A Pentatonix Christmas

A Pentatonix Christmas
Studio album by Pentatonix
Released	October 21, 2016 (Standard edition) October 20, 2017 (Deluxe edition)
Recorded	2016
Genre	A cappella Christmas
Length	34:22
Label	RCA
Producer	Alex Green Andrew Kesler Ben Bram PTX
Pentatonix chronology
Pentatonix (2015) A Pentatonix Christmas (2016) PTX, Vol. IV - Classics (2017)

A Pentatonix Christmas is the fifth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their second full-length holiday album following That's Christmas to Me in 2014. Featuring two new original songs, "Good to Be Bad" and "The Christmas Sing-Along", ^[1] A Pentatonix Christmas debuted on the Billboard 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, ^[2] and later peaked at number one, selling 206,000 units in its best week. ^[3] A Pentatonix Christmas marks as their second number one album on the Billboard 200 after Pentatonix . ^[3] The album also debuted atop the Billboard Holiday Albums chart, their second number one on that chart after That's Christmas to Me. ^[2] The deluxe edition of the album dropped from number 6 to 200 on the Billboard 200 in 2018, the greatest drop for an album that still remained on the chart, in Billboard history. ^[4] The album also, with a guest appearance by The Manhattan Transfer, marked the first recording by the fourth iteration of the group, as this was Trist Curless' first participation with the group in a recording since the death of Tim Hauser, whom Curless officially replaced in 2014.

As of November 2017, 938,000 units of A Pentatonix Christmas have been sold in the US ^[5] and 1,400,000 units worldwide. ^[6] A deluxe edition was released on October 20, 2017, almost a year after the original's release. The deluxe edition additionally marks the first appearance of replacement bass Matt Sallee and the second to last appearance of Avi Kaplan. ^[7]

Track listing

A Pentatonix Christmas – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"O Come, All Ye Faithful"	Traditional	Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado	3:35
2.	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	Traditional	Grassi, Maldonado	2:29
3.	"White Christmas" (featuring The Manhattan Transfer)	Irving Berlin, arr. by Jacob Collier	Avi Kaplan, Hoying, The Manhattan Transfer	3:19
4.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon Buck Ram Walter Kent	Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, Kaplan	3:27
5.	"Up on the Housetop"	Benjamin Hanby	Hoying, Maldonado, Grassi	2:15
6.	"The Christmas Sing-Along"	Kevin "K.O." Olusola Hoying [1]	Hoying	3:16
7.	"Coventry Carol"	Traditional	Avi Kaplan	3:02
8.	"Hallelujah"	Leonard Cohen	Hoying, Kaplan, Maldonado, Grassi	4:29
9.	"Coldest Winter"	Roland Orzabal Kanye West Ernest Wilson	Maldonado, Grassi	2:28
10.	"Good to Be Bad"	Hoying Kirstin Maldonado	Maldonado	2:07
11.	"Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"	JC Chasez Vincent DeGiorgio Justin Timberlake	Hoying	3:57
Total length:				34:26

A Pentatonix Christmas – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks) ^{[8] [9]}

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Deck the Halls" (This arrangement contains elements of Angels We Have Heard on High)	Traditional	2:46
13.	"How Great Thou Art" (featuring Jennifer Hudson)	Traditional	4:08
14.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	3:04
15.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	2:00
16.	"Hallelujah" (featuring The String Mob)	Leonard Cohen	4:31
Total length:			51:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. ^[1]

Pentatonix

• Scott Hoying – baritone lead, backing vocals, co-vocal bass on "Hallelujah”
• Mitch Grassi – tenor lead and backing vocals ^[10]
• Kirstin Maldonado – alto lead and backing vocals
• Avi Kaplan – vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals
• Kevin "K.O." Olusola – vocal percussion, beatboxing, tenor backing vocals, vocal flugelhorn on "Good To Be Bad", lead vocals on "Away in a Manger"

• The Manhattan Transfer – featured artist
• Kala Batch – choir/chorus
• Ed Boyer – mixing
• Ben Bram – arranger, engineer, production
• Jacob Collier – contractor, arranger
• Jessi Collins – choir/chorus
• Tim Davis – contractor, engineer
• Luke Edgemon – choir/chorus
• Anthony Evans – choir/chorus
• Alex Green – production
• Missi Hale – choir/chorus
• Bill Hare – mastering
• Andrew Kesler – production
• Keri Larson – choir/chorus
• David Laucks – choir/chorus
• Shang-Po Lin – engineering
• Toby Lin – engineering assistance
• Keith Noftary – A&R
• Tiffany Palmer – choir/chorus
• Brandon Winbush – choir/chorus
• Mick Wordley – engineering

Deluxe edition

• Matt Sallee - vocal bass, bass backing vocals
• Reno Selmser - vocal bass, bass backing vocals (on "Let It Snow") ^[11]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016–17) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 16 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] 4 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 18 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 40 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [16] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [17] 77 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [18] 26 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 13 French Albums (SNEP) [20] 147 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 13 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [22] 32 Italian Albums (FIMI) [23] 29 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [24] 47 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [25] 18 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [26] 14 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [27] 22 Scottish Albums (OCC) [28] 57 Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) [29] 58 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [30] 100 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [31] 47 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [32] 15 UK Albums (OCC) [33] 73 UK Album Downloads (OCC) [34] 36 US Billboard 200 [35] 1 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [36] 1 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [37] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [38] 99 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [39] 32 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [40] 122 US Billboard 200 [41] 189 Chart (2017) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard) [42] 23 US Billboard 200 [43] 16 Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200 [44] 79 Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position US Billboard 200 [45] 87

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [46]	Gold	7,500*
Canada (Music Canada) [47]	2× Platinum	160,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [48]	Gold	100,000‡
United States (RIAA) [49]	Platinum	938,000 [5]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	1,400,000 [50]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2010s

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