{{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox album | name = Christmas & Chill | type = EP | artist = [[Ariana Grande]] | cover = Christmas and Chill.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2015|12|18}} | recorded = December 2015 | studio = Grande's home studio (Hollywood) | genre = [[Christmas music|Christmas]] | length = 13:10 | label = [[Republic Records|Republic]] | producer = * [[Tommy Brown (record producer)|Tommy Brown]] * Mr. Franks * The Magi * Travis Sayles | prev_title = [[My Everything (Ariana Grande album)|My Everything]] | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = [[Dangerous Woman]] | next_year = 2016 }}
'''''Christmas & Chill''''' is the second [[Christmas music|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 (EP)|Christmas Kisses]]'' and her 2014 Christmas single "[[Santa Tell Me]]".<ref name="it">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/christmas-chill-ep/1440839092?app=itunes |title=''Christmas & Chill'' - EP |publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US) |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref> The EP features six, original, [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]-inspired Christmas tracks produced by American producers [[Tommy Brown (record producer)|Tommy Brown]], Mr. Franks, The Magi, and Travis Sayles. Grande has expressed admiration and has referred to it as her "favorite body of work".<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=ArianaGrande |number=1193570945811779585|title=oh my god. my favorite body of work. |last=Grande|first=Ariana|author-link=Ariana Grande|date=November 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123000413/https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1193570945811779585 |archive-date=2021-11-23 |access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref>
The EP received favorable reviews from music critics. It debuted at number 34 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart and at number 3 on the [[Billboard Holiday Albums|''Billboard'' Holiday Albums]] ranking in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/holiday-albums|title=Holiday Albums : Page 1|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=December 23, 2018}}</ref> It sold 35,000 copies in its first week of release in the US and has sold over 180,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ask-billboard-ariana-grandes-sales-kelly-clarksons-streak-bernie/|title=Ask ''Billboard'': Ariana Grande's Sales, Kelly Clarkson's Streak & ... Bernie Sanders' Sales, Too|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 27, 2016|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> ''Christmas & Chill'' was originally only available as a [[Music download|digital download]], but on November 18, 2016, the EP was reissued in Japan with a new artwork.<ref name="Billboard Japan" /><ref>{{cite web|title=CDJapan: Christmas & Chill by Ariana Grande|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICU-1281|accessdate=October 10, 2016|publisher=CdJapan}}</ref> The EP gained renewed interest when it was reissued as [[Phonograph record|vinyl LPs]] in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.papermag.com/ariana-grande-christmas-chill-2641297820.html|title=Ariana Grande's ''Christmas & Chill'' Is Done Hibernating|first=Jasmine|last= Ting|date=10 November 2019|accessdate=15 November 2019|magazine=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/ariana-grande-christmas-and-chill-album-guide.html|title=Let's Talk About Ariana Grande's Extremely Horny Christmas Album|date=11 November 2019|accessdate=15 November 2019|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|first=Rachel |last=Handler}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/ariana-grande-five-studio-albums-colour-vinyl/|title=Ariana Grande Releases All Five Studio Albums And Christmas EP On Colour Vinyl|first=Laura |last=Stavropoulos|date=15 November 2019|accessdate=15 November 2019|publisher=[[uDiscoverMusic]]}}</ref>
==Recording and music== According to [[Tommy Brown (record producer)|Tommy Brown]], the EP was recorded in four days at Ariana Grande's home studio, in Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://instagram.com/p/BNqqUQaBe7d/ |title=Instagram |access-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104140649/https://www.instagram.com/p/BNqqUQaBe7d/ |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Songwriting credits are shared by Grande with Brown.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-chill-mw0002905989|title=''AllMusic''|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> For ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Brittany Spanos, the EP consists of "romantic Christmas ballads over trap beats", commenting that "the one song to stand out from the more R&B-leaning EP is the [[folk music|folky]] 'Winter Things', where the acoustic track resembles [[Jason Mraz]], as Grande sings 'My baby's in town and we're gonna do some winter things'".<ref>Spanos, Brittany. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-ariana-grandes-surprise-released-ep-christmas-chill-20151217 "Hear Ariana Grande's Surprise-Released EP 'Christmas & Chill'"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, December 17, 2015</ref>
==Critical reception== Jaleesa M. Jones in ''[[USA Today]]'' called it "a festive ode to winter romance."<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/12/18/ariana-grande-christmas-and-chill-holiday-ep/77554716/ "Ariana Grande wants to 'Christmas & chill' on new EP"], ''USA Today'', December 18, 2015</ref> Emma Garland from ''Noisey'' said the album "basically sounds like a [[Cassie Ventura|Cassie]] album ... but with sleigh bells and lyrics like 'tis the season for some love giving!' It's basically the perfect festive romp."<ref>Garland, Emma. [https://www.vice.com/en/article/listen-to-ariana-grandes-surprise-ep-christmas--chill/ "Ariana Grande's ''Christmas & Chill'' Is the Perfect Festive Romp"], ''Noisey'', December 18, 2015</ref> Two years after its release, [[MTV]]'s Sydney Gore and Brian Anthony Hernandez revisited the EP, calling it "a new holiday classic" and "a catalyst of original Christmas carols for the so-called doomed millennial generation. [...] [T]his EP has the power to melt any trace of snow that's piling up on your front porch. ... There's a playful, eflish energy about ["True Love"] that makes you want to hang mistletoe everywhere to secure a smooch with that special someone."<ref>Gore, Sydney and Brian Anthony Hernandez. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171206234042/http://trl.mtv.com/news/3050750/ariana-grande-christmas-and-chill/ "Let's Talk About How Ariana Grande's Christmas & Chill EP Is a New Holiday Classic"], [[MTV]], December 6, 2017</ref>
