Recorded 2016 Artist Chris Young Label RCA Records Nashville | Length 34:00 Release date 14 October 2016 | |
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Released October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14) Genres Country music, Christmas music Producers Corey Crowder, Chris Young Similar Chris Young albums, Christmas music albums | ||
It Must Be Christmas is the sixth studio album and first Christmas album by American country music artist Chris Young. It was released on October 14, 2016, by RCA Records Nashville. Young co-wrote two of the album's ten tracks.
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Critical
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three stars out of five. "[It] does everything a modern mainstream holiday album should do," writes Erlewine, "it plays upon memories of Christmas while appealing to the moment at hand." He added that the original songs "feel like radio tunes" rather than seasonal material. Chuck Dauphin of country music blog Sounds Like Nashville wrote a positive review in which he praised Young's "classic approach" to the holiday fare. "Whether it be a "New" classic or an evergreen one," he writes, "Young hits all the right notes on the album."
Commercial
Upon release, It Must Be Christmas debuted in the top five of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart at number four and also topped the Holiday Albums chart. The album has sold 73,500 copies in the US as of January 2017.
Songs
1The Christmas Song3:35
2Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)2:42
3Under the Weather3:07