5 New Holiday Albums That Will Get You in the Christmas Spirit

Songs for every playlist, from quirky carols to beloved chestnuts
By Jeff Nelson
December 16, 2016 04:38 PM

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A Capella Classics

With their third holiday album, A Pentatonix Christmas, the quintent delights with standards ("White Christmas") and standards-to-be (*NSYNC's "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays").

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Seasonal Soul

Merry Christmas from Andra Day is filled with beautifully reimagined classics—the retro R&B chanteuse (dare we say it?) "sleighs."

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More Seasonal Soul

On Christmas with Jon Batiste, the Late Show bandleader introduces the originl balld "Endless Love."

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Country Hearth

Kacey Musgraves' A Very Kacey Christmas charms with a Willie Nelson duet, "A Willie Nice Christmas."

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Hipster Holiday Jams

On She & Him's Christmas Party, Zooey Deschanel's indie-pop doo-wop act (with M. Ward) covers a memorable take on Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

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