Joy to the World (Pink Martini album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Joy to the World

| type = studio

| artist = Pink Martini

| cover = Pink-Martini-Joy-to-The-World-Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 16, 2010

| recorded = June 2006, May 2008, May–August 2010

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Christmas, jazz, world

| length = 46:26

| label = Heinz Records

| producer = Pink Martini, Thomas M. Lauderdale

| prev_title = Splendor In The Grass

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = A Retrospective

| next_year = 2011

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=joy-to-the-world-r2020659|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Joy to the World is the fifth studio album from the band Pink Martini. It was released on November 16, 2010 under the band's own label, Heinz Records. The album was recorded and mixed at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon in May 2008 and from May–August 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Martini-Joy-To-The-World/release/2560875|publisher=discogs.com|title=Joy to the World – Pink Martini|accessdate=2014-02-09}} Their rendition of "We Three Kings" was released as a Starbucks free download. In 2014 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,{{Cite web|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020101004.htm|title=color|accessdate=Aug 4, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170827005732/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020101004.htm|url-status=dead}} which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.impalamusic.org/node/340|title=IMPALA Awards for European Independent Acts Hit Record Levels | Impala|website=www.impalamusic.org|accessdate=Aug 4, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102416/https://www.impalamusic.org/node/340|url-status=dead}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = White Christmas

| writer1 = Irving Berlin (1942)

| length1 = 2:11

| title2 = White Christmas (Part II) (featuring Saori Yuki)

| note2 = in Japanese

| writer2 = Berlin, translation by Tatsuro Yamashita

| length2 = 3.32

| title3 = Schedryk (Ukrainian Bell Carol)

| writer3 = Mykola Leontovych (1916)

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = Santa Baby

| writer4 = Joan Javits, Philip Springer (1953)

| length4 = 2:37

| title5 = Elohai, N'Tzor

| writer5 = Danny Maseng (2003)

| length5 = 3:20

| title6 = Little Drummer Boy

| writer6 = Katherine Kennicott Davis (1941)

| length6 = 3:48

| title7 = Congratulations (A Happy New Year Song)

| writer7 = Chen Gexin (1945)

| length7 = 2:53

| title8 = Do You Hear What I Hear?

| writer8 = Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne (1962)

| length8 = 3:58

| title9 = La Vergine Degli Angeli

| writer9 = Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave (1862)

| length9 = 3:11

| title10 = We Three Kings

| writer10 = Traditional/Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

| length10 = 5:07

| title11 = A Snowglobe Christmas

| writer11 = Thomas Lauderdale, China Forbes

| length11 = 3:36

| title12 = Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles)

| writer12 = Flory Jagoda (1983)

| length12 = 2:17

| title13 = Silent Night

| note13 = in German, Arabic, and English

| writer13 = Joseph Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber, John Freeman Young (1859)

| length13 = 3:38

| title14 = Auld Lang Syne

| note14 = in English, Arabic, and French

| writer14 = Traditional

| length14 = 3:18

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Charts

=Charts=

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (2010–11)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|US Billboard 200

| style="text-align:center;"|35

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Chart (2011)

! scope="col" | Position

scope="row" | Canadian Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2011/canadian-albums |title=Billboard.BIZ |publisher=Billboard.BIZ |date= |accessdate=2012-02-26}}

| style="text-align:center;"|45

Certifications and sales

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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Pink Martini|title=Joy to the world|award=Gold|certyear=2011|relyear=2010|accessdate=1 March 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Pink Martini|title=Joy to the world|nocert=true|salesamount=136,000|relyear=2010|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/473636/ask-billboard-britney-spears-career-sales|title=Ask Billboard: Britney Spears' Career Sales|publisher=Billboard|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=14 January 2011|accessdate=12 March 2019}}}}

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References

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{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041QSZJM|title=Joy To The World (Pink Martini album) Audio CD|accessdate=2010-11-26}}

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Category:2010 Christmas albums

Category:Pink Martini albums

Category:Christmas albums by American artists

Category:Heinz Records albums

Category:Jazz Christmas albums