Noël (Josh Groban album)
2007 studio album by Josh Groban / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Noël is a Christmas album and the fourth studio album by Josh Groban that was released on October 9, 2007. In the United States, the album is available as a single CD release in most retail stores. However, Target stores released a limited edition version of the album with a bonus DVD that features a "making of" documentary entitled The Making of Noël.[citation needed]
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Released | October 9, 2007 November 3, 2017 (deluxe edition) | |||
Recorded | April–July 2007 | |||
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Length | 56:01 | |||
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According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold 3,699,000 copies in 2007 after its release, making it the overall best-selling album in the US for all of 2007.[3] It was also the best-selling holiday album in 2008, with sales of 915,000 copies.[3] As of October 2015, the album has sold 5.8 million copies in the United States according to SoundScan,[4] making it the second best-selling holiday album in the US in the Nielsen SoundScan era (March 1991–present) behind Kenny G's 1994 holiday set Miracles: The Holiday Album.[5] According to Billboard, Noël is the second best-selling classical album of the 2000s decade in the US, behind Groban's own Closer.[6]
On August 14, 2017, Noël was certified Sextuple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, recognizing shipment of six million copies in the United States.[7]
On October 12, 2017, Groban announced a tenth-anniversary deluxe edition, released on November 3. It includes six songs not featured in the initial release, including four new recordings.[8]