A Family Christmas

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Latin albums [ edit ] List of latin albums, with selected details, chart positions, and certifications a b "The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2010 Music Industry Report". Business Wire. January 6, 2011 . Retrieved January 8, 2011.

On November 21, a segment of Leute Heute, a German tabloid-program on ZDF, was about My Christmas and Bocelli's meeting in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI and 250 other artists, an event which was broadcast live earlier that day in Italy, by Rai Uno. Bocelli was also joined by the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano, in his home in Forte dei Marmi, where they sang "Caro Gesù Bambino", a song from My Christmas which was originally recorded by the choir in 1960. Rai Uno also broadcast the performance later that day, during the Zecchino d'Oro Festival. The following day, Bocelli was among Fabio Fazio's guests, on his popular Italian talk-show, Che tempo che fa, broadcast on Rai Tre. During the program Bocelli talked about his album and performed " The Lord's Prayer", " White Christmas", and " Silent Night". It was also announced that Bocelli will return to the show, December 20, where he will give a live concert of My Christmas. Bocelli also took part in the annual 2009 José Carreras Gala, on December 17, where he sang Adeste Fideles, before singing " White Christmas" with José Carreras for the very first time, which was broadcast live, by Das Erste, in Germany. He then returning to Italy, for a concert in the Upper Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, on December 19, which was broadcast directly after the Urbi et Orbi blessing of Pope Benedict XVI, December 25, on Rai Uno. a b Mahasz, ed. (2009). "Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista - eladási darabszám alapján 2009 (Hungarian)". My Christmas was also a major component of a PBS Great Performances special, filmed September 15, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, airing in the New York City/ tri-state viewing area on THIRTEEN's Great Performances series on Thanksgiving night, November 26, with additional broadcasts, which continued throughout December, on PBS stations nationwide, featuring Bocelli and Foster with additional guests including Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Katherine Jenkins and the Muppets. [164] The DVD of the full program was internationally released December 8, 2009. Andrea Bocelli live in Dublin, Ireland". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09 . Retrieved 2011-02-12. Danish album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved 8 January 2019.

Worldwide Superstar Andrea Bocelli Set To Release His First-Ever Holiday CD, My Christmas - Available November 3rd, on Decca Records.com a b "Chart Beat Thursday: Multi-Format Diva Domination". Billboard Magazine . Retrieved 2009-11-26. My Christmas sold over 5 million copies worldwide, in 2009 alone, despite being released internationally for a little over a month during the year, [9] making it the 10th best selling album in 2009, worldwide. [31] [32] United States [ edit ]

As part of the 2010 leg of the My Christmas Tour, Bocelli gave two concerts in the two largest indoor arenas of the United Kingdom, The O2 Arena, in London, and the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, and a concert in the largest indoor arena in Ireland, The O2, in Dublin, in late November 2010. [15] [16] [17] His sold out concert at the O2 in London, was the most attended show in the venue's history, with 16,500 people attending the event. [18]

With over 2.2 million copies sold in the last two months of 2009 in the United States alone, the album was the best-selling holiday album of the year, and one of the best-selling albums of 2009, with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies. [7] [8] [9] Mahasz, ed. (2010). "Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista - eladási darabszám alapján 2010 (Hungarian)". In 1999, his nomination for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards marked the first time a classical artist had been nominated in the category, since Leontyne Price, in 1961. [5] [10] The Prayer, his duet with Celine Dion for the animated film, The Quest for Camelot, won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. [5] [10] With the release of his classical album, Sacred Arias, Bocelli captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records, as he simultaneously held the No. 1, 2 and 3 positions on the US Classical albums chart. [5] [10] The next three-and-a-half years followed with Bocelli holding permanent residency at the No. 1 spot. [10] Six of his albums have since reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200, [11] and a record-setting 7, have topped the Classical albums charts, in the United States. [12] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. a b "Italian tenor's album sales top five million". Thaindian News.com, Dec 30, 2009 article . Retrieved 2010-06-24.

a b c "The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2011 Music Industry Report". Businesswire.com, Jan 5, 2012 article . Retrieved 2012-01-05. a b c d e "The Nielsen Company 2009 Year-End Music Industry Report". Businesswire.com, Jan 7, 2010 article . Retrieved 2010-01-07.a b "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2019 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 20 November 2019. Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a positive review and praised it as "not only a warm and inviting holiday album, but also a superb classical crossover entry worthy of Bocelli's discography." [25] Commercial performance [ edit ]