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| Released | October 29, 2021 | |||
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| Length | 39:35 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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Evergreen is a holiday studio album by American a capella group Pentatonix, released in 2021. [1] It is their fifth Christmas-themed album and their eleventh album overall. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. [2]
The album was announced on September 27, 2021, along with the release of the single "It's Been A Long, Long Time". [3] Their renditions of I Just Called to Say I Love You, Over the River, and The Prayer were also singles. The album was released on October 29, 2021, with a tour starting soon after.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "It's Been a Long, Long Time" | Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Matt Sallee, Kirstin Maldonado | 1:07 | |
| 2. | "Wonderful Christmastime" | Paul McCartney | Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, Sallee | 2:31 |
| 3. | "I Saw Three Ships" | Traditional | Grassi, Hoying, Maldonado, Sallee | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Home for the Holidays" | Hoying, Sallee, Grassi | 2:36 | |
| 5. | "River" | Joni Mitchell | Grassi | 2:17 |
| 6. | "Over the River" (featuring Lindsey Stirling) | Traditional | Hoying | 2:39 |
| 7. | "The Prayer" | Grassi, Hoying, Maldonado | 4:21 | |
| 8. | "Evergreen" |
| Maldonado, Grassi, Hoying, Sallee, Olusola | 3:01 |
| 9. | "Frosty the Snowman" (featuring Alessia Cara) | Cara | 2:17 | |
| 10. | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Stevie Wonder | Hoying, Maldonado, Grassi | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Little Saint Nick" | Hoying, Sallee | 2:02 | |
| 12. | "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" | Traditional | Grassi, Maldonado, Hoying, Sallee | 3:09 |
| 13. | "My Heart with You" | Pentatonix | 4:33 | |
| 14. | "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | Traditional | Grassi, Hoying, Maldonado, Sallee | 2:16 |
| Total length: | 39:35 | |||
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [4] | 72 |
| US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [5] | 3 |
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