Welcome to the holiday season. Here’s what’s coming out on CD, vinyl and download in the weeks + months ahead:
Dec. 13
MARIAH CAREY
“Merry Christmas (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double Vinyl; 1994 album, featuring “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has sold more than 16 million physical copies; with newly remastered version of her 1994 St. John of the Divine concert, plus 24-page photo booklet of Mariah’s Christmas journey and a special Mariah Christmas card, all housed in a hardbound package; Zoetrope Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour; Merch; Columbia / Legacy) 
WHAM!
“Last Christmas (40th Anniversary)” (four-song EP, featuring the 1984 hit, a Pudding Mix, an instrumental version and a previously unreleased live version performed by George Michael at Wembley Arena in December 2006; Snowflake White Vinyl, 7-inch EP; Zoetrope Picture Disc; Amazon UK; Download; Epic / Legacy)
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Dec. 20
JETHRO TULL
“The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – Fresh Snow At Christmas (Deluxe Edition)” (four-CD, one-Blu-ray box set, remixed by Bruce Soord in stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos, featuring “Christmas Live At St. Bride’s 2008” and the previously unreleased “The Ian Anderson Band Live At St. Bride’s 2006”; Hear here; On Tour; InsideOutMusic)
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Dec. 6
SABRINA CARPENTER
“Fruitcake” (six-song holiday EP, released digitally in 2023; Fruit Punch Vinyl, 12-inch EP; Green Cassette; On Tour; Merch; Island / UMe)
STELLA COLE
“Snow!” (Vinyl; La Reserve Records)
CHRISTOPHER CROSS
“A Christopher Cross Christmas” (2007 album; Amazon UK; Omnivore Recordings)
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
“Dust the Halls: An Acoustic Christmas Holiday!” (Gold Vinyl; 2020 album; On Tour; Regime Music Group)
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
“O Holy Night” (17-track collection of festive music, recorded with National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Decca)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Glad Tidings From Sun Records” (12-song holiday collection; Vinyl; Download; Sun / Org Music)
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Nov. 29
CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD
“A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church” (under the direction of Steven Grahl, with Benjamin Sheen on organ; Amazon UK; Download; Avie)
ERIC HUTCHINSON
“Blue Christmas” (six-song EP; Apple Music; Let’s Break Records)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Reggae Christmas Collection” (Double CD; featuring Dennis Brown, Horace Andy, John Holt, Jacob Miller, Culture, June Lodge. The Mighty Diamonds, Yellowman, Trinity, Sly & Robbie, et al; Read here; Doctor Bird / Cherry Red)
THE WEEKLINGS
“Christmas” (16 songs; Apple Music; Jem Records)
Nov. 22
MINDI ABAIR
“I Can’t Wait for Christmas” (On Tour; Pretty Good for Girl)
CLAY AIKEN
“Christmas Bells Are Ringing!” (his seventh album and first since 2012; producer: Ron Fair; new single: “Do You Hear What I Hear?”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Alvis Records)
FOR KING + COUNTRY
“A Drummer Boy Christmas Live: The Cinematic Concert Album” (faith-based duo’s holiday concert will broadcast in theaters nationwide Dec. 5-9; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Curb | Word Entertainment)
JONATHAN McREYNOLDS
“Red & Green” (six-song EP; On Tour; Life Room Label)
MOE.
“Season’s Greeting from moe.” (Red, White and Green Pinwheel Vinyl; 2002 album; On Tour; ATO)
THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR
“The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings Christmas Carols (Expanded Edition)” (1957 album; with four bonus tracks; Real Gone Music / Second Disc Records)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
“Angels in the Snow” (reimagined holiday recordings, with new audio and arrangements; guests: John Travolta, Michael McDonald, Jane Lynch; new single: “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”; See here; Read here; Snowy White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Green Hill Productions / Primary Wave)
THE PHILLY SPECIALS
“A Philly Special Christmas Party” (third and final holiday charity album from Philadelphia Eagles players; producer: The War on Drugs drummer Charlie Hall; guests: Stevie Nicks, Boyz II Men, Mt. Joy, Travis Kelce, Devon Gilfillian, Immanuel Wilkins, Kylie Kelce; first single: “It’s Christmas Time [In Cleveland Heights]”; Read here; Apple Music; Vera Y Records)
LAURA PURSELL
“Need a Little Christmas” (six-song EP; producers: Rusty Higgins, Stephan Oberhoff; new single: “Three Miles From Christmas Eve”; See here; Netcom Music, Nov. 21)
BOBBY SHERMAN
“Christmas Album” (Christmas Red Vinyl; 1970 album; mastered by Joe Reagoso; Friday Music)
LINDSEY STIRLING
