My Christmas
The album My Christmas is a Christmas album by Andrea Bocelli. It was published on 3 November 2009 on the U.S. market. In Europe, it appeared on 20 November 2009.
The album, which is dedicated to the Christmas party, made up of songs in several languages , but outweighs the English part. Some Italian elements such as Caro Bambino Gesù the song can be found along with French and German texts, all of which appear in the song O Tannenbaum. Also an album version entitled Mi Navidad was recorded for the Spanish-speaking market, which contains the same book primarily in Spanish.
The album was recorded with the participation of several other artists such as Katherine Jenkins, has also collaborated with Bocelli previously. With it, he took up the song I Believe. As a " gag " Bocelli collaborated with the Dolls of the Muppet Show in the song Jingle Bells.
Sales
Worldwide, the album was until December 17, three weeks after its worldwide release, already selling four million copies. In the United States the album was sold in 2009 2.2 million times, making it the best Christmas album of the year. To date, it could be sold about five million copies.
Review
The newspaper Weser Kurier wrote on the day of release of the album, Bocelli David Foster have put in this album tastefully staged, but the one-sidedness of the album was criticized, it was überraschungsarm.