 | This article needs additional citations for verification .(October 2023) |
| The Greatest Christmas Hits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | October 20, 2023 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Pentatonix chronology | ||||
| ||||
The Greatest Christmas Hits is a Christmas compilation album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on October 20, 2023.
Pentatonix announced the album on September 2, 2023. It is a two-disc album that features 23 previously released tracks and 8 new ones. The tour for the album, called the Most Wonderful Tour of the Year, will begin on November 14, 2023, in Palm Springs, California. [1]
On September 25, 2023, the single "Please Santa Please" was released. The album debuted at number 3 on Billboard 's Top Holiday Albums chart, dated November 4, 2023. [2]
| 1 | "12 Days of Christmas" (solos by Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola) |
| 2 | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (solos by Grassi and Maldonado) |
| 3 | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (entirely lead sung by Hoying) |
| 4 | "Hallelujah" (featuring The String Mob) (solos by Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Maldonado, and Grassi) |
| 5 | "That's Christmas to Me" (solos by Hoying, Grassi, and Kaplan) |
| 6 | "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" |
| 7 | "Mary, Did You Know?" (featuring The String Mob) (solos by Hoying, Kaplan, Maldonado, Grassi, and Olusola) |
| 8 | "Little Drummer Boy" (solos by Kaplan, Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, and Olusola) |
| 9 | "White Winter Hymnal" (Fleet Foxes cover) |
| 10 | "Carol of the Bells" (entirely lead sung by Grassi) |
| 11 | "Where Are You, Christmas?" (solos by Grassi, Maldonado, and Hoying) |
| 12 | "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (solos by Hoying, Grassi, and Maldonado) |
| 13 | "Frosty the Snowman" (featuring Alessia Cara) (entirely lead sung by Cara) |
| 14 | "Kid on Christmas" (featuring Meghan Trainor) (solos by Trainor and Hoying) |
| 15 | "Up on the Housetop" (solos by Hoying, Maldonado, and Grassi) |
| 16 | "Thank You" (entirely lead sung by Hoying) |
| 1 | "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (solos by Sallee, Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, and Olusola) |
| 2 | "Grown-Up Christmas List" (featuring Kelly Clarkson) (entirely lead sung by Clarkson) |
| 3 | "Winter Wonderland / Don't Worry Be Happy" (featuring Tori Kelly) (solos by Kelly and Hoying) |
| 4 | "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (entirely lead sung by Sallee) |
| 5 | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (entirely lead sung by Hoying) |
| 6 | "How Great Thou Art" (featuring Jennifer Hudson) (solos by Hudson and Hoying) |
| 7 | "Joyful, Joyful" (with Jasmine Sullivan) (solos by Sullivan, Olusola, Sallee, and Grassi) |
| 8 | "O Holy Night" (2023 version) (solos by Hoying, Sallee, Grassi, and Maldonado) |
| 9 | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (solos by Hoying, Grassi, Sallee, and Maldonado) |
| 10 | "Pure Imagination / Christmas Time Is Here" (solos by Grassi, Maldonado, and Hoying) |
| 11 | "Please Santa Please" (entirely lead sung by Maldonado) |
| 12 | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (featuring Elvis Presley) (solos by Presley, Grassi, and Maldonado) |
| 13 | "Kiss from a Rose" (solos by Grassi, Hoying, Sallee, and Olusola) |
| 14 | "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" |
| 15 | "Little Toy Trains" (entirely lead sung by Grassi) |
| Chart (2023–2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] | 55 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) [4] | 11 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] | 9 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] | 86 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [7] | 64 |
| US Billboard 200 [8] | 10 |
| US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [9] | 3 |
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released worldwide on 26 October 1981. The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits since their first chart appearance in 1974 with "Seven Seas of Rhye", up to their 1980 hit "Flash". There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful. In 1992, the US version of the album Classic Queen was released following the band's rekindled popularity in the nation.
Merry Christmas is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and her first Christmas album. Released by Columbia Records on October 28, 1994, at the peak of the initial stretch of Carey's career, between Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995), the album features cover versions of popular Christmas songs in addition to original material. Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material. Three singles were released from the album, of which "All I Want for Christmas Is You" went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time and the best-selling Christmas ringtone in the United States.
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson has released ten studio albums, eight extended plays, one compilation album, one remix album, and 55 singles. In 2002, she won the inaugural season of the television competition American Idol and was immediately signed to a recording deal with 19 Recordings, and RCA Records. She made her chart debut in September 2002 with the double A-side single "Before Your Love"/"A Moment Like This", latter of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and eventually became the year's best-selling single in the United States. Her debut album, Thankful, was released in April 2003 and entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number one. Thankful produced the hit lead single "Miss Independent" and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
American entertainer Cher has released 27 studio albums, 10 compilation albums, two soundtrack albums, and three live albums. Widely recognized as the Goddess of Pop, Cher has sold over 100 million records worldwide and a further 40 million as part of Sonny & Cher, making her one of the best-selling female recording artists in history. Billboard ranked her as the 109th Greatest Artist of all time and the 49th Greatest Hot 100 Artist of all time. According to RIAA, she has sold 12.5 million albums in the United States. Her signature hit "Believe" has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, and it is the UK's best-selling single by a female artist in history, and one of the best-selling physical singles of all time.
