Recorded 2013 Artist Ariana Grande Label Republic Records | Christmas Kisses
(2013) My Everything
(2014) Release date 13 December 2013 Producers Babyface, Antonio Dixon | |
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Released December 13, 2013 (2013-12-13) Length 13:15 (standard)
16:29 (special) Genres Christmas music, Pop music, Contemporary R&B, Soul music | ||
Ariana grande last christmas audio
Christmas Kisses is the first extended play (EP) by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on December 13, 2013 in most countries, and on December 17, 2013 in the United States, as a collection of classic Christmas covers. The fourth track and single "Santa Baby" features Grande's former Victorious co-star Liz Gillies. On December 3, 2014, the Japanese special edition was released for CD and two days later for digital download. It peaked at number twenty-five on the Oricon chart. The Japanese edition included a new track, "Santa Tell Me", which was released on November 24, 2014 as the fifth and final single. The EP went on to sell over 405,000 copies worldwide as of 2016.
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Ariana grande christmas kisses ep
Background and release
On 6 November 2013, Grande announced via Twitter she would be releasing new music each week leading up to Christmas, beginning with a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas": "I'm releasing new music for Christmas! New song every week as a countdown to the holidays starting Nov19. Beyond excited to share them w/ U! The 1st song #LastChristmas out Nov 19. I can't wait for u to hear our spin on it. There will be originals as well! Hope u love the music."
"Last Christmas" was released as the lead single, opening up to positive reviews and was critically acclaimed for its "R&B spin" on the Christmas classic. On the final week of November, Grande released an original Christmas song, titled "Love Is Everything", and it was also revealed Grande would be releasing Christmas Kisses later that month. In the first week of December, Grande released another original Christmas song "Snow in California" and was later followed by a cover of the 1953 classic "Santa Baby", which features Grande's former Victorious co-star Liz Gillies.
In November 2014, Grande announced she would release the special edition of the EP exclusively in Japan. The special edition included a new track "Santa Tell Me", released on November 24, 2014, as the fifth and final single from Christmas Kisses. The song was written by Grande, Savan Kotecha and Ilya Salmanzadeh and peaked at number forty-two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number sixty-eight on the UK Singles Chart.
On December 5, the Japanese special edition was released on Japanese iTunes. It was released physically on December 3, two days before the digital release. It peaked at number twenty-five on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming her third album to peak on that chart, following Yours Truly (2013) and My Everything (2014).
Promotion
Preceding the release of her Christmas EP, she gave a series of performances, including at the 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting broadcast, the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball in Los Angeles' Staples Center and Z100's Jingle Ball event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. She also sang at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, with Big Sean and Mac Miller.
Songs
1Last Christmas3:25
2Love Is Everything3:34
3Snow in California3:28