2001 Toni Braxton – Snowflakes

Snowflakes is the fourth studio album by American singer Toni Braxton, released on October 23, 2001 by Arista Records. Her first Christmas album, its is a follow-up to her 2000 studio album The Heat. Snowflakes consists of eleven tracks, featuring five R&B–led original songs co-penned with her former husband Keri Lewis and longtime collaborator Babyface as well as several remixes and cover versions of Christmas standards and carols, one of which is a duet featuring recording artist Shaggy. Throughout the creation process, Braxton also collaborated with L.A. Reid, Poke & Tone, Daryl Simmons and her younger sister Tamar Braxton.

The album received a mixed reception by critics, many of whom compared its nature to Braxton’s other work but found the stylized production and original material too contemporary to conjure images of Christmas. Upon its release, Snowflakes debuted at number 119 on the US Billboard 200, and at number 57 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. While it remains her lowest-charting album as of 2018, it eventually earned a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Singles such as “Snowflakes of Love” and “Christmas in Jamaica” became a minor success on the adult contemporary charts.