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Dec 1, 2020 · Here's AllMusic's countdown of the 30 most essential Christmas albums, from Ray Charles to Bing Crosby to James Brown and even Charlie Brown. Unwrap these albums early and get ready for the Yuletide season. #30 — Gene Autry Sings Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town — Gene Autry
- Cee Lo Green, ‘Cee Lo’s Magic Moment’ In 2012, Cee Lo got a raspy Rod Stewart to duet with him on "Merry Christmas, Baby" and his fellow Voice judge Christina Aguilera to show up for "Baby It's Cold Outside," but his ideal musical partners were the Muppets.
- Aimee Mann, ‘One More Drifter in the Snow’ For all its loving invocation of snow and mistletoe, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is one of the saddest Christmas songs ever.
- Nat King Cole, ‘The Christmas Song’ Nat King Cole was so smooth that his songs could elegantly slide away from a listener, like a figure skater heading for the far end of the pond.
- Oscar Peterson, ‘An Oscar Peterson Christmas’ Peterson, one of the most accomplished pianists in jazz history, played with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie, among other luminaries.
- Frank Sinatra, A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957) For a lot of people, it's not Christmas until Ol' Blue Eyes is singing, and that is certainly true when one considers the legacy of Frank Sinatra's first Christmas record.
- Elvis Presley, Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) It's difficult to overstate just how groundbreaking Presley was in the 1950s, especially in the United States, where this Christmas classic was considered so salacious at the time of its release that a number of people, including Irving Berlin, who wrote "White Christmas," attempted to get it banned from radio play altogether.
- Nat King Cole, The Magic of Christmas (1960) There is a reason why this holiday album is beloved by so many, and that has everything to do with Nat King Cole's inimitable voice.
- Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960) Ella Fitzgerald's classic holiday album includes a number of high-energy, spirited takes on the Christmas songs that most of us love and know well, including "Jingle Bells" and "Let It Snow!
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- Weezer, ‘A Weezer Christmas’ (2008) If there's one thing the centuries-old tradition of holiday music has always lacked, it's irony. Weezer bring it by the sleigh-load on this six-song EP.
- ‘Christmas Joy in Latvia – Latvian Christmas Cantatas’ (2012) If you're looking for actual, traditional Christmas music, you couldn't do better than this rich, fascinating album of carols done by the New York Latvian Concert Choir, which is conducted by 74-year-old Andrejs Jansons.
- Jacob Miller, ‘Natty Christmas’ (1978) "We bring you an Irie Christmas and a dancehall New Year," Miller sings on this bright, irreverent set, recorded in 1978, just two years before the Inner Circle frontman's untimely death at age 27.
- Sufjan Stevens, ‘Songs for Christmas’ (2006) You gotta a love song called "Come On, Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance." Or perhaps, you want to bury it neck-deep in the snow out behind the house where Santa's reindeer take their traditional Christmas Eve pee break.
- ‘My Christmas,’ Andrea Bocelli. Release date: Nov. 3, 2009. Billboard 200 peak: No. 2 for five consecutive weeks beginning Nov. 28, 2009. Producers: David Foster, Renato Serio.
- ‘Home for Christmas,’ Amy Grant. Release date: Oct. 6, 1992. Billboard 200 peak: No. 2 (Dec. 26, 1992) Producers: Brown Bannister, Ronn Huff. Notes: This was Grant’s second Christmas album, following 1983’s A Christmas Album.
- ‘White Christmas,’ Bing Crosby. Release date: 1986. Billboard 200 peak: No. 34 (Jan. 8, 2022) Guest artist: The Andrews Sisters, Carol Richards. Notes: This is an adaptation of Crosby’s Merry Christmas, which was first released in 1945 and which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in December 1957 – interrupting Elvis Presley’s reign at No. 1 with Elvis’ Christmas Album.
- ‘A Pentatonix Christmas,’ Pentatonix. Release date: Oct. 21, 2016. Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for two consecutive weeks beginning Jan. 7, 2017. Producers: Alex Green, Andrew Kesler, Ben Bram, Pentatonix.
Listen to 100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever by Various Artists on Apple Music. 2022. 100 Songs. Duration: 5 hours, 33 minutes.
Rock around the Christmas tree with this eclectic list of Christmas albums that will help you get into a holiday headspace.
