Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas II You
Vinyl LP pressing. Merry Christmas II You is the second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album by Mariah Carey. It was released by Island Records on November 2, 2010. Recording began in April 2010 and continued while Carey became pregnant. She was the executive producer of Merry Christmas II You and worked with various record producers, including Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Randy Jackson, James Poyser, Marc Shaiman, James "Big Jim" Wright and Johnny "Sev" Severin of RedOne. The album is composed of original songs and covers, ballads and uptempo tracks. The album produced four singles, including the US Adult Contemporary record-breaking song "Oh Santa!". It reached #1 in it's second week, the quickest ascent in the history of the chart and the only song to do so. Other singles included "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)", a single release version of "When Christmas Comes" in 2011 with John Legend and "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" in 2012.