Christmas Is Here!

{{Infobox album

| name = Christmas Is Here!

| type = studio

| artist = Pentatonix

| cover = Ptx xmas.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2018|10|26}}

| recorded = 2017–2018

| studio =

| 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

| prev_title = PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = The Best of Pentatonix Christmas

| next_year = 2019

}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8476239/pentatonix-christmas-is-here-holiday-album-tour|title=Pentatonix Announces Fourth Holiday Album 'Christmas Is Here!' & Tour|work=Billboard|access-date=2018-11-06}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/culture/pentatonix-s-new-christmas-album-puts-twists-on-traditional-carols/article_0b26f9ce-dd70-11e8-aca0-9bba4d6366be.html|title=Pentatonix's new Christmas album puts twists on traditional carols|last=Schilz|first=Libby|work=The Daily Nebraskan|access-date=2018-11-06|language=en}}

It was released on RCA Records, and the first single is a cover of "Making Christmas" from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Pentatonix has promoted the album through a tour of the same name, which started in November 2018 at The Theatre at Grand Prairie.{{cite web | url=https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/music/article218732255.html | title=It's still September, but it's starting to look like Christmas for Pentatonix fans | work=The Star-Telegram | accessdate=6 November 2018}}

Reception

Chuck Campbell of the Knoxville News Sentinel rated the album four out of five stars.{{Cite news|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/columnists/chuck-campbell/2018/10/24/pentatonix-new-album-christmas-here-martina-mcbride-holiday-season-vnv-nation-noire-review/1701039002/|title=Pentatonix's Christmas album is reliable as Santa; McBride also feels the holiday spirit|work=Knoxville News Sentinel|access-date=2018-11-06|language=en}}

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from the album's Liner NotesPentatonix. “Christmas Is Here” (Album Notes). RCA Records. 2018.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = What Christmas Means to Me

| writer1 = Allen Story, Anna Gordy Gaye, George Gordy

| extra1 = Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi

| length1 = 2:54

| title2 = Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

| note2 = Brenda Lee cover

| writer2 = Johnny Marks

| extra2 = Hoying, Maldonado, Matt Sallee

| length2 = 2:07

| title3 = It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

| writer3 = Meredith Willson

| extra3 = Maldonado, Hoying, Grassi

| length3 = 2:23

| title4 = Grown-Up Christmas List

| note4 = featuring Kelly Clarkson; Amy Grant cover{{efn|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.}}

| writer4 = Lyrics: Linda Thompson, Grant / Music: David Foster

| extra4 = Clarkson

| length4 = 4:41

| title5 = Greensleeves (Interlude){{efn|Kevin Olusola is not featured on the track.}}

| writer5 = Traditional
Arranged by Pentatonix & Ben Bram

| extra5 = Pentatonix

| length5 = 0:59

| title6 = Sweater Weather

| note6 = The Neighbourhood cover

| writer6 = Jesse Rutherford, Zachary Abels, Jeremy Freedman

| extra6 = Sallee, Hoying, Grassi

| length6 = 3:22

| title7 = When You Believe

| note7 = featuring Maren Morris; from The Prince of Egypt

| writer7 = Stephen L. Schwartz, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

| extra7 = Morris, Hoying{{cite web|last=Despres|first=Tricia|title=Maren Morris Joins Pentatonix for...'When You Believe'|publisher=Taste of Country|date=26 October 2018|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/pentatonix-maren-morris-when-you-believe/}}{{cite web|author=Pentatonix with Maren Morris|title=When You Believe|publisher=YouTube: PTX-Official|date=11 December 2018|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x0N9nEtBpsM}}

| length7 = 3:52

| title8 = Waltz of the Flowers

| note8 = from The Nutcracker

| writer8 = Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged by Pentatonix & Ben Bram

| extra8 = Pentatonix

| length8 = 2:00

| title9 = Here Comes Santa Claus

| note9 = Gene Autry cover

| writer9 = Gene Autry, Oakley Halderman

| extra9 = Maldonado, Hoying, Sallee{{cite web|author=Pentatonix|title=Here Comes Santa Claus - Christmas in Rockefeller Center...2018|publisher=YouTube: Clark Destry|date=25 December 2018|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F3HCQIfAw0g}}

| length9 = 2:36

| title10 = Making Christmas

| note10 = from The Nightmare Before Christmas

| writer10 = Danny Elfman

| extra10 = Hoying, Maldonado, Grassi{{cite web|author=Pentatonix|title=Official Video: Making Christmas|publisher=YouTube: PTX-Official|date=5 October 2018|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_j7RUu2vM}}

| length10 = 2:12

| title11 = Where Are You, Christmas?

