White Christmas (Martina McBride album)

White Christmas is the fifth album and first Christmas album by country singer Martina McBride issued by RCA Nashville in 1998. The album was reissued in 1999 with new artwork and two new tracks. It was re-released for the second time in October 2007 with newer artwork and four new tracks added. In 2013, it was reissued for a third time as The Classic Christmas Album. The re-release added her Elvis Presley duet, "Blue Christmas", which was originally released on his posthumous album Christmas Duets, while removing the track "Jingle Bells" and revising the track listing.

In the U.S. the album White Christmas was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 9, 1999; then Platinum by the RIAA on November 10, 2003; and then double-Platinum by the RIAA on December 12, 2018. The album has sold 1,827,700 copies in the U.S. as of November 2017.

Track listings

Original 1998 release

1999 re-release

2007 re-release

The Classic Christmas Album (2013 re-release)

Personnel

• Martina McBride – lead vocals
• Jim Medlin – acoustic piano
• Steve Nathan – synthesizers
• Mark Jordan – synthesizers
• Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
• Brent Mason – electric guitars
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitars
• Joe Chemay – bass
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Sam Bacco – percussion
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Karen Winkleman – recorder
• Skip Cleavnger – penny whistle
• Lee Levine – clarinet
• Ann Richards – flute
• Bobby Taylor – oboe
• Jim Ferguson – backing vocals
• Mark Ivey – backing vocals
• Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals
• Louis Nunley – backing vocals
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

The Nashville String Machine

• Dennis Burnside – string arrangements and conductor
• Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
• Chris Dunn – music preparation
• John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina, Bob Mason and Julie Tanner – cello
• Craig Nelson – string bass
• Mary Alice Hoepfinger – harp
• Monisa Angell, Jim Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• David Angell, Janet Askey, Carolyn Bailey, Joann Cruthirds, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Gerald Greer, Lee Larrison, Cate Myer, Pamela Sixfin, Elisabeth Small, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale and Karen Winkleman – violin

Production

• Martina McBride – producer
• Paul Worley – producer
• Rob Christie – producer
• Patrick Williams – producer
• Clarke Schleicher – recording, additional engineer, mixing
• Jim Burnett – additional engineer
• Tony Green – additional engineer, mix assistant
• Mike Poole – additional engineer
• Ed Simonton – additional engineer
• Sandy Jenkins – additional assistant engineer, mix assistant
• Eric Bickel – recording assistant
• Greg Fogie – recording assistant
• Erik Hellerman – recording assistant
• Greg Parker – recording assistant
• Scott Phillips – recording assistant
• Glenn Spinner – recording assistant
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Eric Conn – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
• Deb Boyle – production coordinator
• Paige Connors – production coordinator
• Susan Eaddy – art direction
• Mary Hamilton – art direction
• Julie Wanca – design
• Andrew Eccles – photography
• Kristin Barlowe – 2007 photography
• Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist
• Earl Cox – hair stylist
• Mary Beth Felts – make-up
• Bruce Allen – management

Studios

• Recorded at Ocean Way, Emerald Studios and The Tracking Room (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Additional engineering at The Money Pit, Emerald Studios, Masterfonics, Seventeen Grand Recording, Sound Stage Studios and The Love Shack (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mixed at Sound Stage Studios and The Money Pit.
• Mastered and Digitally Edited at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee).

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

White Christmas

The Classic Christmas Album

Year-end charts

Charted songs

Certifications and sales

Release history

References