''Christmas in the Aire'' is the third

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and twenty-first

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released by American musical group

Mannheim Steamroller Mannheim Steamroller is an American neoclassical new-age music ensemble founded and directed by percussionist/composer Chip Davis in 1974. The group is known primarily for its '' Fresh Aire'' series of albums, which blend classical music with e ...

. The album was originally released in 1995, and was the biggest-selling holiday album in the United States that year with sales of 1,844,000 according to Nielsen/SoundScan. "Christmas Lullaby" was the only track from this album included in the group's 2004 compilation '' Christmas Celebration''. The song was re-recorded in lyrical form for the 2007 album ''

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'' with vocals by

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. On December 15, 1997, ''Christmas in the Aire'' was certified

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by the

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for shipment of four million copies in the United States. As of November 2014, ''Christmas in the Aire'' is the fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the

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era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,740,000 copies according to SoundScan. It ranks as Manheim Steamroller's third best selling Christmas album.

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References

1995 Christmas albums Mannheim Steamroller albums American Gramaphone albums American Gramaphone Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Classical Christmas albums New-age Christmas albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub