A Pentatonix Christmas | ||||
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Released | October 21, 2016 (Standard edition) October 20, 2017 (Deluxe edition) | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
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Length | 34:22 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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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 "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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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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" | Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, Kaplan | 3:27 | |
5. | "Up on the Housetop" | Benjamin Hanby | Hoying, Maldonado, Grassi | 2:15 |
6. | "The Christmas Sing-Along" |
| Hoying | 3:16 |
7. | "Coventry Carol" | Traditional | Avi Kaplan | 3:02 |
8. | "Hallelujah" | Leonard Cohen | Hoying, Kaplan, Maldonado, Grassi | 4:29 |
9. | "Coldest Winter" | Maldonado, Grassi | 2:28 | |
10. | "Good to Be Bad" |
| Maldonado | 2:07 |
11. | "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" | Hoying | 3:57 | |
Total length: | 34:26 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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!" | 2:00 | |
16. | "Hallelujah" (featuring The String Mob) | Leonard Cohen | 4:31 |
Total length: | 51:00 |
Credits adapted from AllMusic. [1]
Weekly charts
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Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [45] | Gold | 7,500* |
Canada (Music Canada) [46] | 2× Platinum | 160,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [47] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [48] | Platinum | 938,000 [5] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 1,400,000 [49] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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