Sounds of the Season: The Julianne Hough Holiday Collection is a Christmas

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...

 themed 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...

 released by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough

Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography...

. Released on October 12, 2008, the EP is available for purchase only at the American discount department store chain Target

Target Corporation

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. The album contains two original tracks, "Sounds of Christmas" and "Christmas Memories".

In early 2009, the album peaked at #2 on the Hot Country Albums chart and has sold nearly 250,000 copies since its release.

Track listing

1. "Sounds of Christmas" – 1:08
   • instrumental track
2. "Jingle Bell Rock
   Jingle Bell Rock
   "Jingle Bell Rock" is the name of a popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas time since then. "Jingle Bell Rock" was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal , and James Ross Boothe...
   
   " – 2:23
3. "Feliz Navidad
   Feliz Navidad
   Feliz Navidad may refer to:* a Spanish phrase meaning "happy Nativity"; comparable to Merry Christmas* Feliz Navidad , an album by José Feliciano** Feliz Navidad , a 1970 song from that album...
   
   " – 3:29
4. Medley: "It Wasn't His Child" / "Mary, Did You Know?
   Mary, Did You Know?
   "Mary, Did You Know?" is a Christmas song and Marian hymn with lyrics written by Mark Lowry and music written by Buddy Greene.-Background:Mark Lowry wrote the words in 1984 "when his pastor asked him to write the program for the living Christmas tree choir presentation. The music was written by...
   
   " – 4:17
   • featuring Phil Vassar
     Phil Vassar
     Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...
     
     
5. "Santa Baby
   Santa Baby
   "Santa Baby" is a 1953 Christmas song written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer. Although Tony Springer is listed as co-writer, he was a legal fiction created for purposes of membership in the performing rights organization BMI.The song is a tongue-in-cheek look at a Christmas list sung by a...
   
   " - 2:55
6. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
   Rockin' around the Christmas Tree
   "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca 9-30776.-Background:...
   
   " – 1:56
7. "Christmas Memories" – 0:58
8. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...
   
   " – 3:53

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	24