page_title: My Christmas
section_title: "What Child is This"
hierarchical_section_title: My Christmas / Singles / "What Child is This"
caption_attribution_description: English: &#160;Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige performing “What Child Is This” on The Oprah Winfrey Show, while David Foster plays the piano, in November of 2009.
context_page_description: My Christmas is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
  The album is a compilation of seasonal holiday favorites, mainly in English, with a few selections in Italian, German, and French, produced by multiple Grammy Award winner David Foster, containing duets with Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole, Reba McEntire, Katherine Jenkins, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and The Muppets. It also includes "God Bless Us Everyone", the only original song of the album, which Bocelli recorded for the closing of the 2009 film, A Christmas Carol.
  A Spanish version of the album, called Mi Navidad, was released November 23, 2009, and a PBS Christmas special of the album, filmed in the Kodak Theatre, was released on DVD December 8, 2010, after airing on PBS stations nationwide.
  With over 2.2 million copies sold in the last two months of 2009 in the United States alone, the album was the best-selling holiday album of the year, and one of the best-selling albums of 2009, with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies.
context_section_description: Bocelli covered "What Child Is This?" for the album, singing the carol with American R&B singer Mary J. Blige. The single was released in North America on November 3, 2009, the same release date as the album.
  Bocelli performed the song with Blige for his PBS My Christmas Special, which aired on PBS stations throughout the month of December. He later performed the song with Blige on the Holiday Music Extravaganza edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired November 30, 2009.
  "What Child is This" entered the US Hot Digital Songs chart on December 9, 2009, at number 63.
caption: Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige performing "What Child Is This" on The Oprah Winfrey Show, while David Foster plays the piano, in November 2009.
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