Snowflakes is the first Christmas album

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 (fourth overall) by American R&B

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 singer–songwriter Toni Braxton

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, released in the United States on October 23, 2001 by Arista Records

Arista Records

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. Along with the traditional Christmas

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 songs "The Christmas Song

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" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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" and a cover

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 of Vince Guaraldi

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's 1962 song "Christmas Time Is Here", the album contains original songs which focus not only on Christmas, but also on love. Braxton was newly married and expecting her first child while making the album.Worldwide the album sold 538,000 copies.

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Snowflakes of Love
  Snowflakes of Love
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  " contains elements and samples of Earl Klugh
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  's "Now We're One" (Isaac Hayes)

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	92
U.S. 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...	119
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	57
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	9