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Home for Christmas (1998)

Where the lyrics of Home for Christmas take you, and where it was really made.

Released only in the United States, this 1998 album drew lukewarm to negative reviews at first, but its five-part harmonies were praised in later years.

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Album story

Overview

• Home for Christmas: second studio album by American boy band NSYNC
• Released 10 November 1998, exclusively in the United States, by RCA Records
• Followed the success of the group's self-titled debut album
• Certified Double Platinum by the RIAA on 27 October 1999 for two million copies shipped in the United States
• UK edition released 30 September 2002 as The Meaning of Christmas on Ariola Express, with an altered track listing

Background

• "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" released as a single in the United States and Germany
• German release tied to the group's German seasonal album, The Winter Album
• As of December 2014, sold 2.8 million copies in the United States
• Ranked fifteenth among the best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the US since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich.
• Original members: Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, and Lance Bass.
• The name came from Timberlake's mother's remark on how "in sync" their voices were.

Members

• JC Chasez (melody/1st tenor), Justin Timberlake (melody/2nd tenor), Chris Kirkpatrick (countertenor), Joey Fatone (baritone), Lance Bass (bass).

Career

• Debut album NSYNC (1997) succeeded in Europe before entering the American market with "I Want You Back".
• No Strings Attached (2000) sold a record 2.42 million copies in its first week in the US.
• Celebrity (2001) debuted with 1,879,955 copies in its first week.
• Went on indefinite hiatus in 2002 after Timberlake's departure; reunited occasionally from 2013 onward.
• Released "Better Place" in 2023 for the film Trolls Band Together and reunited with Timberlake for a 2024 appearance.
• Has sold over 70 million records and is among the best-selling boy bands of all time.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Critics gave the album lukewarm to negative reviews in 1998
• Critics said the group lacked the charisma of the Backstreet Boys or the Spice Girls
• Critics praised the eleven original tracks and the slickly produced adult contemporary ballads and lite dance-pop

Reappraisal

• Later commended for the strength of its five-part harmonies
• A cappella version of "O Holy Night" cited as an example
• Known as a rare NSYNC album that gives Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass vocal opportunities

Records

• US sales: 2.8 million as of December 2014
• Double Platinum in the US, certified 27 October 1999
• Billboard 200 peak: 7
• Canada: platinum
• Worldwide sales: about 4 million copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Most of the lead vocals are provided by Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez.
• Chris Kirkpatrick sings lead on "Under My Tree" and "I Guess It's Christmas Time."
• "All I Want Is You This Christmas" and "It's Christmas" have lead vocals by Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone; "The Only Gift" adds Lance Bass.
• Two other Christmas songs were left off the album: "I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You" (on Now That's What I Call Christmas Vol. 2) and "You Don't Have to Be Alone (On Christmas)" (on The Grinch soundtrack).
• The track listing marks one vocal co-producer.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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