Three Time Grammy Award Winning Recording Artist Sarah McLachlan Receives Grammy Nomination for WINTERSONG, Her #1 Best Selling Holiday Album

Three Time Grammy Award Winning Recording Artist Sarah McLachlan Receives Grammy Nomination for WINTERSONG, Her #1 Best Selling Holiday Album

Nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Category

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-platinum selling and three time Grammy award winner Sarah McLachlan received an early Christmas gift when she received a Grammy nomination for her new holiday album WINTERSONG in the category "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album."

News of the nomination comes on the heels of her album being certified Gold and the album entering the Billboard Top 10 this week. Billboard also named WINTERSONG the "Greatest Gainer" on the album chart this week. WINTERSONG (released October 17th) is the #1 best seller on the Top Holiday Albums chart and marks her 15th release to be certified gold, platinum, or multi-platinum by the RIAA. WINTERSONG is the first holiday album to crack the Top 10 since 2004, and the second highest ranking for a holiday album since 2001. In addition, WINTERSONG sold more copies this week than any other holiday album sold in any week last year.

Recorded at home in a relaxed Canadian setting, WINTERSONG combines traditional and standard Christmas tunes with several contemporary classics that are close to Sarah's heart, including her original new title tune composition, "Wintersong." The album opens with her version of John Lennon's timeless "Happy Xmas (War is Over)," featuring her Music Outreach Children's Choir of Vancouver (emulating the original 1971 version by John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band, recorded with the Harlem Community Choir). Other WINTERSONG highlights include Sarah's version of Joni Mitchell's 1971 "River" ("It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees..."), and homage to Gordon Lightfoot's 1975 "Song For A Winter's Night."

McLachlan previously has won 3 Grammy awards in the following categories/years: "I Will Remember You" -- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1999), "Last Dance" -- Best Pop Instrumental Performance (1998), and "Building a Mystery" -- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1998).

Source: Arista Records

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