O Holy Night (Jackie Evancho album)
Encyclopedia
O Holy Night is the official debut Christmas
EP
by American child singer, Jackie Evancho
, who was ten years old when the album was released. The album was released in 2010, only months after Evancho rose to prominence as a finalist on the reality TV show America's Got Talent
. It was certified platinum in the U.S. and Canada.
with four recorded tracks and a DVD
with 12 minutes of footage of Evancho's performances and America's Got Talent appearances. It was released on November 16, 2010 and reached rank #1 on Amazon's
bestsellers in music during pre-orders on October 19, 2010.
with 239,000 copies sold in its first week and sold 142,000 copies in its second week. It remained in the top five for six weeks. This made Evancho the top-selling debut artist for 2010, and the youngest solo artist to debut in the top 10. The album also debuted at #1 on the Classical Albums Chart and #2 on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart. As of December 10, 2010, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA with sales in excess of a million copies in the US, making Evancho the youngest female solo artist to go platinum. In Canada, it debuted at #1 on the Canadian Classical Albums Chart. In January 2011, after the Christmas season, sales of the album fell, and it left the Billboard charts.
By May 2011, the album had sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US. In October 2011, with the approach of Christmas, the album's sales increased; it re-entered the Billboard Holiday Albums chart at #10, and in November 2011 it re-entered the Billboard 200 chart, reaching #60, and moved up to #8 on both the Billboard Catalogue Albums chart and Holiday Albums chart.
on September 23, 2010, where she gave her first late-night talk show interview with Jay Leno
. She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
on October 19, 2010, the day of the EP's release, along with singers Susan Boyle
and Debby Boone
. She sang one of the songs from the album, "Pie Jesu", during the show. Among several other talk shows and QVC
appearances, Evancho performed on The Today Show on November 9, 2010, The View on November 15, 2010 and Martha Stewart Living
on November 30, 2010, each of which appearances also featured interviews.
Evancho also performed the title song from the album in the My Macy's Holiday Parade presented by WPXI in Pittsburgh on November 27, 2010. On November 30, 2010, Evancho sang "O Holy Night" and, together with Katherine Jenkins
, "Silent Night", on NBC's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
lighting special, "Christmas in Rockefeller Center
". Such a duet had been rumoured since Piers Morgan commented on the similar appearance of these two singers. On December 9, 2010, Evancho performed at the National Christmas Tree
lighting event in Washington, D.C., singing "O Holy Night", with President Obama
and his family present. She performed "Pie Jesu" on the 27th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, which aired on ABC television on December 25, 2010. In January 2011, she performed Pie Jesu at the Beverly Hills Chefs for Seals event in support of efforts to end the annual Canadian seal hunt. Evancho sang Pie Jesu during Muhammad Ali's
"Celebrity Fight Night" charity event in Phoenix, Arizona
, on March 19, 2011.
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by American child singer, Jackie Evancho
Jackie Evancho
Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho is an American child singer described as a classical crossover artist. After entering some talent competitions, issuing an independent album, Prelude to a Dream, and attracting interest on YouTube, she gained wider popularity in 2010 with her performances in the...
, who was ten years old when the album was released. The album was released in 2010, only months after Evancho rose to prominence as a finalist on the reality TV show America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
. It was certified platinum in the U.S. and Canada.
Background
The album includes a two-disc set: a CDCompact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
with four recorded tracks and a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
with 12 minutes of footage of Evancho's performances and America's Got Talent appearances. It was released on November 16, 2010 and reached rank #1 on Amazon's
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
bestsellers in music during pre-orders on October 19, 2010.
Chart performance
O Holy Night debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
with 239,000 copies sold in its first week and sold 142,000 copies in its second week. It remained in the top five for six weeks. This made Evancho the top-selling debut artist for 2010, and the youngest solo artist to debut in the top 10. The album also debuted at #1 on the Classical Albums Chart and #2 on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart. As of December 10, 2010, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA with sales in excess of a million copies in the US, making Evancho the youngest female solo artist to go platinum. In Canada, it debuted at #1 on the Canadian Classical Albums Chart. In January 2011, after the Christmas season, sales of the album fell, and it left the Billboard charts.
By May 2011, the album had sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US. In October 2011, with the approach of Christmas, the album's sales increased; it re-entered the Billboard Holiday Albums chart at #10, and in November 2011 it re-entered the Billboard 200 chart, reaching #60, and moved up to #8 on both the Billboard Catalogue Albums chart and Holiday Albums chart.
Promotion
Evancho's first stop in promoting the album was on The Tonight Show with Jay LenoThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny...
on September 23, 2010, where she gave her first late-night talk show interview with Jay Leno
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
. She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
on October 19, 2010, the day of the EP's release, along with singers Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
and Debby Boone
Debby Boone
Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer and stage actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year...
. She sang one of the songs from the album, "Pie Jesu", during the show. Among several other talk shows and QVC
QVC
QVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...
appearances, Evancho performed on The Today Show on November 9, 2010, The View on November 15, 2010 and Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart Living is a magazine and a television show featuring entertaining and home decorating guru Martha Stewart. Both the magazine and the television program focus on the domestic arts. Martha Stewart Living began as a quarterly magazine in 1990, published by Time Inc..and is currently...
on November 30, 2010, each of which appearances also featured interviews.
Evancho also performed the title song from the album in the My Macy's Holiday Parade presented by WPXI in Pittsburgh on November 27, 2010. On November 30, 2010, Evancho sang "O Holy Night" and, together with Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...
, "Silent Night", on NBC's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a large Christmas tree placed annually in Rockefeller Center in mid-town Manhattan in New York City. The tree is erected and lit in late November or early December. In recent years, the lighting has been broadcast live nationwide on NBC's Christmas in...
lighting special, "Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National...
". Such a duet had been rumoured since Piers Morgan commented on the similar appearance of these two singers. On December 9, 2010, Evancho performed at the National Christmas Tree
National Christmas Tree (United States)
The National Christmas Tree is a large evergreen tree located in the northeast quadrant of the The Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C. Each year since 1923, the tree has been decorated as a Christmas tree. The grand illumination of the Christmas lights on the tree by the President of...
lighting event in Washington, D.C., singing "O Holy Night", with President Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
and his family present. She performed "Pie Jesu" on the 27th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, which aired on ABC television on December 25, 2010. In January 2011, she performed Pie Jesu at the Beverly Hills Chefs for Seals event in support of efforts to end the annual Canadian seal hunt. Evancho sang Pie Jesu during Muhammad Ali's
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
"Celebrity Fight Night" charity event in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, on March 19, 2011.
Disc One (CD)
- "Silent Night" (3:32)
- "Panis Angelicus" (3:46)
- "O Holy Night" (4:40)
- "Pie Jesu" (2:57)
Disc Two (DVD)
- "Panis Angelicus (YouTube Audition)"
- "O Mio Babbino Caro (From America's Got Talent)"
- "Time to Say Goodbye (From America's Got Talent)"
- "Pie Jesu" (From America's GotTalent)"
- "Ave Maria (From America's Got Talent)"
- "Bonus Material"
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
9 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
2 |
| US Billboard Top Classical Albums | 1 |