"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune, which Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd, peaked at position number 76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine seasons, hitting number 1 in 1972. It includes a number of characteristics of Christmas music, such as multiple references in the lyrics to the Christmas season and Christmas traditions, and the use of a church bell type sound, created using tubular bells, at the start of the song. The song has been covered by many artists, including by the Eagles and Cher.
Canadian singer Michael Bublé has released eleven studio albums, three live albums, nine EPs, eighteen singles, and fourteen music videos. He has recorded for Warner Bros. Records, Reprise Records, and 143 Records. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Canadian artists in history. Billboard listed him as the 3rd Top Canadian Artist of all time. He has scored 4 No. 1 albums on Billboard 200. He was listed by Billboard as the 47th Top Artist of 2010s decade. He also placed three albums on Billboard 200 Albums of the Decade which includes: Christmas, To Be Loved and Crazy Love.
Greatest Hits... So Far!!! is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Pink. It was released on November 12, 2010, by Jive Records, in celebration of Pink's first decade on the music scene. The album features Pink's biggest hits from all her studio albums. Its track list differs depending on region, with four new tracks, only two of which are included in the North American edition.
Pentatonix 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 with vocal harmonies, basslines, riffing, percussion, and beatboxing, they produce cover versions of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. Pentatonix was formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. When Sony's Epic Records dropped the group after The Sing-Off, the group formed its YouTube channel, distributing its music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures.
PTXmas is the second extended play and the first Christmas-themed recording by American a cappella group Pentatonix. The album was digitally released on November 12, 2012, and physical versions were available from November 13, 2012. The deluxe edition was released on November 19, 2013, with 2 additional tracks.
American actress and singer Idina Menzel has released seven studio albums, fifteen singles and two live albums. She is dubbed as the "Streisand of her generation" by various media outlets. She became the first artist with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting with her global smash hit "Let It Go". Her album "Holiday Wishes" remains her highest charting album on Billboard 200, peaking at #6 and also debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Holiday Albums Chart. Let It Go stormed the charts and became a pop culture phenomenon. It became the fifth biggest-selling song of 2014, selling 10.9 million worldwide via IFPI. Menzel was Billboard's 48th top performing artist of 2014 and she also the 9th Top Hot 100 artist of the same year. Let It Go is certified 8× Platinum in the US, according to RIAA and has sold a million units in South Korea and United Kingdom.
That's Christmas to Me is the third studio album by a cappella group Pentatonix. It is their sixth release overall and their second holiday release following their 2012 EP PTXmas. It only features previously unreleased material. It was released on October 21, 2014 through RCA Records, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
American a cappella group Pentatonix has released 11 studio albums, six compilation albums, six extended plays (EPs), 34 singles and 58 music videos. The group won the third season of The Sing-Off in 2011, and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony. In June 2012, Pentatonix released their first extended play, PTX, Volume 1 through Sony-owned independent record label Madison Gate Records. The EP debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard 200, selling 18,401 copies in its first week of sales. A Christmas EP, PTXmas, was released in November 2012. It was re-released in November 2013 with one of its new tracks, "Little Drummer Boy", debuting at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charting in other countries such as Austria, Canada and New Zealand. The EP became the sixth highest-selling Christmas album of 2013, selling over 168,000 copies. In November 2013, Pentatonix released their third EP, PTX, Vol. II which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, selling 31,000 copies in its first week of sales.
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", A Pentatonix Christmas debuted on the Billboard 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, and later peaked at number one, selling 206,000 units in its best week. A Pentatonix Christmas marks as their second number one album on the Billboard 200 after Pentatonix. The album also debuted atop the Billboard Holiday Albums chart, their second number one on that chart after That's Christmas to Me. 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. 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.
Everyday Is Christmas is the eighth studio album and first Christmas album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released on 17 November 2017 by Atlantic Records and Monkey Puzzle. Her first album with Atlantic, it features original Christmas songs. Initially released with ten tracks in 2017, the album has since been reissued in 2018, 2021, and 2022 with new bonus tracks each time. The lead single, "Santa's Coming for Us", was released on 30 October 2017, and "Snowman" was released as the second on 9 November.
Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 17, 2017.
Christmas Is Here! is the seventh studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their third full-length holiday album following A Pentatonix Christmas in 2016.
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas is the first compilation album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It contains Christmas songs, originally recorded for and included on their holiday albums PTXmas, That's Christmas to Me, A Pentatonix Christmas and Christmas Is Here!, as well as four new songs: "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "God Only Knows", "Joyful, Joyful", and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". It was released via RCA Records on October 25, 2019. In December 2019, the group toured the United States in support of the album.
The Essential Foo Fighters is a greatest hits album released on October 28, 2022 by American rock band Foo Fighters. It is part of Sony Music's The Essential series. It was the first Foo Fighters release after the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins on March 25, 2022.
Christmas is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer Cher. It was released on October 20, 2023, through Warner Records. It is her first album featuring original material in ten years, following Closer to the Truth (2013). It Is her first Christmas album.