8 Days of Christmas
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| Studio album (holiday album) by Destiny's Child | ||||
| Released | October 30, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | July 2000; July–September 2001 | |||
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| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| People | mixed |
| Rolling Stone | unfavorable |
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8 Days of Christmas is the fourth and penultimate studio album and first Christmas album by American R&B girl group Destiny's Child, released on October 30, 2001 by Columbia Records.
The album contains nine tracks featuring traditional Christmas songs and three original songs. Most of them are re-arranged with up-tempo beats in a contemporary R&B style. The album was recorded in Summer 2001 in the United States, but Kelly Rowland stated during the "8 Days of Christmas" video premiere on BET's 106 & Park in Fall 2001 that parts of the album were also recorded in Japan during Destiny's Child's overseas promo tour. In the same interview, Beyoncé Knowles revealed, "Actually we wrote the song two years ago, when we went in the studio to do some Christmas something. That's what started the idea of doing a Christmas album." The song "8 Days of Christmas" first appeared on the double-disc reissue of The Writing's on the Wall in November 2000.
8 Days of Christmas debuted at number fifty-nine on the US Billboard 200. Five weeks later, it eventually peaked at number thirty-four. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 3, 2001, denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States.
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^shipments figures based on certification alone
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