The Magic of Christmas (Marie Osmond album)
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The Magic of Christmas is a Holiday album released in 2007 by American country music
singer, Marie Osmond
. It was Osmond's first studio album since 1989's Steppin' Stone
, as well as her first Christmas album.
Osmond released this album following her appearance on Dancing with the Stars
. This album features guest vocals from syblings, Donny Osmond
, Little Jimmy Osmond, and Merrill Osmond
. The album is a mixture of cover versions of Christmas standards, such as "The Christmas Song" and "Away in a Manger" as well as new songs such as "The Locket" and "Christmas in the Country." It includes traditional holiday big-band music, as well Country
and Christian
ballads.
Released on the independent label, Hi-Fi label, The Magic of Christmas charted among the Billboard 200
albums chart, reaching a peak 0f #93 towards the end of the year. In addition, it also peaked at #4 on the Top Christian Albums and #9 on the Top Independent Albums chart the same year.
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...
singer, Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
. It was Osmond's first studio album since 1989's Steppin' Stone
Steppin' Stone (album)
Steppin' Stone is the title of American country music singer Marie Osmond's eighth solo studio album. It was her fourth and final studio album issued on Capitol/Curb records. It was released in 1989.-Background:Steppin' Stone consisted of ten tracks...
, as well as her first Christmas album.
Osmond released this album following her appearance on Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
. This album features guest vocals from syblings, Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
, Little Jimmy Osmond, and Merrill Osmond
Merrill Osmond
Merrill Davis Osmond is the lead singer and bassist of the 1970s music group The Osmonds. He continues to perform with his brothers and also without them as a solo act...
. The album is a mixture of cover versions of Christmas standards, such as "The Christmas Song" and "Away in a Manger" as well as new songs such as "The Locket" and "Christmas in the Country." It includes traditional holiday big-band music, as well Country
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...
and Christian
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
ballads.
Released on the independent label, Hi-Fi label, The Magic of Christmas charted among the 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...
albums chart, reaching a peak 0f #93 towards the end of the year. In addition, it also peaked at #4 on the Top Christian Albums and #9 on the Top Independent Albums chart the same year.
Track listing
- "The Christmas SongThe Christmas Song"The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
" — 3:28 - "When Christmas Comes This Year" — 4:39
- with Donny OsmondDonny OsmondDonald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
- with Donny Osmond
- "Angels We Have Heard on HighAngels We Have Heard on High"Angels We Have Heard on High" is a Christmas carol. The song commemorates the story of the birth of Jesus Christ found in the Gospel of Luke, in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child....
"/"Away in a MangerAway in a Manger"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking it joint second.-History of the lyrics:...
" — 4:24 - "Season of Seasons" — 3:59
- "Christmas Lullaby" — 3:52
- "The Gift of Love" — 4:30
- "Hark! the Herald Angels SingHark! The Herald Angels Sing“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is a Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems, having been written by Charles Wesley. This is not the version widely known today. A sombre man, Wesley had requested and received slow and solemn music for his lyrics, not the...
"/"O Come All Ye Faithful" — 4:17 - "The Locket" — 3:12
- "Christmas in the Country" — 3:31
- "It's Christmas Once Again" — 3:30
- with Little Jimmy Osmond
- "O Holy NightO Holy Night"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
" — 4:44 - "The Secret of ChristmasThe Secret of Christmas"The Secret of Christmas" is a popular Christmas song, written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for Bing Crosby, and first performed by Crosby in the 1959 film Say One for Me. Crosby recorded the song again in 1964, for the album 12 Songs of Christmas. The song has also been covered by numerous...
" — 3:28 - "The Lord's Prayer" — 2:55
- "True Love" — 3:24
- "Santa Claus is Coming to TownSanta Claus Is Coming to Town"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....
" — 3:09- with Merrill OsmondMerrill OsmondMerrill Davis Osmond is the lead singer and bassist of the 1970s music group The Osmonds. He continues to perform with his brothers and also without them as a solo act...
- with Merrill Osmond
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 93 |
| U.S. Top Christian Albums | 4 |
| U.S. Top Independent Albums | 9 |