| note11 = from How the Grinch Stole Christmas

| writer11 = Mariah Carey, James Horner, Will Jennings

| extra11 = Grassi,{{cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Arleigh|title=Review: A Capella Pop Adds Cheer to Christmas Carols|publisher=The Ithacan|date=5 November 2018|url=https://theithacan.org/life-culture/review-a-capella-pop-adds-cheer-to-christmas-carols/}} Maldonado, Hoying{{cite web|author=Pentatonix|title=Official Video: Where Are You, Christmas?|publisher=YouTube: PTX-Official|date=6 December 2018|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=emXbfEzXn6A}}

| length11 = 3:30

| title12 = Jingle Bells

| note12 = with Orchestra; Barbra Streisand cover{{efn|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{{cite web|author=Jack Gold & Marty Paich|title=Jingle Bells - Score & Sound|publisher=YouTube: Alfred Music Choral|date=16 August 2018|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjkFtFhfmM}}}}

| writer12 = James S. Pierpont
Adapted by Pentatonix & Ben Bram

| extra12 = Maldonado, Grassi{{cite web|author=Pentatonix|title=Jingle Bells Cover (Official Video)|publisher=YouTube: Johnson Art Production Studios|date=6 December 2017|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QyUexyNRk4A}}

| length12 = 1:55

| total_length = 32:40

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Christmas Is Here! — {{nobold|Remixes bonus tracks}}

| extra_column = Arrangement

| title13 = It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

| note13 = Cutmore Remix

| lyrics13 =

| music13 =

| extra13 =

| length13 = 3:47

| title14 = It's Beginning to a Lot Like Christmas

| note14 = Country Club Martini Crew Remix

| lyrics14 =

| music14 =

| extra14 =

| length14 = 3:35

| title15 = It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

| note15 = Country Club Martini Crew Pop Remix

| lyrics15 =

| music15 =

| extra15 =

| length15 = 2:51

| title16 = When You Believe

| note16 = Black Stereo Faith Underground Mix

| lyrics16 =

| music16 =

| extra16 =

| length16 = 5:15

| title17 = When You Believe

| note17 = Dave Aude Remix

| lyrics17 =

| music17 =

| extra17 =

| length17 = 3:56

| title18 = When You Believe

| note18 = John "J-C" Carr Remix

| lyrics18 =

| music18 =

| extra18 =

| length18 = 3:35

| total_length = 54:38

}}

Track listing adapted from Billboard{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/holiday/8481960/pentatonix-christmas-is-here-album-stream|title=Pentatonix's Latest Holiday Album 'Christmas Is Here!' Has Arrived: Stream It Now|work=Billboard|access-date=2018-11-06}} and iTunes.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/christmas-is-here/1438662939|title=Christmas Is Here! by Pentatonix on iTunes|access-date=2018-11-07|work=iTunes (US)}}

Personnel

Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from the album's Liner Notes

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 =

scope="col"\| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="row"\| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/12/aria-chart-watch-502/\|title=ARIA Chart Watch #502\|publisher=auspOp\|date=December 8, 2018\|accessdate=December 8, 2018\|archive-date=December 26, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226125526/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/12/aria-chart-watch-502/\|url-status=dead}} \| 100
{{album chart\|Austria\|27\|artist=Pentatonix\|album=Christmas Is Here!\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=November 8, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Flanders\|139\|artist=Pentatonix\|album=Christmas Is Here!\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 22, 2018}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCanada\|18\|artist=Pentatonix\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 25, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|119\|artist=Pentatonix\|album=Christmas Is Here!\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 22, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Oricon\|94\|M\| url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/606437/products/1300450/1/\|title=Pentatonix\| publisher=Oricon\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|7\|M\|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8487688/travis-scott-astroworld-returns-to-no-1-billboard-200\|title=Travis Scott's 'Astroworld' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, 6ix9ine's 'Dummy Boy' Debuts at No. 2\|work=Billboard\|artist=Pentatonix\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}
{{album chart\|BillboardHoliday\|1\|artist=Pentatonix\|rowheader=true\|refname="Top Holiday Albums"\|accessdate=November 18, 2018}}

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=August 15, 2020}} \| 176

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 15, 2020}}

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References

Category:2018 Christmas albums

Category:A cappella Christmas albums

Category:Christmas albums by American artists

Category:Pentatonix albums

Category:RCA Records Christmas albums

Category:Long stubs with short prose