A Pentatonix Christmas is the fifth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix. It is also their second full-length holiday album following That's Christmas to Me in 2014. Featuring two new original songs, "Good to Be Bad" and "The Christmas Sing-Along", A Pentatonix Christmas debuted on the Billboard 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, and later peaked at number one, selling 206,000 units in its best week. A Pentatonix Christmas marks as their second number one album on the Billboard 200 after Pentatonix. The album also debuted atop the Billboard Holiday Albums chart, their second number one on that chart after That's Christmas to Me. The deluxe edition of the album fell from number 6 to 200 on the Billboard 200 in 2018, the greatest drop for an album within the chart in Billboard history. The album also, with a guest appearance by The Manhattan Transfer, marked the first recording by the fourth iteration of the group, as this was Trist Curless' first participation with the group in a recording since the death of Tim Hauser, whom Curless officially replaced in 2014.
As of November 2017, 938,000 units of A Pentatonix Christmas have been sold in the US and 1,400,000 units worldwide. A deluxe edition was released on October 20, 2017, almost a year after the original's release. The deluxe edition additionally marks the first appearance of replacement bass Matt Sallee and the second to last appearance of Avi Kaplan.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Pentatonix Scott Hoying – baritone lead, backing vocals, co-vocal bass on "Hallelujah” Mitch Grassi – tenor lead and backing vocals Kirstin Maldonado – alto lead and backing vocals Avi Kaplan – vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals Kevin "K.O." Olusola – vocal percussion, beatboxing, tenor backing vocals, vocal flugelhorn on "Good To Be Bad", lead vocals on "Away in a Manger"
Additional personnel
The Manhattan Transfer – featured artist Kala Batch – choir/chorus Ed Boyer – mixing Ben Bram – arranger, engineer, production Jacob Collier – contractor, arranger Jessi Collins – choir/chorus Tim Davis – contractor, engineer Luke Edgemon – choir/chorus Anthony Evans – choir/chorus Alex Green – production Missi Hale – choir/chorus Bill Hare – mastering Andrew Kesler – production Keri Larson – choir/chorus David Laucks – choir/chorus Shang-Po Lin – engineering Toby Lin – engineering assistance Keith Noftary – A&R Tiffany Palmer – choir/chorus Brandon Winbush – choir/chorus Mick Wordley – engineering
Deluxe edition Matt Sallee - vocal bass, bass backing vocals Reno Selmser - vocal bass, bass backing vocals (on "Let It Snow")
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2016–2017) Peakposition French Albums (SNEP) 147 Italian Albums (FIMI) 29 Latvian Albums (LaIPA) 45 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 18 Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) 58 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 100 Chart (2024) Peakposition German Pop Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 9
Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 99 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 32 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 122 US Billboard 200 189 Chart (2017) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard) 23 US Billboard 200 16 Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200 79
Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position US Billboard 200 87
Certifications
See also List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2010s
References