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''ReJoyce: The Christmas Album'' is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson. Released by Columbia Records on November 23, 2004. The album features cover versions of popular Christmas songs, it includes a duet with her sister, Ashlee Simpson, on the song "Little Drummer Boy". Additionally, it also includes a duet with Nick Lachey, Simpson's husband at the time, on "Baby, It's Cold Outside". The cover of Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" is notable, as Simpson has said that Amy Grant is one of her favorite recording artists and her role model. Its singles are "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" and "What Christmas Means To Me" (although no accompanying video was produced); the song "O Holy Night" has a video. ''ReJoyce: The Christmas Album'' was released after Simpson's most successful studio album of her career In This Skin (2003). The album has sold 669,000 copies in the United States, as of February 23, 2009, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in January 2005. ''Rejoyce'' has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. ==Critical reception== The album garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewin editor of Allmusic, said: ReJoyce: The Christmas Album, never approaches the old-fashioned manners implied in the title and instead wallows in the big, brassy, over-the-top spectacle of show biz. Rejoyce is a Christmas album that sounds like it was recorded at a Las Vegas revue. It's filled with showstoppers and grandstanding, relying on the tried-and-true seasonal classics while offering a couple of new songs almost as an afterthought. It's bright and incessantly cheerful, always seeming loud even during its quietest moments because the music itself is bold and brassy. While she sounds a little too breathy on occasion, Simpson acquits herself well on the record, and the entire enterprise will surely please her fans, particularly those who like her persona just a little bit better than her singing. ==Chart performance== The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at #16 with sales of 152,000 copies sold in its first week.〔http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540239/20060906/simpson_jessica.jhtml〕 The album later made a peak at #14. As of February 23, 2009, the album has sold a total of 669,000 copies〔http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp〕 in the U.S and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.〔http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS〕 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「ReJoyce: The Christmas Album」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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