“Home for the Holidays” (DVD; visual production of her successful holiday tours; On Tour; Concord)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Lost Christmas Classics” (two CDs, 54 songs; Choice Collection)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Jazz for Christmas” (Vinyl; 12 songs; remastered; Diggers Factory)
Nov. 15
JENNIFER HUDSON
“The Gift of Love” (Ruby Red Vinyl; Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer-actress’ first holiday album and her first LP in 10 years; executive producer: Ryan Tedder; producers: Hudson, David Foster, Greg Phillinganes, Kirk Franklin, James Poyser, Fede Vindver, Peer Åström; guests: boyfriend Common, The Joy; Read here; Interscope)
MICKEY THOMAS
“A Classic Christmas” (producer: Dan Frizsell; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Mickey Thomas LLC)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Christmas Album” (Double Vinyl; 25 classics from Elton John, Brenda Lee, Cher, Michael Bublé, Coldplay, Otis Redding, The Pogues, Kelly Clarksons, et al; Amazon UK; Rhino / Warner UK)
JESSICA VOSK
“SLEIGH” (Broadway star’s first Christmas album; guests: David Foster, Neil Patrick Harris, Ariana DeBose, Scott Hoying; CD and Vinyl out Dec. 6; Apple Music; Concord Theatricals)
Nov. 8
GABBY BARRETT
“Carols and Candlelight” (guests: for KING & COUNTRY, The Piano Guys, Cade Foehner; new single: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”; Apple Music; On Tour; Warner Music Nashville)
THE BEACH BOYS
“Little Saint Nick” (Ice Blue 7-Inch Vinyl; 1963 hit, backed with “Auld Lang Syne”; On Tour; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
CHUCK BERRY
“Run Rudolph Run” (Evergreen 7-Inch Vinyl; 1958 hit, backed with “Merry Christmas Baby”; See here; Merch; Geffen / UMe)
MARIAH CAREY
“Merry Christmas” (Picture Disc; 1994 album, featuring “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has sold more than 16 million physical copies; On Tour; Columbia / Legacy)
NAT KING COLE
“The Christmas Song” (Baby Blue 7-Inch Vinyl; 1946 hit, backed with “Deck the Halls”; Capitol / UMe)
ALBERT HAMMOND
“Christmas” (15 songs; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download)
SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV
“Ukrainian Christmas” (carols arranged for violin and orchestra by Bohdan Kryvopust, with Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serhii Khorovets; Naxos)
BURL IVES
“A Holly Jolly Christmas” (Snow White 7-Inch Vinyl; 1964 classic, backed with “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”; Geffen / UMe)
THE JUDDS
“Christmas Time with the Judds” (Vinyl; 1987 album; Curb)
BRENDA LEE
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (Translucent Emerald 7-Inch Vinyl; 1958 hit, backed with “Papa Noel” in a reproduction of the original single art; MCA Nashville / UMe)
STEVE PERRY
“The Season 3” (2021 holiday album; with six bonus tracks, including a duet with his late father; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Dark Horse / BMG Rights Management)
POINT OF GRACE
“A Christmas Story (25th Anniversary)” (Vinyl; 1999 album; first time on vinyl; Word Entertainment)
FRED SCHNEIDER & THE SUPERIONS
“Destination… Christmas!” (2010 album; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Grinchy Green Vinyl; HHBTM Records)
FRANK SINATRA
“Jingle Bells” (Evergreen 7-Inch Vinyl; 1946 hit, backed with “Silent Night”; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
MICHAEL W. SMITH
“Every Christmas” (Vinyl; 2023 album; On Tour; Rocketown Records)
LAUREN TALLEY
“A Lauren Talley Christmas” (new single: “The Son Came Down”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; Horizon)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (The Original TV Soundtrack)” (1966 album; Amazon UK; Warner UK)
PHIL WICKHAM
“Hallelujah! It’s Christmas!” (his fourth Christmas album; producer: Jonathan Smith; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Fair Trade Services / Columbia)
Nov. 1, 2024
CHET BAKER
“Baker’s Holiday” (Vinyl; 1965 album; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe)
CARPENTERS
“Christmas Once More” (16-track collection, curated by Richard Carpenter; newly remixed and remastered; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; A&M / UMe)
CHOIR OF ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD
“News of Great Joy – Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford” (under the direction of David Bannister; Resonus Classics)
KELLY CLARKSON
“When Christmas Comes Around… Again” (deluxe edition of her 2021 album, with two bonus tracks: “You For Christmas” and “Sleigh Ride”; Target CD; Atlantic)
JIMMY FALLON
“Holiday Seasoning” (16 songs; guests: Dolly Parton, Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Jonas Brothers, The Roots, Meghan Trainor, et al; Read here; Peppermint Swirl Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Translucent Ruby Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Republic)
GOOD LOVELIES
“Evergreen” (Peppermint Green Vinyl; 2019 album; Good Lovelies)
WALKER HAYES
“Christmas Vacation” (five-song digital EP; producer: Shane McAnally; Hear here; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD out Nov. 29; Apple Music; Monument / RCA)
