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''Christmas Kisses'' is the first EP by American singer Ariana Grande, it went onto selling 405,000 copies worldwide and was released on December 13, 2013 in most of the world, and on December 17, 2013 in the United States, as a collection of classic Christmas covers. The fourth track, "Santa Baby", also features Grande's former ''Victorious'' co-star Liz Gillies. On December 3, 2014, the Japanese special edition was released, peaking at No. 25 on the Oricon Albums Chart. The Japanese edition includes one new track, "Santa Tell Me", which was also released on November 24, 2014 as the fifth single from the extended play. ==Background and release== On 6 November 2013, Grande announced via Twitter she would be releasing new music each week leading up to Christmas, beginning with a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas": "I'm releasing new music for Christmas! New song every week as a countdown to the holidays starting Nov19. Beyond excited to share them w/ U! The 1st song #LastChristmas out Nov 19. I can't wait for u to hear our spin on it. There will be originals as well! Hope u love the music."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ariana Grande to release new music in the lead-up to Christmas )〕 "Last Christmas" was released as the first single, opening up to positive reviews and was critically acclaimed for its "R&B spin" on the Christmas classic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ariana Grande Updates 'Last Christmas' For First Holiday Release: Listen )〕 On the final week of November, Grande released an original Christmas song, titled "Love Is Everything", and it was also revealed Ariana would be releasing the ''Christmas Kisses'' EP later that month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ariana Grande unveils new Christmas song 'Love Is Everything' – listen )〕 In the first week of December, Ariana Grande released another original Christmas song, "Snow in California"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ariana Grande releases new Christmas song 'Snow in California' – listen )〕 and was later followed by a cover of the 1953 classic "Santa Baby", which features Grande's former ''Victorious'' co-star Liz Gillies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ariana Grande covers 'Santa Baby' – listen )〕 In November 2014, Grande announced to release the EP in Japan with a special edition. The Japanese special edition including one new track "Santa Tell Me", released on November 24, 2014 as Christmas original single in America and the fifth single from ''Christmas Kisses''. The song was written by Grande, Savan Kotecha and Ilya Salmanzadeh, peaking at No. 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart.〔 〕 On December 5, the Japanese special edition was released on the Japanese version of iTunes. The CD edition was released on December 3, two days before released in digital download.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ariana-grande/products/uicu-1261/ )〕 It peaked at No. 25 on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming her third charted album on that chart. 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 Kisses (EP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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