Christmas Together is the first Christmas duets studio album by American country music artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, released by Pearl Records on November 11, 2016.
Background
Although Trisha Yearwood had recorded with her husband Garth Brooks before and sang backing vocals on many of his songs, this album is their first joint album. It is a mix of familiar favorites and some new songs, however only some of these songs are duets. It was released on November 11, 2016, the same day that Brooks' 10-disc box set, The Ultimate Collection, was released via Target. A Walmart exclusive that bundled Christmas Together with Brooks' new album Gunslinger was released a week later.
Reception The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums and No. 2 on the Top Holiday Albums chart, with 21,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold 194,800 copies in the United States as of November 2017.
The Walmart exclusive bundled with Gunslinger debuted at No. 14 with 6,600 copies sold, and reached No. 3 on that chart the following week, selling 23,000 copies that week. The bundle has sold 81,700 copies as of January 2017.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from liner notes. Garth Brooks – lead vocals, backing vocals Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, backing vocals Bobby Wood – keyboards Billy Panda – acoustic guitars James Taylor – acoustic guitar (11), lead and backing vocals (11) Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars Bruce Bouton – steel guitar Stuart Duncan – mandolin Mike Chapman – bass Michael Rhodes – bass Sam Bacco – drums, percussion Milton Sledge – drums, percussion Rob Hajacos – fiddle Dennis Burnside – string, horn and woodwind arrangements Carl Gorodetzky – contractor Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals (2–6) Jon Mark Ivey – backing vocals (2–6) Shane McConnell – backing vocals (2–6) Lisa Silver – backing vocals (2–6) Kira Small – backing vocals (2–6) Bergen White – backing vocals (2–6), BGV arrangements (2–6) Kim Taylor – backing vocals (11)
The Nashville String Machine David Angell, Monisa Angell, Bruce Christensen, Janet Darnell, David Davidson, Beverly Drukker, Connie Ellisor, Jim Grosjean, Anthony LaMarchina, Stefan Petrescu, Carole Rabinowitz, Julie Tanner, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Katherine Vanosdale, Katelyn Westergard, Bruce Wethey, Kris Wilkinson and Karen Winklemann – strings Roy Agee, Jeff Bailey, Preston Bailey, Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Prentiss Hobbs, Chris McDonald and Steve Patrick – horns Jimmy Bowland, Sam Levine, Kelsey Mire, Doug Moffet, Robbie Shankle – woodwinds
Ugly Christmas Sweater Choir Roy Agee, Jeff Bailey, Preston Bailey, Garth Brooks, Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Prentiss Hobbs, Sam Horowitz, Slide Jackson, John Martin, Chris McDonald, Kelsey Mire, Doug Moffet and Steve Patrick
Production Mark Miller – producer Matthew Allen – recording, mixing John Kelton – additional engineer Don Cobb – mastering Eric Conn – mastering Independent Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location Luellyn Latocki Hensley – art direction Jeff Crump – design Sally Carns Gulde – design Jeremy Cowart – photography Russ Harrington – photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2016–17) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 110
Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Billboard 200 185 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 31 Chart (2018) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 82 Chart (2019) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 92
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