Christmas Extraordinaire is Mannheim Steamroller's sixth Christmas album overall and the group's fourth Christmas studio album. The album was originally released in 2001. The song "O Tannenbaum" features a lead vocal by Johnny Mathis. Five of the album's tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration. On June 21, 2004, Christmas Extraordinaire was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States. As of November 2014, Christmas Extraordinaire is the fourteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. in the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,920,000 copies according to SoundScan. Track listing Personnel Chip Davis: Recorders, Drums Jackson Berkey: Harpsichord Ron Cooley: Guitar, Lute, Bass Roxanne Layton: Recorder, Crumhorns Arnie Roth: Violin Solo~The First Noel, Concertmaster Bobby Jenkins: Oboe Solo Johnny Mathis: Vocals on "O Tannenbaum" See also List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s Notes 2001 Christmas albums Mannheim Steamroller albums American Gramaphone albums Christmas albums by American artists Classical Christmas albums New-age Christmas albums