Under the Mistletoe is the first Christmas album and second studio album by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. It was released on November 1, 2011, by Island Records.
On August 25, 2011, Bieber announced that he would be releasing his first Christmas album and second studio album later in 2011. Manager Scooter Braun and vocal producer Kuk Harrell confirmed a week later that Bieber had collaborated with Sean Kingston and Taylor Swift and had also worked with producers The Messengers. Later that month, it was announced that Boyz II Men, Usher, and The Band Perry were also collaborating with Bieber on the album. On September 30, 2011, Bieber released the official album cover and album name on Facebook. On October 4, 2011, Mariah Carey revealed that she and Bieber recorded her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You" as a duet for the new album. Justin's version of the song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" samples the song I Want You Back by the Jackson 5.
The album's first single "Mistletoe", was written and produced with The Messengers, and it was released on October 17, 2011.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, shipping 210,000 units during its opening week. Under the Mistletoe is Justin Bieber's third number-one album and third platinum selling album following Never Say Never: The Remixes earlier in the year. It was also the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at number-one. Bieber also became the first solo artist to have three number-one albums before his 18th birthday. For all of 2011, the album totaled 1,245,000 copies in US sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and was the eleventh best-selling album of the year. As of December 2015, the album had sold 1,510,000 copies in the United States. The album also debuted within the top 10 in Spain, Australia, Norway, and the Netherlands.
Note (*) denotes a co-producerSample Credits"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" contains replayed elements from "I Want You Back" and "ABC", both performed by The Jackson 5Credits are adapted from Liner Notes
Justin Bieber - vocals (tracks 3, 9, 11, lead on tracks 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, singing on 7), rap vocals (7), live drums (7), music producer (7, 9)Nasri Atweh - music producer (track 10), musical arrangements (10), additional background vocals (2)The Band Perry - vocals (track 10)Brandon Bee - drums (track 10), bass played by (10)Jonathan Berry - guitar (track 10)Durell Bottoms - assistant recording engineer (track 5)Boyz II Men - vocals (track 5)Chris Brown - background vocals (track 8), music producer (8)Busta Rhymes - rap vocals (track 7)Mariah Carey - lead vocals (track 6), music producer (6)Tim Carmon - piano (track 3), keyboards (11)Martin Cooke - assistant recording engineer (track 6)Josh Cross - music producer (track 5)Melonie Daniels - background vocals (track 6)Brad Dechter - musical arrangement (track 6), orchestral arrangement (6)Greg DePante - assistant recording engineer (track 6)Nicolas Essig - assistant recording engineer (track 5)Iain Findlay - assistant recording engineer (track 8)Angie Fisher - background vocals (track 6)Jesus Garnica - assistant audio mixing (tracks 1, 4-5, 7-8)Jerohn Garrett - drums (track 6)Brian Garten - recording engineer (track 6)Sharlotte Gibson - background vocals (track 6)Josh Gudwin - recording engineer (All tracks)Kuk Harrell - vocal producer (All tracks), music producer (track 11), background vocals (1, 4)Bernard Harvey - music producer (track 5)Bryan Jackson - background vocals (track 4)Randy Jackson - music producer (track 6)Jaycen Joshua - audio mixing (tracks 1, 4-5, 7-8)Sean K. - music producer (tracks 3, 7), music programming (3)Thomas Kanarek - assistant recording engineer (track 6)Mitch Kinney - assistant recording engineer (tracks 2, 5, 8)Miguel Lara - assistant recording engineer (tracks 1-5, 7-11)Damien Lewis - assistant audio mixing (tracks 2-3, 6), additional recording engineer (tracks 9-11)Peter Mack - assistant recording engineer (track 6)Sherry McGhee - background vocals (track 6)The Messengers - music producers (track 2), instrumental arrangement (2), vocal arrangement (2)Adam Messinger - all instruments played by (track 2)Luis Navarro - assistant recording engineer (tracks 1, 4)George Nozuka - additional background vocals (track 10)Chris "Tek" O'Ryan - recording engineer (All tracks)Charlie Paakkari - assistant recording engineer (track 6)Aaron Pearce - music producer (tracks 1, 4), music programming (1, 4)Doc Powell - guitar (track 6)Daniela Rivera - assistant audio mixing (tracks 2-3), additional recording engineer (9-11)Marc Shaiman - musical arrangement (track 6), orchestral arrangement (6)Jason Sherwood - assistant recording engineer (track 3)Adonis Shropshire - additional background vocals (track 5)Brian Springer - recording engineer (track 8)C. "Tricky" Stewart - music producer (tracks 1, 4), music programming (1, 4)Tom Strahle - guitar (track 9)S'Von - piano (track 10)Phil Tan - audio mixing (tracks 2-3, 6, 9-11)Antwan Thompson - music producer (track 8)Lloyd "Sonny" Thompson - bass played by (track 6)Michael Thompson - guitar (tracks 1, 3-4)Micah Tolentino - background vocals (track 6)Nick Turpin - music producer (track 10), musical arrangement (10), additional background vocals (10)Usher - vocals (track 3)Stephen Villa - assistant recording engineer (tracks 1, 4)Jerrol "Boogie" Wizzard - music producer (track 8)James "Big Jim" Wright - music producer (track 6), keyboards (6)
