Christmas in the Aire

1995 studio album by Mannheim Steamroller

Studio album by

Mannheim Steamroller

Released

September 12, 1995

Recorded

1994–1995

Genre

Christmas

Length

43:11

Label

American Gramaphone

Producer

Chip Davis

Mannheim Steamroller chronology

To Russia with Love
(1994)

Christmas in the Aire
(1995)

Huskers Muzik
(1997)

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology

A Fresh Aire Christmas
(1988)

Christmas in the Aire
(1995)

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live
(1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Christmas in the Aire is the third Christmas album and twenty-first studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1995, and was the biggest-selling holiday album in the United States that year with sales of 1,844,000 according to Nielsen/SoundScan.^[2]

"Christmas Lullaby" was the only track from this album included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration. The song was re-recorded in lyrical form for the 2007 album Christmas Song with vocals by Olivia Newton-John.

On December 15, 1997, Christmas in the Aire was certified Quadruple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.^[3]

As of November 2014, Christmas in the Aire is the fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,740,000 copies according to SoundScan.^[4] It ranks as Manheim Steamroller's third best selling Christmas album.^[5]

Track listing

*Christmas in the Aire* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Joy to the World"		George Frideric Handel	3:36
2.	"Joseph Dear Oh Joseph Mine"		Traditional	3:08
3.	"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"		Johnny Marks	3:12
4.	"Herbei, oh ihr Gläubigen (O Come, All Ye Faithful)"	Joseph Hermann Mohr	Traditional	3:30
5.	"Patapan"		Bernard de la Monnoye	4:48
6.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"		Lewis Redner	3:55
7.	"Angels We Have Heard on High"		Traditional	3:53
8.	"Galliarda"		Johann Hermann Schein	3:00
9.	"Los Peces En El Río"		Traditional	3:50
10.	"Christmas Lullaby"		Chip Davis	4:06
11.	"Kling, Glöckchen"	Karl Enslin	Benedikt Widmann	1:46
12.	"Jingle Bells"		James Lord Pierpont	4:28

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Paul Grein. "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Yahoo Chart Watch. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-11-29.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^ "Mannheim Steamroller Albums ranked by sales". Best Selling Albums.org.