My Christmas was listed in the top three of the Canadian Albums Chart for six consecutive weeks, and was No. 2 in four of those weeks. a b "The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2010 Music Industry Report". Business Wire. January 6, 2011 . Retrieved January 8, 2011.

a b "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. My Christmas sold over 5 million copies worldwide, in 2009 alone, despite being released internationally for a little over a month during the year, [9] making it the 10th best selling album in 2009, worldwide. [31] [32] United States [ edit ] In the United Kingdom, My Christmas debuted at No. 18, with over 41,000 units sold on its first week of release, [106] then slipped to No. 24, on its second, and stayed there on its third, before slipping one notch to No. 25 on its fourth week, with a three-week total exceeding 100,000 copies. My Christmas was listed in the top three on the Billboard 200 chart in its first eight weeks on the chart, selling over 100,000 copies on each of those weeks, and spending five of them at the No. 2 position, making it the first album to spend five or more weeks peaking in the runner-up position, since Now 8, in 2001, and the 11th to do so in the last 25 years. [33] It also held the No. 1 position on the US Classical albums chart, for nine consecutive weeks, and on the Holiday albums chart for eight consecutive weeks, slipping to No. 2 on its ninth week of release (the week after Christmas). On December 7, 2009, My Christmas was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than two million copies in the US. [34]

With over 2.2 million copies sold in the last two months of 2009 in the United States alone, the album was the best-selling holiday album of the year, and one of the best-selling albums of 2009, with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies. [7] [8] [9] My Christmas [1] is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. [2]

From the release of his debut album, Il Mare Calmo della Sera, after winning the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song of the same name, in 1994, [1] to the release of his first holiday album, My Christmas, the best-selling holiday album and one of the best-selling albums of 2009, [2] [3] He has sold 75 million records worldwide. [4] Thus, he is the biggest-selling singer in the history of Classical music. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]My Christmas also topped the Hungarian Albums Chart, [100] achieving triple platinum status, [101] and becoming the second best selling album of 2009 in the country. [102] In North America, Bocelli gave 6 concerts. On November 28, he performed in the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. He later performed in the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, Canada, in the Izod Center, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the William Saroyan Theatre, in Fresno, California, (changed from the much larger venue, the Save Mart Center, due to scheduling conflicts), in the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, and finally in the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, on December 3, 5, 8, 12, and 13. His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5.6 million dollars, placing him third on Billboard 's week's Hot Tours ranking, behind the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Il Divo, who both held over 5 times more concerts worldwide, compared to Bocelli's three in the United States, explaining their better showings. [11] The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Andrea Bocelli; 'My Christmas ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Worldwide Superstar Andrea Bocelli Set To Release His First-Ever Holiday CD, My Christmas - Available November 3rd, on Decca Records.com a b c d e "The Nielsen Company 2009 Year-End Music Industry Report". Businesswire.com, Jan 7, 2010 article . Retrieved 2010-01-07.