Laura Xmas and Laura Navidad are the thirteenth studio albums and first Christmas albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released on November 4, 2016 by Warner Music.[1][2] The album is a collaboration with Patrick Williams that offers renditions of popular Christmas songs in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Latin. The English-language edition is also Pausini’s second album in English since the release of From the Inside in 2002.

Laura Xmas/Laura Navidad
English-language edition
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016
GenreChristmas, jazz, swing
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, French
LabelWarner
ProducerPatrick Williams
Laura Pausini chronology
Simili/Similares
(2015)
Laura Xmas/Laura Navidad
(2016)
Fatti sentire/Hazte sentir
(2018)
Singles from Laura Xmas/Laura Navidad
  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
    Released: November 6, 2016

The song Astro del ciel is performed in Italian in the English-language edition but performed in the Spanish-language edition as Noche de Paz. The song Adeste Fideles is only performed in Latin for both editions. A special version was released for the francophone market, with the song Noël Blancsubstituting White Christmas.[1][2][3][4]

Track listings

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Laura Xmas

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Standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
6."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
7."White Christmas"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
8."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
9."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
10."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
11."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
12."Astro del Ciel"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
Total length:42:37
French edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
7."Noël Blanc"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
Total length:42:37

Laura Navidad

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Va a Nevar"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
3."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
6."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
7."Blanca Navidad"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
8."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
9."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
10."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
11."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
12."Noche de Paz"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
Total length:42:37

Laura Xmas (Deluxe)

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CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Meredith WillsonMeredith Willson3:56
2."Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
3."Blanca Navidad"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
4."Astro del Ciel"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
5."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
6."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph BlaneHugh Martin4:05
7."Va a Nevar"Sammy CahnJule Styne3:01
8."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:07
9."Jingle Bell Rock"Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross BootheJoseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe3:47
10."Noël Blanc"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
11."Jingle Bells"James PierpontJames Pierpont3:27
12."White Christmas"Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:22
13."Feliz Navidad"José FelicianoJosé Feliciano3:44
14."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon, Yoko OnoJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono3:24
15."Adeste Fideles"John Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade3:11
16."Noche de Paz"Joseph MohrFranz Xaver Gruber4:48
17."Oh Happy Day"Edwin HawkinsEdwin Hawkins4:40
Total length:57:19
DVD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Laura Xmas"---
2."Laura Navidad"---
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Videoclip)John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:21
4."Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad" (Videoclip)John Frederick Coots, Haven GillespieJohn Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:21
5."Noël Blanc" (Videoclip)Irving BerlinIrving Berlin2:19

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 41
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 182
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 25
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[8] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 19
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[10] 10
US World Albums (Billboard)[10] 3

Year-end charts

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Chart (2016) Position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 6

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[12] 2× Platinum 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Laura Xmas-Date and Tracklist
  2. ^ Amazon.it – Laura Xmas
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 51. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Laura Pausini – Laura Navidad". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Laura Pausini with the Patrick Williams Orchestra – Laura Xmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Chart Search – Laura Pausini Recorded With The Patrick Williams Orchestra". Billboard. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Mina e Celentano, Tiziano Ferro, Ligabue, Vasco Rossi e Amoroso. I dischi più venduti del 2016. Ecco la top 100 completa" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 9 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Italian album certifications – Laura Pausini – Laura Xmas" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 January 2017. Select "2016" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Laura Xmas" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
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