It’s finally that time of the year again! Is it just me or do you also feel like Christmas started a bit earlier this year? (Not complaining at all, don’t get me wrong 😉 ) Supermarkets started putting out their holiday goodies in October, and artists started releasing their Christmas music before Halloween. Now it’s December… officially time to fully indulge in this holiday vibe!
Here I’ve accumulated a list of Christmas albums and songs released this year if you’re looking for something new to mix into your holiday playlist in 2021!
List of New Christmas Music For 2021
- Pentatonix – Evergreen (Spotify Link)
- Tori Kelly – A Tori Kelly Christmas (Deluxe) (Spotify Link)
- for KING & COUNTRY – A Drummer Boy Christmas (Spotify Link)
- Various Artists – Christmas With Motown (Spotify Link)
- CAIN – Wonderful – EP (Spotify Link)
- Michael Bublé – Christmas (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) (Spotify Link)
- Darren Criss – A Very Darren Chrissmas (Spotify Link)
- Mariah Carey, Khalid, Kirk Franklin – Fall in Love at Christmas (Spotify Link)
- Ed Sheeran, Elton John – Merry Christmas (Spotify Link)
- Dan + Shay – Officially Christmas (Spotify Link)
- John Legend – You Deserve It All (Spotify Link)
- Jimmy Fallon ft. Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion – It Was A…(Masked Christmas) (Spotify Link)
🎄Pentatonix – Evergreen
As a big fan of Pentatonix, I have to start this list with their Evergreen album. They released it on October 29th – can’t even wait for Halloween lol. I just clicked on this song, The Prayer, again and it’s just too touching! It’s a must to have Pentatonix’s perfect harmony in the Christmas season!
🎄Tori Kelly – A Tori Kelly Christmas (Deluxe)
Tori Kelly released the deluxe version of her last year’s Christmas album, A Tori Kelly Christmas. Two classic Christmas songs, Kid Again on Christmas and All I Want for Christmas Is You are added to the deluxe version.
🎄for KING & COUNTRY – A Drummer Boy Christmas
for KING & COUNTRY, a Christian pop duo formed by Australian brothers, launched their Christmas album A Drummer Boy Christmas. Give it a try if you are more into the pop genre!
🎄Various Artists – Christmas With Motown
Owned by the Universal Music Group, the American record label, Motown Records, gathered their classic and modern pop stars like Ne-Yo, Asiahn, to create this Christmas record. This might be the one for you if you’re looking for slightly modern, but still classic Christmas music.
🎄CAIN – Wonderful – EP
CAIN, a Christian country trio composed of Taylor, Madison, and Logan Cain, also released their Christmas EP Wonderful, including 6 songs. Although it’s not a full album, it has a strong holiday, country vibe!
🎄Michael Bublé – Christmas (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition)
Michael Bublé’’s songs are one of the Christmas must-haves, especially the “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”! His voice is just too gentle, attractive, and classic! This year he launched the Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition of his well-known album “Christmas”, adding new songs like “The Christmas Sweater”.
🎄Darren Criss – A Very Darren Chrissmas
Starring on the television series Glee, Darren Criss played with his name and titled his Christmas album “A Very Darren Chrissmas”. He also collaborate with Adam Lambert to create a new version of the Christmas classic “The Man With The Bag”.
🎁Mariah Carey, Khalid, Kirk Franklin – Fall in Love at Christmas
This is just one single and not a full album, but it’s a new Christmas song from Mariah Carey!
🎁Ed Sheeran, Elton John – Merry Christmas
“Merry Christmas” is the product of the amazing collaboration between Ed Sheeran and Elton John. As expected, it became a “trending” video on YouTube shortly after releasing on December 3rd!
🎁Dan + Shay – Officially Christmas
Another pop/country style single is this “Officially Christmas” from American country duo Dan + Shay. It has a light and joyful vibe!
🎁John Legend – You Deserve It All
John Legend released a song that’s very festive from MV to the music itself, You Deserve It All, reminding us that we’ve done well in this past year and we deserve to be treated well.
🎁Jimmy Fallon ft. Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion – It Was A…(Masked Christmas)
Jimmy Fallon, Ariana Grande, and Megan Thee Stallion form a supreme team to launch a interesting, one-of-a-kind song (lol) specifically for this year where we have a pandemic-impacted holiday season.