Snowed In

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{{Infobox album

| name = Snowed In

| type = studio

| longtype =

| artist = Hanson

| cover = Hanson-Snowed_In.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 18, 1997

| recorded = October 1997

| venue =

| studio = (London)

| genre =

• Christmas{{cite book|first= Peter|last= Bagge|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= Raiding Hannah's Stash: An Appreciation of late '90s Bubblegum Music|publisher= Feral House|location= Los Angeles|pages= 259–269}}
• pop rock{{cite book|first= Peter|last= Bagge|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= Raiding Hannah's Stash: An Appreciation of late '90s Bubblegum Music|publisher= Feral House|location= Los Angeles|pages= 259–269}}

| length = 41:10

| label = Mercury / PolyGram

| producer = Mark Hudson, Hanson

| prev_title = Middle of Nowhere

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = 3 Car Garage

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r325969|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev2score = A−{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290587,00.html|title=The Xmas Files|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 5, 1997|access-date=July 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021084938/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290587,00.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

|rev3 = Music Week

|rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-11-08.pdf|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=Music Week|date=November 8, 1997|page=14|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 362 | isbn = 978-0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=rolling+stone+hanson+album+guide&pg=PA362}}

}}

Snowed In is the first Christmas album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was quickly released following the success of their previous album, Middle of Nowhere, and was recorded in London. Snowed In was also the best-selling holiday album for 1997 in the United States, selling 863,000 copies that year 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=Billboard |access-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211194511/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/43185/chart-watch-extra-bring-on-christmas |archive-date=December 11, 2009 |url-status=live }} It has since sold a total of 1,081,000 copies in the US.{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-christmas-albums-bing-buble-174950904.html |title=Chart Watch Extra: Christmas Albums, From Bing To Buble |last=Grein |first=Paul |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226105149/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-christmas-albums-bing-buble-174950904.html |archive-date=December 26, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

The album features a mix of traditional Christmas carols (such as "Silent Night Medley"), covers of Christmas themed songs (such as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Merry Christmas, Baby") and Hanson's own compositions (such as "At Christmas" and "Christmas Time").