Cliff at Christmas is the 2003 Christmas album of Cliff Richard, containing eight new songs and nine previously released songs including all of his previous hit Christmas-themed singles included. One new single was released from the album, entitled "Santa's List", which reached a peak position of #5 in the UK charts over the festive period. The album reached #9 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum. In 2018, it was number 3 on the Official Top 20 biggest selling Christmas albums of the 21st century in the UK, having sold 409,000 copies. [1] [2] This album is not just mine, it belongs to all of us involved in creating it, and I hope that we add a little something special to your Christmas season.” a b c d "Cliff Richard – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company . Retrieved 20 January 2016. Jones, Alan (2 December 2022). "Charts analysis: Stormzy scores third consecutive No.1 album". Music Week . Retrieved 4 December 2022. Christmas With Cliff was recorded in 2022 in Criteria Studios, Miami and produced by Sam Hollander and Chris Walden.

a b "UK certification Database". BPI. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009 . Retrieved 8 December 2011. O'Hanlon, Ardal (14 December 2003). "Ardal O'Hanlon meets Sir Cliff Richard". The Observer . Retrieved 8 December 2011.

Sir Cliff’s previous festive hits, including Mistletoe And Wine, Saviour’s Day and The Millennium Prayer, have become Christmas staples over the years, with his last Yuletide album, Cliff At Christmas, released 19 years ago in 2003. This album is not just mine, it belongs to all of us involved in creating it, and I hope that we add a little something special to your Christmas season.’ In the UK Albums Chart, Cliff at Christmas entered the charts at number 38 on 29 November 2003. Over the course of the following three weeks it climbed the charts until it peaked at number 9 on 20 December. It dropped slightly during the Christmas week to number 14 and then exited the chart in January. When re-released in late 2004 it entered the chart at 66 on 11 December, before climbing to 60 the following week and then left the charts for the final time. [1] The Official Top 20 biggest selling Christmas albums of the century". The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 14 December 2018. Cliff Richard long ago secured his place as a permanent Christmas fixture, thanks to Mistletoe & Wine. One of the best Christmas songs of all time, it scored Sir Cliff the UK’s coveted Christmas No.1 spot in 1988, extending his remarkable run of No.1 singles into its fourth consecutive decade (of a phenomenal five). He’s since drawn from the same seasonal source on many occasions (Saviour’s Day, Santa’s List, 21st Century Christmas), but, remarkably, 2022’s Christmas With Cliff is only his second Christmas album. Forget living dolls in an age of AI technology; coming almost two decades on from his first Yuletide record, Christmas With Cliff is the gift fans have truly been waiting for. Listen to ‘Christmas With Cliff’ here.

Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard – Christmas with Cliff" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2022. Featuring seven decades of hits including Living Doll, Summer Holiday, We Don't Talk Anymore, Wired for Sound and the stunning Suddenly featuring Olivia Newton John. Of the 15 UK number one singles he has had, four have reigned supreme at Christmas with Band Aid II – which Sir Cliff sang on alongside Bananarama, Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Chris Rea and Wet Wet Wet taking the top spot in 1989. Christmas with Cliff is the 46th studio album by British pop singer Cliff Richard, released on 25 November 2022 by East West Records. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number two, becoming Richard's 47th top 10 solo album. [1]

This Is What I Mean, which was released on 25 November, is Stormzy’s third consecutive No 1 album. His debut, Gang Signs & Prayer, was the first grime album to hit No 1 on the chart. Richard achieved seven No 1 album placements throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, and reached No 3 with 2020’s Music… The Air That I Breathe. Teasing something a little different, he continued: ‘They had differing approaches to the songs that I asked them to produce for me, and they gave this album the dynamics that I had hoped for.

EMI gears up for the best of times; first Robbie Williams retrospective set to be an early Christmas number one favourite". Music Week. 18 September 2004 . Retrieved 4 December 2011. The 81-year-old said: "I have always loved being in recording studios ever since Studio 2, Abbey Road, in 1958. Christmas with Cliff consists of 13 new recordings of Christmas music, including three newly written songs ("First Christmas", "Heart of Christmas", and "Six Days After Christmas (Happy New Year)"). It is Richard's third Christmas album following Together with Cliff Richard (1991) and Cliff at Christmas (2003), and his first made up entirely of new recordings. I recorded this album in Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida – 4,427 miles away from Abbey Road – and once again I felt that I was in a world of my own,” said the singer, who worked with two producers, Sam Hollander and Chris Walden. If you are already dreading the sound of festive staples playing on a loop during outings to the high street, then your misery may soon be compounded.a b "Sir Cliff signs to Decca 45 years after original rejection". Music Week. 3 September 2004 . Retrieved 8 December 2011. Cliff Richard was signed to EMI Records since his single " Move It", released in 1958. In 1999, he left the label due to a dispute over the release of " The Millennium Prayer", with the single subsequently being released on the Chrysalis Group owned Papillon Records label and becoming his first number one single in nine years. He returned to EMI in 2003 to release his single "Santa's List" and the album Cliff at Christmas. [3] The album marked a brief return to record label EMI with whom he had previously been signed for 41 years. They guided me through the well-known Christmas songs and freed me to sing them my way. They had differing approaches to the songs that I asked them to produce for me, and they gave this album the dynamics that I had hoped for.” This CD was given away free with the Saturday edition of British national newspaper, Daily Mail. Comes in card sleeve.