[[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] ranked the EP as one of the Best Christmas Albums of the 21st Century, stating: "Grande's second holiday EP eschews traditional sounds of the season, opting instead for [[contemporary R&B]] grooves, [[trap music|trap]] synths and punny [[innuendo]] [...] Despite some sleigh bells and a few tossed-off references to the North Pole, this isn'f your parents' holiday fare."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=2022-12-08 |title=The 21 Best Christmas Albums of the 21st Century |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-christmas-albums-new-holiday-music/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> {{clear}}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Christmas & Chill'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title_width = 18% | writing_width = 62% | extra_width = 20%
| title1 = Intro | writer1 = {{hlist||[[Ariana Grande]]|[[Victoria Monét|Victoria McCants]]|[[Tommy Brown (music producer)|Thomas Lee Brown]]|Travis Sayles|Steven Franks|Michael D. Foster|Ryan Tedder}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Brown|Sayles|Mr. Franks|The Magi}} | length1 = 1:05 | title2 = Wit It This Christmas | writer2 = {{hlist|Grande|McCants|Brown|Sayles|Foster|Tedder|Peter Lee Johnson}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Brown|Sayles|Mr. Franks|The Magi}} | length2 = 2:41 | title3 = December | writer3 = {{hlist|Grande|McCants|Brown|Sayles|Franks|Foster|Tedder}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Brown|Sayles|Mr. Franks|The Magi}} | length3 = 1:56 | title4 = Not Just on Christmas | writer4 = {{hlist|Grande|McCants|Brown|Sayles|Franks|Johnson}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Brown|Sayles}} | length4 = 2:02 | title5 = True Love | writer5 = {{hlist|Grande|McCants|Brown|Sayles|Franks|Foster|Tedder|Johnson}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Brown|Sayles|Mr. Franks|The Magi}} | length5 = 2:46 | title6 = Winter Things | writer6 = {{hlist|Grande|McCants|Brown|Sayles|Franks|Johnson}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Brown|Sayles}} | length6 = 2:38 | total_length = 13:10 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus track<ref name="Billboard Japan">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/42887/2|title=アリアナ・グランデ、日本のファンに贈るクリスマスミニアルバムを11月リリース|date=October 7, 2016|work=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=October 7, 2016}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s) | title_width = 30% | writing_width = 50% | extra_width = 20% | title7 = [[Into You (Ariana Grande song)|Into You]] | note7 = Alex Ghenea remix; featuring [[Mac Miller]] | writer7 = {{hlist|[[Max Martin]]|[[Savan Kotecha]]|[[Alexander Kronlund]]|[[Ilya Salmanzadeh|Ilya]]|Grande}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Martin|Ilya|Alex Ghenea{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length7 = 4:10 | total_length = 17:20 }}
{{Track listing | headline = LP edition hidden track and 2023 digital reissue bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | title_width = 30% | writing_width = 50% | extra_width = 20% | title7 = [[Santa Tell Me]] | note7 = Naughty version | writer7 = {{hlist|Kotecha|Ilya|Grande}} | extra7 = Ilya | length7 = 3:24
| total_length = 16:34 }}
*{{small|{{note|a|[a]}}}} denotes a remixer
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for ''Christmas & Chill'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2015–2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Australia|49|artist=Ariana Grande|album=Christmas & Chill|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 13, 2025}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|73|artist=Ariana Grande|album=Christmas & Chill|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 14, 2025}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|168|artist=Ariana Grande|album=Christmas & Chill|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 14, 2025}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|43|artist=Ariana Grande|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 29, 2015}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|53|artist=Ariana Grande|album=Christmas & Chill|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 13, 2025}} |- ! scope="row"| Latvian Albums ([[Latvian Music Producers Association|LaIPA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv3.lv/izklaide/digitop100/digitop100-gada-izskanas-topa-svetku-dziesmas-uzvar-teju-visus-muzikalos-smagsvarus/|title="DIGiTop100" gada izskaņas topā svētku dziesmas uzvar teju visus muzikālos smagsvarus|trans-title=Christmas songs beat almost all musical heavyweights in DIGiTop100 at the end of the year|language=lv|publisher={{Ill|TV3.lv|lv|tv3.lv|lt=Skaties.lv}}|access-date=April 16, 2025|date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> | 94 |- {{album chart|Sweden|30|artist=Ariana Grande|album=Christmas & Chill|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 13, 2025}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|34|artist=Ariana Grande|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 29, 2015}} |- {{Album chart|BillboardHoliday|3|artist=Ariana Grande|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2015}} |}
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