It's Holiday Time

It's Holiday Time is the fourth studio album and first Chrtistmas album by American singer-songwriter Aniyah. It was released on November 4, 2016 through Atlantic Records. It was produced by Jeff Bhasker, Ben Roulston and Steve Robson. The album comprises a variety of genres such as pop, soft rock, country, and soul. The album features Christmas standards, covers, and five original songs written by her. Aniyah said the album was one of the mother's greatest wishes, and so is inspired and released the album.

Upon its release, the album received generally favorable reviews from music critics. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 894,093 copies. The album stayed on the top three on the U.S chart, for eight consecutive weeks becoming the second best-selling album of 2014 in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan, selling 3.1 million copies, and later was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album sold 5,572,000 in the United States. Internationally, the record enjoyed similar success, peaked at number one in more than 20 countries. In piriod of eight weeks, the album sold 7.6 million copies. In Japan, the album has sold 1 million copies and is the second best-selling Christmas album of all time by a non-Asian solo artist, behind Carey's Merry Christmas (1994) As October 2018, the album has sold more over 10 million copies worldwide and is one [[Discography|best-selling Christmas album of all time.

Three singles were released from the album. The lead single—"Red Loop" was released on November 11, 2014, peaking number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and on the Canadian Hot 100, also peaked top three and top five in various countries around the world, and "Feliz Navidad" was released in some selected countries. The album was re-leased on November 3, 2017, alondside the single "Coldest Day", which debuted at number six in Hot 100, and have a moderate worlwide success.. The project was promoted through NBC television special, titled Aniyah's Christmas Special  in December 2016 and 2017, the specials was viewed by more than 30.32 million viewers.

Track listing
It's Holiday Time – Standard edition It's Holiday Time – Deluxe Edition bonus tracks It's Holiday Time – 2017 Deluxe Edition additional tracks
 * 1) "It's Holiday Time" – 3:14
 * 2) "Red Loop" – 3:56
 * 3) "O Holy Night" – 3:23
 * 4) "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – 3:01
 * 5) "Happy Chrtistmas (Interlude)" – 1:12
 * 6) "Silent Night" – 4:21
 * 7) "Last Christmas" – 3:43
 * 8) "Feliz Navidad" – 3:03
 * 9) "December" – 2:53
 * 10) "Last Christmas" – 3:43
 * 1) "Silver Bells" – 3:44
 * 2) "Ave Maria"  – 2:56
 * 3) "Winter Wonderland"  – 3:32
 * 1) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" – 3:22
 * 2) "The Coldest Day" – 3:03
 * 3) "Santa Claus llegará" – 2:32
 * 4) "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" – 3:06

Charts
Weekly charts Year-end charts

Certifications