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''Christmas, with Love'' is a Christmas album and the fourth studio album by British recording artist Leona Lewis. It was released on 29 November 2013, by Syco Music and RCA Records. Work on the album began in February 2013, during which Lewis began writing "immediately" after the release of her less-commercially successful album ''Glassheart'' (2012). In June 2013, it was revealed (and later confirmed) that Lewis' fourth studio album would be a Christmas album, based on the recommendation of Syco boss Simon Cowell. Lewis enlisted two producers for the album: Richard "Biff" Stannard and Ash Howes, with Lewis herself contributing to the album's production. Upon release, "Christmas, with Love" was met with positive reviews from critics, praising the album's original songs. Other critics noted the album as "one of the best modern Christmas albums in memory." Initially, the album charted at twenty five in the United Kingdom, becoming Lewis' lowest-charting album to date; the following week, the album rose to number thirteen on the chart. The album was preceded by one single "One More Sleep", which was released on 5 November 2013 and debuted at number 34 on the UK Charts. Lewis promoted the album through a large amount of live performances, including the Regent Street Christmas lights switch-on event in London, England and on tenth series of ''The X Factor''; this led to the song rising to number 3, which in turn made it Lewis' highest-charting single since 2009's "Happy". ==Background and recording== In February 2013, a representative from Syco Music, Lewis' record label, announced that she was about to start writing and recording material "imminently" for her fourth studio album, and that it would be released in late 2013. The news came after Lewis announced that she had parted ways from Modest! Management, the management team who had represented her since she won the third series of ''The X Factor'' in 2006.〔 Various media outlets speculated that this was due to the weak commercial performance of her third studio album, ''Glassheart'', which was released in November 2012. It became her first album to not debut at number one or earn platinum certification in the United Kingdom.〔 It was also reported that the second single from the album, "Lovebird", had sold fewer than 600 copies, meaning it failed to attain one of 200 chart positions on the UK Singles Chart, was another contributing factor to her departure.〔 In June 2013, speculation arose that Lewis' fourth album would in fact be a Christmas album, after British production duo MagicIT tweeted that they were in a studio recording Christmas songs with the singer. The following month, Lewis confirmed that she was indeed in the process of recording a Christmas album. She revealed that it was recorded on the recommendation of Syco boss Simon Cowell.〔〔 Speaking about the decision to record a Christmas album at this point in her career in July 2013, further explained how Cowell had come up with the idea: "Simon is still very much involved in my career and helps me out. He came up with the Christmas album idea, and we both kind of felt it was the right time to go ahead with it." Lewis described the song selection process as being easy and that she knew which songs she wanted to include on the album despite there being many traditional Christmas carols, hymns and songs to choose from, saying "They are all Christmas tracks that I love and I went through the process of picking Christmas songs that I'd always listened to." In an interview for ''Billboard'' magazine in November 2013, Lewis stated that she had thought about doing a Christmas album for a while, but did not intend on releasing one in for Christmas 2013, as she thought her she would be writing and recording the follow up to ''Glassheart'' instead after she had finished her Glassheart Tour, which lasted from April to July and saw her tour Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. However, she decided that she wanted to do something "a bit different" instead. Recording sessions began during the summer in Brighton, England; speaking about recording Christmas songs during the heatwave that struck the country, Lewis said "We turned up the A/C, basically."〔 Lewis unveiled the artwork for ''Christmas, with Love'' on 4 November 2013. It has a vintage theme, which includes the track list on the front cover, as well as nine different photos of Lewis posing with various Christmas objects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christmas, with Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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