Christmas Memories
Christmas Memories (2001) is the second Christmas album and twenty-ninth studio release by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released on October 30, 2001, by Columbia. Streisand recorded the album during July, August, and September 2001 in various recording studios throughout California and in North Vancouver.
Christmas Memories received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2003. Commercially, it entered the charts in Canada and the United Kingdom. It also charted in the United States, where it peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 1,000,000 copies. Streisand's cover of "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe" charted on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States, peaking at number 28.
Christmas Memories debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 32 on November 17, 2001. During its best-selling week, it sold 136,000 copies and peaked at number 15. In total, it spent nine weeks within the Billboard 200. It also topped the Top Holidays Albums chart. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 3, 2001, for shipments of 1,000,000 copies. As of June 2007, the album has sold 1,100,000 copies. In Canada, it peaked at number 49 on the Canadian Albums Chart compiled by Nielsen. It also entered the UK Albums chart where it spent one week at number 137.