Absolute Christmas is a Christmas music compilation album in the Absolute-series marketed in Sweden by EVA Records. The album is the best selling compilation album of all time in Sweden.[1] It sold 200 000 copies on its release in 1994 and later sold more than 500 000 copies,[2][3] in a market where sales of 80,000 was the threshold for platinum 1996–2002.[4]
Absolute Christmas | ||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
Released | November 25, 1994 | |||
Genre | Holiday | |||
Label | EVA Records | |||
Absolute Christmas series chronology | ||||
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Track listing
editCD 1
editNo. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | John Lennon & Yoko Ono – The Plastic Ono Band | |
2. | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid | |
3. | "Tänd ett ljus" | Triad | |
4. | "Last Christmas" | Wham! | |
5. | "Juligen" | Just D | |
6. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Mel & Kim | |
7. | "Snart kommer änglarna att landa" | Ulf Lundell | |
8. | "Fairytale of New York" | The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl | |
9. | "Mary's Boy Child" | Boney M | |
10. | "Merry Xmas Everybody" | Slade | |
11. | "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas" | Bon Jovi | |
12. | "Mer jul" | Adolphson & Falk | |
13. | "Driving Home for Christmas" | Chris Rea | |
14. | "It May Be Winter Outside" | S-Connection | |
15. | "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" | Roy Wood with Wizzard | |
16. | "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" | Bing Crosby & David Bowie | |
17. | "Oiche Chiún (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)" | Enya |
CD 2
editNo. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby | |
2. | "Blue Christmas" | Elvis Presley | |
3. | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Dean Martin | |
4. | "Jingle Bell Rock" | Bobby Helms | |
5. | "Mistletoe & Wine" | Cliff Richard | |
6. | "Nu tändas tusen juleljus" | Carola | |
7. | "Feliz Navidad" | José Feliciano | |
8. | "Jag såg mamma kyssa tomten (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)" | Troll | |
9. | "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" | Nat King Cole | |
10. | "Winter Wonderland – Sleigh Ride" | Dolly Parton | |
11. | "Jingle Bells" | Jim Reeves | |
12. | "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | The Weavers | |
13. | "Mary's Boy Child" | Harry Belafonte | |
14. | "Låt mig få tända ett ljus" | Siv Pettersson | |
15. | "O helga natt (Cantique de Noël)" | Jörgen Edman | |
16. | "Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)" | Mahalia Jackson | |
17. | "Happy New Year" | ABBA |
References
edit- ^ Det ska vara ett platt paket, Expressen, Published 19 December 2008 (in Swedish)
- ^ Info om Absolute, EVA Records, 15 December 2015 (in Swedish)
- ^ "Dokument EVA Records" (in Swedish). Musikindustrin. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Swedish Certification-award-levels" (PDF). IFPI Sweden.