Christmas in the Aire

{{Infobox album

|name = Christmas in the Aire

|type = Album

|artist = Mannheim Steamroller

|cover = ChristmasIntheAire.jpg

|alt =

|released = September 12, 1995

|recorded = 1994–1995

|venue =

|studio =

|genre = Christmas

|length = 43:11

|label = American Gramaphone

|producer = Chip Davis

|prev_title = To Russia with Love

|prev_year = 1994

|next_title = Huskers Muzik

|next_year = 1997

|misc = {{Extra chronology

|artist = Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums

|type = studio

|prev_title = A Fresh Aire Christmas

|prev_year = 1988

|title = Christmas in the Aire

|year = 1995

|next_title = Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live

|next_year = 1997

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r219255|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Christmas in the Aire is the third Christmas album and twenty-first studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. 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.{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/43185/chart-watch-extra-bring-on-christmas/ |title=Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas! |work=Yahoo Chart Watch |author=Paul Grein |accessdate=2009-12-04}}

"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 Christmas Song with vocals by Olivia Newton-John.

On December 15, 1997, Christmas in the Aire was certified Quadruple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Christmas_In_The_Aire&artist=Mannheim_Steamroller&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=GROUP&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&awardDescription=Multi_Platinum&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=12&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415201904/http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Christmas_In_The_Aire&artist=Mannheim_Steamroller&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=GROUP&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&awardDescription=Multi_Platinum&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=12&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |title=RIAA Searchable Database |work=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=2010-11-29 }}

As of November 2014, Christmas in the Aire is the fifth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,740,000 copies according to SoundScan.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6334706/holidays-biggest-radio-and-album-hits |title=The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=December 1, 2014 |accessdate=December 1, 2014}} It ranks as Manheim Steamroller's third best selling Christmas album.{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/8304|title=Mannheim Steamroller Albums ranked by sales|website=Best Selling Albums.org}}