special of the season. Michael later announced that he was to film another NBC special, titled Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays, featuring guest appearances from Rod Stewart, Blake Shelton, and Carly Rae Jepsen. The special aired on December 10, 2012; and was watched by 5.66 million American viewers, receiving a 1.4/4 18-49 rating/share. Filming for the special began in Buble's home town of Vancouver, Canada on October 2, 2012. On October 18, 2013, it was announced that Michael will feature in a third Christmas special on December 18, 2013 via NBC. Guest stars featuring in the special include Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and Cookie Monster. Commercial performance On November 5, 2011, Christmas debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, with first-week sales of 141,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In its fifth week on the chart, the album climbed to No. 1, and held the top spot for the following four weeks, becoming Bublé's biggest selling chart-topper yet by beating the two-week reign of his previous album, Crazy Love. Christmas also sold 479,000 copies in the album's third week at No. 1, which marked Bublé's best sales week ever. On the album's tenth week on the album charts, and with Christmas having passed, the album fell to No. 24 on January 14, 2012. As of January 2017 it shares the sixth-largest drop from #1 with Blue Slide Park by Mac Miller. For the year, Christmas sold 2,452,000 copies in the United States, according to SoundScan, and was the second best-selling album of the year, just behind Adele's blockbuster album 21. In 2012, Christmas sold an additional 622,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan, and was the second best-selling holiday album of the year (behind Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby). As of December 4, 2017, the album has sold 4,129,000 copies in the United States, making it his best selling album in the country. In Canada, the album debuted at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 37,000 copies in its first week. In its third week of release, the album climbed to No. 1, selling an additional 32,000 copies. As of December 14, 2011, the album has sold 444,000 copies in Canada. Christmas also debuted at number 2 in Australia on October 31, 2011. The album has since been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of over 910,000 copies. It hit number 1 in December 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. It reached number 2 in 2015 after being held off from reaching number 1 by Adele's 25. In 2016, the album peaked at number 2 before returning to number 1 on the week of January 2, 2017. In 2017, it peaked at number 4 in early December. Despite competition from Snow Patrol's album Fallen Empires, Christmas peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It sold 1,292,000 copies in the UK in 2011, making it the second best-selling album of 2011. It is the first seasonal album to chart within the top 10 three years in a row, as it charted at number one in 2011, at number two in 2012, and at number seven in 2013. As of December 2018, the album had sold 2.78 million copies in the UK. Track listing Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes Notes Tracks 3, 10 and 14 are credited to Traditional. The Subliminal 9 are Caco Cocci, Steve Hartley, Paul Kirzner, Carsten Love, Lanny McVeigh, Derek Nyrose, Brad Openshaw, Ron Toigo and Rob Ubles. Personnel Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes