''Christmas Is Here!'' is the seventh studio album by American
a cappella
Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...
group
Pentatonix
Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) are an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements wit ...
. It is also their third full-length holiday album following ''
A Pentatonix Christmas'' in 2016.
It was released on
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...
, and the first single is a cover of "Making Christmas" from ''
The Nightmare Before Christmas
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''.
Pentatonix has promoted the album through a tour of the same name, which started in November 2018 at
The Theatre at Grand Prairie
Texas Trust CU Theatre is an American concert hall located in Grand Prairie, Texas, west of Dallas and east of Fort Worth. It is near Lone Star Park and Grand Prairie Stadium. The theatre is currently operated by AEG and owned by the City of G ...
.
Reception
Chuck Campbell of the ''
Knoxville News Sentinel
The ''Knoxville News Sentinel'', also known as ''Knox News'', is a daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Gannett Company.
History
The newspaper was formed in 1926 from the merger of two competing newspapers: '' ...
'' rated the album four out of five stars.
Track listing
Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from the album's Liner Notes
[Pentatonix. “Christmas Is Here” (Album Notes). RCA Records. 2018.]
Track listing adapted from ''Billboard'' and
iTunes
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.
Personnel
Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from the album's Liner Notes
Pentatonix
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Scott Hoying
Scott Hoying (born September 17, 1991)Nguyen, Mindy (December 19, 2016A Pentatonix Christmas (Music Review)The Lion's Roar is an American singer, musician and songwriter who came to international attention as the baritone of the a cappella group ...
– producer,
baritone
A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...
lead, backing vocals and co-vocal bass in "Here Comes Santa Claus"
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Mitch Grassi
Mitchell Coby Michael Grassi (born July 24, 1992) is an American singer from Arlington, Texas. Known for his high tenor voice, Grassi came to international attention as a founding performer in two groups—the a cappella quintet Pentatonix, and ...
– producer,
tenor
A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...
lead and backing vocals
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Kirstin Maldonado
Kirstin Taylor Maldonado (born May 16, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for being a vocalist in the a cappella group Pentatonix. With the group, she has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over si ...
– producer,
alto
The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: '' altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In four-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in ch ...
lead and backing vocals
*
Matt Sallee
Matthew Levon Sallee (born February 11, 1994) is an American singer known for being the Scat singing#Vocal bass, vocal bass of the a cappella group Pentatonix. Sallee is the newest member of the group, replacing Avi Kaplan after his departure i ...
– producer,
vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals
*
Kevin Olusola
Kevin Oluwole Olusola, also known as K.O., (born October 5, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, beatboxer, and cellist. Olusola is best known as the beatboxer of the a cappella group Pentatonix. After the group won NBC's ''The Sing-Off'' in ...
– producer,
vocal percussion
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In Western music
Recent ...
, backing vocals, vocal
flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...
on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Others
* Ed Boyer - audio mixing
* Ben Bram - producer, recording engineer
* RaVaughn Brown - choir vocals (1, 7)
*
Busbee
Michael James Ryan Busbee (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record executive, and multi-instrumentalist. He was known for his work in both pop mus ...
- Maren Morris' vocal producer on "When You Believe"
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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the American Idol season 1, first season of ''Ameri ...
- guest vocals on "My Grown-Up Christmas List"
* Deonis Cook - choir vocals (1, 7)
* Jack Gold - musical arrangement on "Jingle Bells"
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Jason Halbert
Jason Halbert (born June 3, 1974) is an American producer, music director, musician, engineer and songwriter. He has been Kelly Clarkson's music director since 2003, shortly after her ''American Idol'' win. He has also served as music director for ...
- vocal producer on "My Grown-Up Christmas List"
* Kerri Lawson - choir vocals (1, 7)
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Maren Morris
Maren Larae Morris (born April 10, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter. Rooted in the country genre, her music blends in elements of pop and R&B. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, an American Music Award, five Country Music Associatio ...
- guest vocals on "When You Believe"
* Sean O'Loughlin - conductor, orchestration on "Jingle Bells"
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Orchestra Members - various instruments on "Jingle Bells"
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Marty Paich
Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kento ...
- musical arrangement on "Jingle Bells"
* Tiffany Palmer - choir vocals (1, 7)
* Chelsea West - choir vocals (1, 7)
* Brandon Winbush - choir vocals (1, 7)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
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List of ''Billboard'' Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2010s
References
2018 Christmas albums
A cappella Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Pentatonix albums
RCA Records Christmas albums
Long stubs with short prose
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