Absolute Christmas

Absolute Christmas is a Christmas music compilation album in the Absolute-series marketed in Sweden by EVA Records. The album is the best selling compilation album of all time in Sweden.[1] It sold 200 000 copies on its release in 1994 and later sold more than 500 000 copies,[2][3] in a market where sales of 80,000 was the threshold for platinum 1996–2002.[4]

Absolute Christmas
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 25, 1994
GenreHoliday
LabelEVA Records
Absolute Christmas series chronology
Absolute Christmas
(1994)
Absolute Christmas 1999
(1999)

Track listing

CD 1

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"John Lennon & Yoko OnoThe Plastic Ono Band 
2."Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid 
3."Tänd ett ljus"Triad 
4."Last Christmas"Wham 
5."Juligen"Just D 
6."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Mel & Kim 
7."Snart kommer änglarna att landa"Ulf Lundell 
8."Fairytale of New York"The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 
9."Mary's Boy Child"Boney M 
10."Merry Xmas Everybody"Slade 
11."I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas"Bon Jovi 
12."Mer jul"Adolphson & Falk 
13."Driving Home for Christmas"Chris Rea 
14."It May Be Winter Outside"S-Connection 
15."I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"Roy Wood with Wizzard 
16."Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"Bing Crosby & David Bowie 
17."Oiche Chiún (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)"Enya 

CD 2

No.TitleArtistLength
1."White Christmas"Bing Crosby 
2."Blue Christmas"Elvis Presley 
3."Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"Dean Martin 
4."Jingle Bell Rock"Bobby Helms 
5."Mistletoe & Wine"Cliff Richard 
6."Nu tändas tusen juleljus"Carola 
7."Feliz Navidad"José Feliciano 
8."Jag såg mamma kyssa tomten (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)"Troll 
9."The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"Nat King Cole 
10."Winter WonderlandSleigh Ride"Dolly Parton 
11."Jingle Bells"Jim Reeves 
12."We Wish You a Merry Christmas"The Weavers 
13."Mary's Boy Child"Harry Belafonte 
14."Låt mig få tända ett ljus"Siv Pettersson 
15."O helga natt (Cantique de Noël)"Jörgen Edman 
16."Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)"Mahalia Jackson 
17."Happy New Year"ABBA 

References

  1. Det ska vara ett platt paket, Expressen, Published 19 December 2008 (in Swedish)
  2. Info om Absolute, EVA Records, 15 December 2015 (in Swedish)
  3. "Dokument EVA Records" (in Swedish). Musikindustrin. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. "Swedish Certification-award-levels" (PDF). IFPI Sweden.
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