Ashanti's Christmas
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Ashanti's Christmas
- Artist: Ashanti
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- Release Date: November 18, 2003
- Total Time: 29:22
- Type: Christmas
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
After a year filled with controversy, allegations, and investigations, Murder Inc label head Irv Gotti finished it on Ashanti's Christmas. Ashanti's voice fits sweet holiday music well, and multi-instrumentalist Demi "Doc" McGhee provides the accompaniment in total, seemingly emulating a whole orchestra with what sounds like a lone synthesizer. Ashanti contributes four new compositions with "Christmas Time Again" and "Sharing Christmas" being simple and sweet, although her "Hey Santa" reflects the season's materialistic side as she begs the big guy for a "baby blue convertible." ~ David Jeffries, Rovi| Ashanti [Clean] (2002 Album by Ashanti) | |
| Ashanti, R. Kelly, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep (2007 Album by Various Artists) |
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Ashanti's Christmas
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| Studio album (Christmas) by Ashanti | ||||
| Released | November 18, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | R&B, pop, holiday | |||
| Length | 29:22 | |||
| Label | The Inc. | |||
| Producer | Irv Gotti, Chink Santana, Demi McGhee | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Rolling Stone | negative [2] |
Ashanti's Christmas is the first Christmas album by American R&B/pop singer Ashanti, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album debuted and peaked at #160 on the Billboard 200 and #43 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album contained almost an equal amount of new songs, written by Ashanti herself, and covers of Christmas classics. As for singles, Ashanti released a Christmas Medley which featured the songs "Christmas Time Again", "The Christmas Song", and "Hey Santa". A video was shot for the medley and it received moderate rotation on BET and MTV.
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Track listing
- "Christmas Time Again" (Douglas, I. Lorenzo, A. Parker) – 4:05
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:19
- "Hey Santa" (Douglas, Lorenzo) – 1:55
- "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor) – 2:59
- "Sharing Christmas" (Douglas, Lorenzo) – 4:14
- "Silent Night" (F. Gruber, J. Mohr) – 2:13
- "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) – 1:56
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 2:16
- "Time of Year" (Douglas, Lorenzo, D. McGhee) – 4:50
- "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional) – 1:35
Credits
- Ashanti – vocals
Production
- Producers: Irv Gotti, Demi McGhee, Chink Santana
- Executive producers: Ashanti Douglas, Irv Gotti
- Engineer: Milwaukee Buck
- Mixing: Duro, Irv Gotti
- Mastering: Tom Coyne
- A&R: Chris G.O.T.T.I., Darcell Lawrence, Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds, Errol "Eezie" Vaughan Jr.
- A&R assistance: Fred Moore, Todd "Shortma" Simms
- Recording director: Tony Vanias
- Instrumentation: Demi McGhee
- Assistant: Terry "Murda Mac" Herbert
- Marketing: Daniel Cooper, Deidre Graham
- Creative director: Rick Patrick
- Art direction: Andy West
- Cover photo: Daniela Federici
- Inlay photography: Graham Kuhm
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2004 | The Billboard 200 | 160 |
| Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 43 |
References
- ^ Jeffries, David. Ashanti's Christmas at Allmusic
- ^ Rolling Stone review
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