Christmas & Chill
2015 EP by Ariana Grande
Christmas & Chill is the second Christmas record and extended play (EP) by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on December 18, 2015, by Republic Records, as a follow-up to her 2013 Christmas EP Christmas Kisses and her 2014 Christmas single "Santa Tell Me". The EP features six, original, R&B-inspired Christmas tracks produced by American producers Tommy Brown, Mr. Franks, The Magi, and Travis Sayles. Grande has expressed admiration and has referred to it as her "favorite body of work".
The EP received favorable reviews from music critics. It debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 3 on the Billboard Holiday Albums ranking in the United States. It opened with 35,000 album equivalent units in its first week of release in the US, and has sold over 180,000 copies worldwide. Christmas & Chill was originally only available on streaming and as a digital download, but on November 18, 2016, the EP was released digitally and on CD in Japan with new artwork and the Alex Ghenea remix of "Into You", as an exclusive bonus track.
The EP gained renewed interest when it was reissued as a vinyl record in November 2019, featuring the naughty version of "Santa Tell Me" as a hidden track, which later was added to a digital reissue of the EP worldwide in 2023.
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