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Christmas is extra merry for members of the BTS ARMY fandom this year!  Kim Taehyung, also known as V, a member of the massively successful South Korean music group, BTS, has released a special holiday gift—a cover of the classic Perry Como song, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,“ which is also famously sung by Bing Crosby.

V’s rendition is available for free on Soundcloud, and you can also watch an accompanying YouTube video of him performing it in-studio (see video below).

This is not the first time the soulful singer has released music just in time for the holidays. Last year, V released “Christmas Tree” as an OST for the Korean drama Our Beloved Summer, and the year prior he dropped the track “Snow Flower” featuring Peakboy.

(L-R, Top-Bottom) Dan + Shay, Khalid, Mariah Carey, Kirk Franklin, John Legend and Meghan Trainor.
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There aren’t too many full holiday album releases this year, but there are many new songs!  Quite a few artists have re-released their Christmas records with bonus tracks too, and there were some new singles and music videos of old favorites that dropped here, which have us boppin’ around our Christmas tree!

We have compiled a list of some stand-out tracks that we wanted to share with you all! Each song is also available to either stream and/or buy on Apple Music, Amazon Music and Spotify.

Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Chloe x Halle, Dan + Shay, Leon Bridges

Christmas music is one of my absolute favorite things about the holiday season! You’ll definitely find me listening to my holiday playlist at any given time of the year, but it goes into overdrive once September 1st hits. Full disclosure: I have over 1,000 Christmas songs to play… there’s no way I can only listen to them in November and December.  In fact, I even have a “Christmas in July” playlist filled with tropical sounding festive favorites.

Ever year I love adding to both my digital and physical music collection with new albums, and I’ve noticed that there are several artists I love who don’t have a record that spreads Christmas cheer; some of them have released singles but never a full-length feature, and I’d really like for them to.

For fun, I decided to create a list of 25 top names in music who I think should release a holiday album.

L-R: Jungkook, V, RM, Jin, Jimin and J-Hope (Photo: Big Hit Entertainment)

BTS really is that group that keeps giving this holiday season!

On Christmas Day, six of the seven members (Jin, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook — their band-mate Suga is recovering from surgery) of the South Korean music power group performed three of their popular songs at the 2020 SBS Gayo Daejeon Music Festival that they revamped into full holiday remixes complete with festive stage sets.

BTS opened with a sleigh-bell-adorned “Black Swan,“ which was beautifully performed on a ‘wintry frozen lake’ that then transitioned into a record shop setting surrounded by Christmas decor galore as they sang their new single, “Life Goes On”. Finally, the members walked out to dance in the snow covered streets to their #1 single, “Dynamite”.

This was fun and festive, and you have to see the cute way they included Suga in the performance!

Check them out below!

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Surprise! Jimin from the massively popular South Korean boy band, BTS, gave the ‘BTS ARMY’ (the name of their fanbase) an early Christmas present with the release of a solo holiday single, “Christmas Love”.  The super catchy pop song, with lyrics in both Korean and English, captures one’s love for the holiday season…so, don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing “Christmas, I love you!” as you wrap your remaining gifts.

Despite unprecedented changes we’ve all experienced this year, BTS has still managed to have a very busy year; from an online concert, to popular social webseries content, a new album, and the release of their #1 single “Dynamite” — which earned them a Grammy nomination, the group has still found time to spread some Christmas cheer, you know, in addition to the usual cheer they dish out daily.

Pictured: Katy Perry, BTS and Chloe x Halle. (Photos: ABC / Big Hit Entertainment)

ABC has announced a global superstar lineup for “The Disney Holiday Singalong”, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, that is set to air Thursday, November 30th at 8pm/7c on the network.

After two very successful presentations of “The Disney Family Singalong” earlier this year, it’s quite the treat that the network will be adding the festive spin to bring some holiday cheer into our homes this season with this jolly one-hour musical event.  The star-studded lineup will include celebrity performances and appearances, including Andrea Bocelli, BTS, Michael Bublé, Ciara, Chloe x Halle, Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert, Julianne Hough, Adam Lambert, Leslie Odom Jr., Katy Perry, P!NK and Kerry Washington.

For the first time since Broadway’s shutdown amid the pandemic, the casts from Disney on Broadway’s “The Lion King,“ “Aladdin” and “Frozen” will reunite for an emotional performance of “Let It Go”, a tribute to Broadway, at The New Amsterdam Theatre. Disney Music Group’s acclaimed seven-member a cappella group DCappella also joins in for some seasonal sounds as they will carol throughout the show encouraging viewers at home to sing along.

Check out the full list of beloved Disney melodies and classic holiday carols that are set to be performed by some of the top names in entertainment; there will be animated on-screen lyrics included to allow viewers at home to sing along.