Amazon Music gets into the festive spirit with new Christmas songs and covers released for the holidays from Alessia Cara, Norah Jones, She & Him, NEEDTOBREATHE, Switchfoot, JUDAH., Olivia Dean, La Oreja de Van Gogh, and Lang Lang! In its biggest season of holiday programming yet, the release contains Christmas music from artists across the globe.
The release contains:
- Camila Cabello’s cover of ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas.’
- Dan + Shay – ‘Pick Out a Christmas Tree,’
- A reimagined version of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Purple Snowflakes’ performed by Leon Bridges.
- A new original song, ‘Carta Navideña,’ by Sech.
- Summer Walker’s version of Marvin Gaye’s ‘I Want to Come Home for Christmas,’ (due to be released 12th November).
- Norah Jones’ cover of ‘The Christmas Waltz,’
- Alessia Cara’s modern take on ‘Jingle Bell Rock,’
- A beautiful performance of Dean Martin’s ‘I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm’ by She & Him
- Chris Tomlin’s new version of his song ‘Emmanuel God With Us’ featuring Anne Wilson
- An all-new song from NEEDTOBREATHE, Switchfoot, and JUDAH. called ‘Hometown Christmas.’
To start streaming a selection of these new holiday classics, click here and here.
You can also watch behind-the-scenes interviews with Dan + Shay, Leon Bridges, NEEDTOBREATHE, Switchfoot and JUDAH. here, here and here.
Amazon Music is celebrating the holidays across the globe, with new music arriving from international talent to light up the season. From the UK, singer/songwriter George Ezra will debut ‘Come on Home for Christmas,’ his beautifully reworked take on Charles Brown’s ‘Please Come Home for Christmas.’ British Amazon Music Breakthrough artist Olivia Dean, Chinese pianist Lang Lang, and German pop-singer and songwriter Sarah Connor have each recorded their own reimagined versions of Nat King Cole’s timeless classic, ‘The Christmas Song.’
In addition, Latin pop-rock trio Reik will debut their rendition of ‘Last Christmas,’ and Marcos Witt will premiere a Spanglish version of ‘Noche de Paz (Silent Night) / Santa la Noche (O Holy Night)’ with his daughter, Elena Witt-Guerra. From Mexico, singers María León, Paty Cantú, and María José team up for a rendition of Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ out on the 19th November, and French-Canadian singer-songwriter Cœur de pirate premieres a melodic new original, ‘Parfait Noël.’ Spanish pop band La Oreja de Van Gogh will also delight customers with their version of ‘Blanca Navidad.’
As well as new holiday songs, Amazon Music listeners can explore hundreds of festive playlists and stations across artists and decades, including ‘REDISCOVER: Mariah Carey Christmas,’ ‘Holiday Favorites,’ ‘Christmas Past,’ and ‘Christmas Present,’ and a host of new programmed destinations. ‘Fluent Holidays’ is a new playlist celebrating fans who move fluidly between cultures, featuring English, Spanish and bilingual holiday tunes from artists including Reik, Sebastián Yatra, Camila Cabello, Katy Perry, and Sech. The playlist will spotlight English and Spanish language holiday classics, including new Amazon Original songs. ‘Merry Mix’ is a global playlist on Amazon Music featuring iconic holiday classics mixed with tomorrow’s holiday hits.
And starting on the 19th November, customers in the US can check out a hosted version of Merry Mix in DJ Mode, which will feature special guests such as Mariah Carey sharing their holiday memories, the stories behind their own holiday songs, and much more. Customers will also hear festive tracks including Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas,’ Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),’ and John Legend’s ‘What Christmas Means to Me’ with Stevie Wonder. To listen to the station, simply ask ‘Alexa, play Merry Mix in DJ Mode’ in the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android or on Alexa-enabled devices.
For a limited time, customers who haven’t yet tried Amazon Music Unlimited can get three months free – with unlimited access to more than 75 million songs, ad-free, in the highest-quality streaming audio and millions of podcast episodes. In addition, with the purchase of select Amazon Echo devices, customers new to Amazon Music Unlimited can get six months free.
