015 | |||
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Length | 13:10 | |||
Label | Republic | |||
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Christmas & Chill is the second Christmas and extended play (EP) by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on December 18, 2015 by Republic Records as a follow-up to her 2013 Christmas EP Christmas Kisses and her 2014 Christmas single "Santa Tell Me".[1] The EP features six original Christmas tracks composed and produced mainly by Grande and co-writers, most of which have an R&B sound. Grande has continuously called it her "favorite body of work".[2]
The project received favorable reviews by critics. It debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 3 on the Billboard Holiday Albums ranking in the United States.[3] The EP sold 35,000 copies in its first week of release in the US and has sold over 180,000 copies worldwide.[4][5]
Christmas & Chill was originally only available as a digital download, but on November 18, 2016, the EP was reissued on CD in Japan with new artwork.[6][7] The EP gained renewed interest when it was reissued on vinyl in November 2019 including "Santa Tell Me" as a hidden track.[8][9][10]
Recording and music[]
According to Tommy Brown, the EP was recorded in four days at Ariana Grande's home studio, in Hollywood.[11] Songwriting credits are shared by Grande with Brown.[12] 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 resembles Jason Mraz, as Grande sings 'My baby's in town and we're gonna do some winter things'.".[13]
Critical reception[]
Jaleesa M. Jones in USA Today called it "a festive ode to winter romance."[14] 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."[15] Two years after its release, MTV's Sydney Gore and Brian Anthony Hernandez revisited the EP, calling it "a new holiday classic" and "a catalyst of original Christmas carols for the so-called doomed millennial generation. ...[T]his EP has the power to melt any trace of snow that's piling up on your front porch. ... There's a playful, eflish energy about ["True Love"] that makes you want to hang mistletoe everywhere to secure a smooch with that special someone."[16]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" |
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| 1:05 |
2. | "Wit It This Christmas" |
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| 2:41 |
3. | "December" |
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| 1:56 |
4. | "Not Just on Christmas" |
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| 2:02 |
5. | "True Love" |
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| 2:46 |
6. | "Winter Things" |
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| 2:38 |
Total length: | 13:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Into You" (Alex Ghenea Remix) (featuring Mac Miller) |
| 4:10 | |
Total length: | 17:20 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Santa Tell Me" |
| Ilya | 3:24 |
Total length: | 16:34 |
- ^[a] denotes a remixer
Charts[]
Chart (2015–20) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] | 49 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] | 43 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 30 |
US Billboard 200[20] | 34 |
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)[21] | 3 |
References[]
- ^ "Christmas & Chill - EP", iTunes, December 18, 2015
- ^ Grande, Ariana (November 10, 2019). "oh my god. my favorite body of work. she is rising from the dead ! thank u new listeners of christmas n chill and hello everyone that is just now discovering it. i'm so happy". Twitter. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Holiday Albums : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Ask Billboard: Ariana Grande's Sales, Kelly Clarkson's Streak & … Bernie Sanders' Sales, Too". Billboard. March 27, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Christmas & Chill by Ariana Grande on Google Play Music".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "アリアナ・グランデ、日本のファンに贈るクリスマスミニアルバムを11月リリース". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ "CDJapan: Christmas & Chill by Ariana Grande". Cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ Jasmine Ting (November 10, 2019). "Ariana Grande's 'Christmas & Chill' Is Done Hibernating". Paper. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Rachel Handler (November 11, 2019). "Let's Talk About Ariana Grande's Extremely Horny Christmas Album". Vulture. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Laura Stavropoulos (November 15, 2019). "Ariana Grande Releases All Five Studio Albums And Christmas EP On Colour Vinyl". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "AllMusic". Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ Spanos, Brittany. "Hear Ariana Grande's Surprise-Released EP 'Christmas & Chill'", Rolling Stone magazine, December 17, 2015
- ^ "Ariana Grande wants to 'Christmas & chill' on new EP", USA Today, December 18, 2015
- ^ Garland, Emma. "Ariana Grande's Christmas & Chill Is the Perfect Festive Romp" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Noisey, December 18, 2015
- ^ Gore, Sydney and Brian Anthony Hernandez. "Let's Talk About How Ariana Grande’s Christmas & Chill EP Is a New Holiday Classic", MTV, December 6, 2017
- ^ [EP&cat=a "Australiancharts.com – Ariana Grande – Christmas & Chill [EP]"]. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^ "Ariana Grande Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ [EP&cat=a "Swedishcharts.com – Ariana Grande – Christmas & Chill [EP]"]. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ "Ariana Grande Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ "Ariana Grande Album & Song Chart History: Holiday Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- 2015 Christmas albums
- 2015 EPs
- Ariana Grande albums
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Christmas EPs
- Contemporary R&B Christmas albums
- Republic Records EPs
- Trap music albums