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Jackson 5 Christmas Album

Jackson 5 Christmas Album is the fourth studio album, and first Christmas album, by Motown family quintet The Jackson 5. It was released on October 15, 1970. The group's version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" was released as a single, and along with their version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", it regularly receives radio play during the Christmas season. The album spent four weeks at the number one position on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling Christmas album of that year and also of the year 1972 in the United States. This album was a top seller and had the potential to chart high on the US Billboard Top LPs ranking, but from 1963 to 1973, holiday albums were not allowed to chart in it. The album has been praised by music critics and has since sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

Release
The release of Jackson 5 Christmas Album in October 1970 marked the end of a successful year for the band. Three albums were released by the group, with ABC in May and Third Album in September, with a tour running from May to December. The group recreated a similar feat the following year, with Maybe Tomorrow hitting record stores in April, the ''Goin' Back to Indiana'' soundtrack in September, and a greatest hits collection in December, with a tour which ran from January to August. In addition, Michael Jackson's solo debut single "Got to Be There", also hit the music stands in October, with the complete album of the same name coming out in January 1972. ==Reception==
Reception
Jackson 5 Christmas Album has been hailed by many as one of the best holiday albums. AllMusic's Lindsay Planer rated Jackson 5 Christmas Album four and a half out of five stars. She stated that "they carefully crafted and significantly modernized familiar seasonal selections." She also praised all of the tracks. Joshua Alston of The A.V. Club also praised the album and said "the original songs are among its finest moments". He also said "Jackson 5 Christmas is tough to compete with because it isn't—as Christmas records so often are—an inessential brand extension or bait for discography completists. It's a potent distillation of the spirit of Christmas, an album joyful enough to make me feel like it's the most wonderful time of the year rather than merely telling me so." Rolling Stone also praised the album, calling it a "gem". ==Track listing==
Personnel
Vocals • Michael Jackson – Lead vocals (2, 4–6, 9–11), background vocals (1, 3, 7–8) • Jermaine Jackson – Lead vocals (1, 3, 7–8, 10), background vocals (2, 4–6, 9–11) • Jackie Jackson – Background vocals • Tito Jackson – Background vocals, synthesizers (4–5) • Marlon Jackson – Background vocals Production • Hal Davis – producer • The Corporation – producers • James Anthony Carmichael, Gene Page – arrangements Technical • Adam Abrams – production coordinator • Harry Weinger – supervisor • Vartan – art direction • Alana Coghlan, Katherine Marking – design ==Charts==
Charts
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Source: Wikipedia ↗
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