HOME FREE
“Any Kind of Christmas” (guests: Straight No Chaser; new single: “Let Me Come Home”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Home Free Records)
KENNY ROGERS
“Christmas in America” (Clear Red Vinyl; 1989 album; Friday Music)
LEA SALONGA
“Sounding Joy – The Holiday Album” (her first holiday album in two decades; guest: Clay Aiken; Read here; Center Stage Records)
THE TABERNACLE CHOIR & ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE
“Joy – Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra at Temple Square” (featuring Michael Maliakel and Lesley Nicol; conductors: Mack Wilberg, Ryan Murphy; Mormon Tabernacle)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“NOW That’s What I Call Christmas” (four-CD, 87-track collection, housed in a hardback book, with 28-page booklet; Christmas Tree Green Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Sony Music / EMI)
CECE WINANS
“Joyful, Joyful: A Christmas Album” (her second holiday album; new single: “Joy to the World”; Hear here; Fair Trade Services / Columbia)
ALICIA WITT
“I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You” (singer-actress’ first holiday album; producer: Witt; Vinyl; Alicia Witt)
Oct. 25, 2024
RAY CONNIFF AND THE RAY CONNIFF SINGERS
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (1962 album; remastered; Del Ray Records)
BRETT ELDREDGE
“Merry Christmas (Welcome to the Family)” (Amazon-Exclusive Red Vinyl; country star’s eighth album and third holiday LP; new single: “Sweet December,” feat. Kelly Clarkson; Hear here; CD released on Sept. 27; Evergreen Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Warm and Cozy Records)
BEN FOLDS
“Sleigher” (eclectic mix of originals and reimagined classics; new singles: “The Christmas Song” and “We Could Have This”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Autographed Rudolph Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)
SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
“Bach: Christmas Oratorio” (Double CD + Blu-ray; performed live with his ensembles, English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir, at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in London on two evenings in December 2022; featuring a 76-page booklet in a capbox; Deutsche Grammophon)
TOWER OF POWER
“It’s Christmas” (Vinyl; Hear here; CD and Download released on Sept. 27; On Tour; Tower of Power Records)
WILSON FAIRCHILD (Langdon and Wil Reid, sons of Don and Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers)
“Christmas Guitars” (Download; Green Hill Productions / Gaither Music Group)
Oct. 18, 2024
BARENAKED LADIES
“Barenaked for the Holidays” (Vinyl; 2004 album; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Translucent Forest Green Vinyl; On Tour; Craft Recordings / Concord)
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas” (Double Vinyl; 1960 album; with six bonus tracks making their vinyl debut, along with an essay from journalist Will Friedwald and a sheet of collectable cut-out ornaments; Verve / UMe)
VINCE GUARALDI
“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Original Soundtrack Recording)” (Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Picture Disc; 1973 animated TV special; Lee Mendelson Film Productions)
DAN + SHAY
“It’s Officially Christmas: The Double Album” (21 tracks, including 11 original songs; producers: Dan Smyers, Scott Hendricks; Double Vinyl; Download; Warner Nashville)
MICHELLE WRIGHT
“A Wright Christmas & More” (On Tour; BFD)
Oct. 11, 2024
RICK BRAUN
“It’s Christmas” (producer: Braun; new single: “Deck Those Halls”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; Brauntosoarus Music)
CHER
“Christmas” (Amazon-Exclusive Blue and White Splatter Vinyl, with alternate cover; 2023 album; Warner)
GAITHER VOCAL BAND
“New Star Shining” (six-song EP; Download; Gaither Music Group)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Punk Goes Christmas” (Ruby Red Vinyl; 2013 compilation, released on Fearless in 2013, featuring Yellowcard, All Time Low, Set It Off, New Found Glory, the Summer Set, et al; Craft Recordings / Concord)
Oct. 4, 2024
BOYZ II MEN
“Christmas Interpretations” (1993 album; remastered; On Tour; Motown / UMe)
BOBBY HELMS
“A Bobby Helms Christmas” (five-song EP, featuring “Jingle Bell Rock”; Geffen / UMe)
TOBY KEITH
“Christmas to Christmas” (Translucent Green Vinyl; 1995 album; remastered, with a bonus cover of Roger Miller’s “Old Toy Trains”; Show Dog Nashville)
SARAH McLACHLAN
“Wintersong” (2006 album; Grammy-nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album; remastered; On Tour; Arista / Legacy)
ROD STEWART
“Merry Christmas, Baby” (Double Vinyl; 2012 album; On Tour; Arista / Legacy)
BARBRA STREISAND
“A Christmas Album” (1967 album; remastered, with a bonus English version of “Gounod’s Ave Maria”)
“Christmas Memories” (2001 album; first time on vinyl; Columbia / Legacy)
DONNA SUMMER
“Christmas Spirit” (1994 album; Amazon UK; Mercury / UMe)