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Alicia Keys has finally released a Christmas album, and we’re so excited about it! There should be no doubt that the singer and songwriter is a musical prodigy, and her soulful R&B songs have earned her fifteen-time Grammy Awards, but it has been a shock that we have never gotten a Christmas album over her two decade career—well, now we have!

For her first holiday collection, “Santa Baby,“ Keys has recorded reimagined classics like, of course, “Santa Baby,” “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” and the Peanuts favorite “Christmas Time Is Here”—plus a few originals, including “December Back 2 June,” “You Don’t Have To Be Alone,” “Old Memories On Christmas,” and “Not Even The King,” which was originally included on her 2012 album, “Girl On Fire.”

“I picked each song based on my all-time favorites and I wrote the new ones based on real holiday emotions and stories,” said Keys on her Instagram story.

Check out which 11-tracks are included on “Santa Baby”and order your copy today!

Photo: Erik Frost

Switchfoot has released their very first Christmas LP, and they will be hitting the road to celebrate the season with a holiday concert tour.

Jon Foreman, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning band, was struck with the idea of writing a holiday album after seeking a Christmas album that reflected his own spirit of the season, and how he felt during the time of the year—it’s not always warm and cozy, but sometimes filled with heartache.

“For some of us, Christmas reminds us of loved ones we’ve lost, or complicated relationships with friends or family. For others of us, we question the capitalist materialism that saturates the holidays. For others, it’s a sacred time of giving, celebrating the divine gift of sacrificial love. I wanted a vinyl album that would accompany a Christmas gathering: the fires lit, the cider is warm, the friends and family are over. And the songs accompany the laughter and conversation. And then when everyone’s left, and I’m doing the dishes, I wanted an album with layers of lyrical depth and introspective leverage that would give me something to reflect upon after the party ends,” Foreman shared in an official press release.