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25 New Holiday Music Releases: Victoria Monet, BTS’s V, Clay Aiken, the Kelce Brothers, Ben Folds and Others Deck the Halls

A roundup of 25 new holiday music releases includes BTS' V, Victoria Monét, Ben Folds, Clay Aiken, Milk Carton Kids, Jacob Collier and many more.

On a roll after having been nominated for a Grammy Album of the Year nod for 2024’s “Djesse – Volume 4” the alt-jazzy Jacob Collier takes his soft, shushy vocals and lush, close harmony thing to “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland” and “Silent Night” recorded in front of a crowd at London’s Abbey Road Studio 2. The Broadway-by-way-of Penn State harmonists, Liam Fennecken, Jim Hogan and Brendan Jacob Smith, not only pay tribute to their post-barbershop quartet heroes, The Beach Boys, by making a surprisingly raw, live-to-tape cover of Brian Wilson and Mike Love’s “Little Saint Nick,” but their holiday EP also finds them taking a crack at writing their own Christmas original with the Stylistics-worthy soul of “FaLaLaLonely.” Along with the Roots making two appearances (on “Hey Rudy” and “New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)” with “Weird Al” Yankovic), Fallon duets on original songs featuring Justin Timberlake, Dolly Parton, Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, and for the brand new “Holiday,” the Jonas Brothers & LL Cool J.

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