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ReJoyce: The Christmas Album (2004)

Where the lyrics of ReJoyce: The Christmas Album take you, and where it was really made.

Jessica Simpson's first Christmas album was her fourth studio album, released after In This Skin, her most successful record to that point.

Key places

Recorded at Headman Recording, New York City (2004)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Wikipedia lists Headman Recording in New York City as one of the recording locations for this album. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at House of Blues Studios, Los Angeles (2004)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Wikipedia lists House of Blues Studios in Los Angeles as one of the recording locations for this album. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Studio, Philadelphia (2004)

Recording site Scottish Rite Temple — Wikipedia lists The Studio in Philadelphia as one of the recording locations for this album. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson
• Released 23 November 2004 by Columbia Records
• Built mostly from covers of popular Christmas songs
• Duet with her sister Ashlee Simpson on 'Little Drummer Boy'
• Duet with Nick Lachey, Simpson's husband at the time, on 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'
• 'O Holy Night' had an accompanying music video

Background

• Released after In This Skin (2003), Simpson's most successful studio album of her career
• Cover of Amy Grant's 'Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)' drew attention, since Simpson has called Grant one of her favorite recording artists and her role model
• Tracks produced by Billy Mann; 'Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)' was produced by Mann and Chris Rojas
• A Special Limited Edition Christmas Collection EP came out before the album

Recording

• Studios listed as recording locations: Headman Recording in New York City, House of Blues Studios in Los Angeles, and The Studio in Philadelphia
• The source lists these cities and studios but gives no detailed session schedule

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born July 10, 1980 in Abilene, Texas; grew up in a strict evangelical household and sang in a Baptist church choir as a child.
• Signed with Columbia Records in 1997 at age seventeen after an earlier Christian label deal stalled.
• Debut album Sweet Kisses (1999) sold over two million copies in the United States; the single "I Wanna Love You Forever" reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Irresistible (2001) adopted a more mature image; its title track became a top-20 Hot 100 hit.
• In This Skin (2003) sold three million copies in the United States after its 2004 reissue.
• Gained wider fame through her marriage to Nick Lachey and the MTV reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica (2003–2005).
• Film debut as Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); her cover of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" reached the top 20.
• Turned to country music with Do You Know (2008); has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
• Built The Jessica Simpson Collection into a fashion brand with $1 billion in annual retail sales; regained full ownership in 2021.
• Memoir Open Book (2020) topped The New York Times Best Seller list.
• Returned to music in 2025 with the EPs Nashville Canyon, Part 1 and Part 2.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a positive review
• The review called the album bright and relentlessly cheerful, with bold, brassy music
• It was described as filled with showstoppers, relying on classic seasonal songs with a couple of new songs

Records

• Billboard 200 debut: number 16 with 152,000 copies in the first week
• Peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200 a week later
• 669,000 copies sold in the US as of 23 February 2009, according to Nielsen SoundScan
• RIAA Gold certification in January 2005
• Worldwide sales reported at over 1.2 million copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Simpson's first EP, A Special Limited Edition Christmas Collection, was sold at participating 7-Eleven stores in the U.S. and Canada and included an exclusive acoustic version of 'Angels'
• 'It's Christmas Time Again' is the only previously unreleased song on the album
• Jennifer Paige appears as a backing vocalist on several tracks
• The album was released physically only in the United States, and it later became one of the most downloaded holiday albums on iTunes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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