''Christmas Is Here!'' is the seventh studio album by American
a cappella
''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...
group
Pentatonix
Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) is an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, currently consisting of vocalists Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements ...
. It is also their third full-length holiday album following ''
A Pentatonix Christmas
''A Pentatonix Christmas'' is the fifth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their second full-length holiday album since ''That's Christmas to Me'' in 2014. Featuring two new original songs, "Good to Be Bad" and "Th ...
'' in 2016.
It was released on
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
, and the first single is a cover of "Making Christmas" from ''
The Nightmare Before Christmas
''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'') is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Henry Selick (in his feature directorial debut) and produced and ...
''.
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, 16 miles west of Dallas and 24 miles east of Fort Worth. It is near Lone Star Park and AirHogs Stadium. The theatre is currently operated by AEG and owned by th ...
.
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: ''The ...
'' 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 Richard 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 cappell ...
– producer,
baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...
lead, backing vocals and co-vocal bass in "Here Comes Santa Claus"
*
Mitch Grassi
Mitchell Coby Michael Grassi (born July 24, 1992) is an American singer, musician and songwriter from Arlington, Texas. Known for his high tenor voice, Grassi came to international attention as the founder and performer of two groups—the quint ...
– producer,
tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...
lead and backing vocals
*
Kirstin Maldonado
Kirstin Taylor Maldonado (born May 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the mezzo-soprano of the a cappella group Pentatonix. With the group, she has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards ...
– 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 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...
lead and backing vocals
* Matt Sallee – 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 some ...
on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Others
* Ed Boyer - audio mixing
* Ben Bram - producer, recording engineer
* RaVaughn Brown - choir vocals (1, 7)
*
Busbee - Maren Morris' vocal producer on "When You Believe"
*
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of ''American Idol'' in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debu ...
- 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)
*
Maren Morris
Maren Larae Morris (born April 10, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter. While rooted in the Country music, country genre, her music also blends elements of Pop music, pop, R&B music, R&B, and Hip-Hop music, hip-hop. Born and raised in Arlingt ...
- 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
Christmas albums by American artists
Pentatonix albums
RCA Records Christmas albums
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