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Now That's What I Call Christmas! is a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001, by Universal Music Group. The album is part of the (U.S.) Now! series, and the first holiday-themed album in the series.

This article describes a 2001 album in the U.S. Now! series. It should not be confused with other similarly titled "Now!" Christmas albums. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Christmas!
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 23, 2001
Genre	Christmas music
Length	CD 1: 48:59 CD 2: 67:33
Label	UTV
Full series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (2001) Now That's What I Call Christmas! (2001) Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (2001)
Christmas chronology
Now That's What I Call Christmas! (2001) Now That's What I Call Christmas! 2 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]

On November 15, 2004, Now That's What I Call Christmas! was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million units in the United States.[3]

Based on sales figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, the album was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. for both 2001 and 2002 with sales of 1,614,000 and 741,000 copies respectively.[4] As of November 2014, Now That's What I Call Christmas! is the eighth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 — present), having sold 3,480,000 copies.[5]

Track listing

Disc one

Disc Two

Charts and sales

• 2001 Billboard 200 – No. 3[6]
• 2001 Top Internet Albums – No. 4
• RIAA certification: 6× Platinum (US)[3]

See also

• List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s

References

External links

• Now That's What I Call Christmas! front- and backcover
• Now That's What I Call Christmas! TV advert

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