Christmas Is Here!

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.^[1][2]

Christmas Is Here!
Studio album by Pentatonix
Released	October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)
Recorded	2017–2018
Genre	A cappella, Christmas music
Length	32:40
Label	RCA
Producer	Scott Hoying Mitch Grassi Kirstie Maldonado Matt Sallee Kevin Olusola Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell Martin Johnson Ed Boyer Drew Pearson Ben Bram
Pentatonix chronology
PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I (2018) Christmas Is Here! (2018) The Best of Pentatonix Christmas (2019)

It was released on RCA Records, and the first single is a cover of "Making Christmas" from The Nightmare Before Christmas.^[1] Pentatonix has promoted the album through a tour of the same name, which started in November 2018 at The Theatre at Grand Prairie.^[3]

Reception

Chuck Campbell of the Knoxville News Sentinel rated the album four out of five stars.^[4]

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from the album's Liner Notes^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"What Christmas Means to Me"	Allen Story, Anna Gordy Gaye, George Gordy	Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi	2:54
2.	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Brenda Lee cover)	Johnny Marks	Hoying, Maldonado, Matt Sallee	2:07
3.	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"	Meredith Willson	Maldonado, Hoying, Grassi	2:23
4.	"Grown-Up Christmas List" (featuring Kelly Clarkson; Amy Grant cover[a])	Lyrics: Linda Thompson, Grant / Music: David Foster	Clarkson	4:41
5.	"Greensleeves (Interlude)[b]"	Traditional Arranged by Pentatonix & Ben Bram	Pentatonix	0:59
6.	"Sweater Weather" (The Neighbourhood cover)	Jesse Rutherford, Zachary Abels, Jeremy Freedman	Sallee, Hoying, Grassi	3:22
7.	"When You Believe" (featuring Maren Morris; from The Prince of Egypt)	Stephen L. Schwartz, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Morris, Hoying[6][7]	3:52
8.	"Waltz of the Flowers" (from The Nutcracker)	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arranged by Pentatonix & Ben Bram	Pentatonix	2:00
9.	"Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry cover)	Gene Autry, Oakley Halderman	Maldonado, Hoying, Sallee[8]	2:36
10.	"Making Christmas" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)	Danny Elfman	Hoying, Maldonado, Grassi[9]	2:12
11.	"Where Are You, Christmas?" (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas)	Mariah Carey, James Horner, Will Jennings	Grassi,[10] Maldonado, Hoying[11]	3:30
12.	"Jingle Bells" (with Orchestra; Barbra Streisand cover[c])	James S. Pierpont Adapted by Pentatonix & Ben Bram	Maldonado, Grassi[13]	1:55
Total length:				32:40

Christmas Is Here! — Remixes bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Cutmore Remix)	3:47
14.	"It's Beginning to a Lot Like Christmas" (Country Club Martini Crew Remix)	3:35
15.	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Country Club Martini Crew Pop Remix)	2:51
16.	"When You Believe" (Black Stereo Faith Underground Mix)	5:15
17.	"When You Believe" (Dave Aude Remix)	3:56
18.	"When You Believe" (John "J-C" Carr Remix)	3:35
Total length:		54:38

1. The song was originally performed by composer Foster, but was popularized by Grant, who added a new verse she wrote for her cover. The Pentatonix version is a cover of Grant's, featuring her additional verse.^[6]
2. Kevin Olusola is not featured on the track.
3. While the song is a traditional Christmas Carol, the Pentatonix version is based on the Barbra Streisand recording, which was arranged by Jack Gold and Marty Paich^[12]

Track listing adapted from Billboard^[14] and iTunes.^[15]

Personnel

Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from the album's Liner Notes^[5]
Pentatonix

• Scott Hoying – producer, baritone lead, backing vocals and co-vocal bass in "Here Comes Santa Claus"
• Mitch Grassi – producer, tenor lead and backing vocals
• Kirstin Maldonado – producer, alto lead and backing vocals
• Matt Sallee – producer, vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals
• Kevin Olusola – producer, vocal percussion, backing vocals, vocal flugelhorn 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 - guest vocals on "My Grown-Up Christmas List"
• Deonis Cook - choir vocals (1, 7)
• Jack Gold - musical arrangement on "Jingle Bells"
• Jason Halbert - vocal producer on "My Grown-Up Christmas List"
• Kerri Lawson - choir vocals (1, 7)
• Maren Morris - guest vocals on "When You Believe"
• Sean O'Loughlin - conductor, orchestration on "Jingle Bells"
• Orchestra Members - various instruments on "Jingle Bells"
• Marty Paich - 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 Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 100 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 27 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 139 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] 18 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 119 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] 94 US Billboard 200[22] 7 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)[23] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[24] 176

See also

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