The Best of Pentatonix Christmas

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[1] on October 25, 2019.[2] In December 2019, the group toured the United States in support of the album.[3][4]

The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)
Recorded2012–2018
GenreA capella, Christmas music
Length63:00
LabelRCA
Pentatonix chronology
Christmas Is Here!
(2018)
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
(2019)
At Home EP
(2020)

Track listing edit

  1. "Deck the Halls" (solos by Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, and Kirstin Maldonado) – 2:46
  2. "Carol of the Bells" (entirely lead sung by Mitch Grassi) – 3:15
  3. "God Only Knows" (solos by Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola) – 2:48
  4. "Hallelujah" (solos by Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado, and Mitch Grassi) – 4:29
  5. "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" – 2:07
  6. "Mary, Did You Know?" (solos by Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, and Kevin Olusola) – 3:22
  7. "Joyful Joyful " (featuring Jazmine Sullivan) (solos by Jazmine Sullivan, Kevin Olusola, Matt Sallee, and Mitch Grassi) – 3:54
  8. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (featuring Whitney Houston) (entirely lead sung by Whitney Houston) – 3:33
  9. "Little Drummer Boy" (solos by Avi Kaplan, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, and Kevin Olusola) – 4:13
  10. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (solos by Mitch Grassi and Kirstin Maldonado) – 2:29
  11. "Winter Wonderland/Don't Worry Be Happy" (featuring Tori Kelly) (solos by Scott Hoying and Tori Kelly) – 3:27
  12. "White Winter Hymnal" – 2:47
  13. "Grown-Up Christmas List" (featuring Kelly Clarkson) (entirely lead sung by Kelly Clarkson) – 4:42
  14. "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (entirely lead sung by Matt Sallee) – 3:00
  15. "When You Believe" (featuring Maren Morris) (solos by Maren Morris and Scott Hoying) – 3:52
  16. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (solos by Kirstin Maldonado, Scott Hoying, and Matt Sallee) – 2:36
  17. "How Great Thou Art" (featuring Jennifer Hudson) (solos by Jennifer Hudson and Scott Hoying) – 4:09
  18. "That's Christmas to Me" (solos by Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, and Avi Kaplan) – 3:02
  19. "Coldest Winter" (Bobby Alt Drum Mix) (solos by Kirstin Maldonado and Mitch Grassi) – 2:28

[5][6]

Personnel edit

Scott Hoying: Producer, baritone lead and backing vocals, and bass backing vocals in You Are a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.

Mitch Grassi: Producer, tenor lead and backing vocals

Kirstin Maldonado: Producer, soprano lead and backing vocals

Matt Sallee: Producer, bass lead and backing vocals, and lead Vocals in You Are a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Kevin Olusola: Producer, vocal percussion, beatboxing, lead vocals in God Only Knows, and rapping in Joyful, Joyful

Charts edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Pentatonix Releases The Best of Pentatonix Christmas". October 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Pentatonix Already Wrapped Your Present With New 'Best Of' Holiday Album, Tour: See the Dates". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Pentatonix Announces "The Best of Pentatonix Christmas" Album & Tour! – LollyChristmas.com".
  4. ^ "Pentatonix Readies Holiday-Themed Greatest Hits Album & Tour". Idolator. September 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Best of Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Pentatonix's holiday album will feature Whitney Houston". ABC News.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Pentatonix – The Best of Christmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Pentatonix – The Best of Christmas" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "Billboard Canadian Albums". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pentatonix – The Best of Christmas" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pentatonix – The Best of Christmas" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Pentatonix – The Best of Christmas". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  13. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Harry Styles' 'Fine Line' Album Earns Huge No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  15. ^ "Pentatonix Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  16. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  17. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.