"Silent Night" - Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman live at the Helix Center in Dublin, Ireland performing A Christmas Celebration.
See Celtic Woman perform the famous German Christmas song “Stille Nacht” composed by Franz Gruber ( Music) 1818 and Joseph Mohr (Text) 1816.
Celtic Woman is an all-female musical ensemble conceived and assembled by Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance.
Downes’ concept was to create a uniquely Celtic sound to satisfy the American marketplace’s taste for Celtic music and culture by reating a group that blended the Irish elements of Michael Flatley’s music and dance with the structure of all-girl pop groups such as Spice Girls and Pussycat Dolls.
Their debut album, Celtic Woman, reached no 1 on Billboard’s World Music chart, eventually breaking Andrea Bocelli’s long-standing record of chart-topping longevity on 22 July 2006 by having stayed at #1 for 68 weeks. The album held the top position on the Billboard World Music chart for 81 weeks total. Much of the group’s success in America has been credited to the extensive PBS publicity throughout 2005.
The live performance at The Helix was released on DVD alongside the studio album.
The release of the second album, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration, on 19 October 2006 knocked their first album to 2nd place on the World Music charts.
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