''Cheetah-licious Christmas'' is a Christmas album by

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. It is also the first album the girls released as an official musical group; however, group member

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later stated that the album does not serve as their official debut album. It was released by

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on October 11, 2005. The album features seven classic Christmas songs as well as six original songs. The album peaked at No. 74 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

# "Five More Days 'til Christmas" * (

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;

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) – 3:04 # "

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song featuring Santa Claus written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then ...

" (

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;

J. Fred Coots John Frederick Coots (May 2, 1897 – April 8, 1985) was an American songwriter. He composed over 700 popular songs and over a dozen Broadway shows. In 1934, Coots wrote the melody with his then chief collaborator, lyricist Haven Gillespie, for ...

) – 3:28 # "Perfect Christmas" * (J. Landers; Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:08 # "Cheetah-licious Christmas" * (Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:32 # "

Marshmallow World "A Marshmallow World" (sometimes called "It's a Marshmallow World") is a popular song that was written in 1949 by Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Peter DeRose (music). It was published the following year by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. The song is about win ...

" ( C. Sigman; P. DeRose) – 2:47 # "Christmas in California" * (

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; Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:01 # "No Ordinary Holiday" * ( B. Benenate; Matthew Gerrard) – 3:31 # " All I Want for Christmas Is You" ( M. Carey; W. Afanasieff) – 4:02 # " This Christmas" (

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; N. McKinnor) – 3:06 # "

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is a Christmas song with music and lyrics by British songwriter Tommie Connor and first recorded by American singer Jimmy Boyd in 1952. The song has since been covered by many artists, with the Ronettes's 1963 ...

" ( T. Connor) – 2:51 # "The Simple Things" * (Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:41 # "

Last Christmas "Last Christmas" is a song by British pop duo Wham!, originally released in December 1984 on CBS Records internationally and as a double A-side on Epic Records with "Everything She Wants" in the UK. Described as a "high watermark of mid-80s ...

" ( G. Michael) – 3:49 # " Feliz Navidad" ( J. Feliciano) – 2:37 Note: Original songs marked with a (*)

Singles

"Cheetah-licious Christmas" was the first single from the album, released on November 1, 2005, along with a music video that showcases the members performing the song inside of a

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dressed in winter clothing. It was performed on their

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and was added to the set list of

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during the holiday season. "Five More Days 'til Christmas" was promotional single, released exclusively on Radio Disney on December 12, 2005. It was performed on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour.

Personnel

* Antonina Armato – producer *

– group member *

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– group member * Kiely Williams – group member * Ray Cham – producer * Jordan Foley – art direction * Matthew Gerrard – producer * Tim James – producer * Jay Landers – executive producer * Stephen Marcussen – mastering * Dani Markman – artist coordination * Robbie Nevil – producer

Charts

Tour

In the winter of 2005,

went on tour to support the Christmas album.

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went along with them, as the opening act, to support their own album ''

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'', although the

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performed as surprise guests opening for both

and

for a total of 10 shows of the tour, promoting '' It's About Time'', their first album. The holiday theme of the concert included giant presents (in which the Cheetah Girls performed), Winter clothes, and even a tropical theme for their song "Christmas in California", which included surfboards with the girls' names on them. The Cheetah Girls also sang songs from the first Cheetah Girls soundtrack, their song "

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" (from ''

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''), and their version of "Shake a Tail Feather" (from the ''Chicken Little'' soundtrack). The girls went on tour to support this album entitled the Cheetah-licous Christmas Tour.

References

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