Christmas music is my favorite. If I were a journalist, I would want to be reporting on all the best (and worst) Christmas music, movies, concerts, shows, and events. I truly am concerned that people are missing out on the most festive beautiful holiday music out there. Here are the best I've ever heard, and I've heard them all.
11. Nsync's album is more popular and I enjoy it, but it is still a quickly thrown together money grab compared to this lovely album chock full of beautiful harmonies. Best Song: God Rest You Merry, Gentleman
10. The greatest of all time in a capella music, it's no mystery why Take 6 won a Grammy for He Is Christmas. Best Song: O Come, All Ye Faithful
9. Obviously a classic for any Christmas fan with ears, Christmas Interpretations has one of the best, if not the best, versions of Silent Night ever recorded.
8. This is my most nostalgic and only subjective choice. Sandi Patti was played more in my house when I was a small child than anything else and so The Gift Goes On will always be one of my favorite Christmas songs.
7. I never owned this album, but since we got Alexa a few years ago Jackson 5 has been on constant holiday rotation. Best songs: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and Give Love on Christmas Day
6. You might think I'd rank this album higher, but I am greedy. When Christmas Comes and Christmas Time is in the Air are perfection, but I wanted even more original songs. If Mariah had recorded one of the best Christmas songs she's ever written, Where Are You Christmas?, for this album, I have a feeling it would have topped the list.
5. With six Christmas albums under their belt, it'd be hard to ignore this festive quintet. My first Pentatonix concert was with my husband at the theater at Madison Square Garden and not at holiday time. Their encore was That's Christmas to Me. These people embody EVERYTHING that Christmas is all about.
4. It was hard to choose between this and The Preacher's Wife soundtrack because there is so much overlap. I decided that the soundtrack isn't really a Christmas album. We are so blessed to have these songs to share with our children. Not seeing Whitney Houston or Michael Jackson in concert is my biggest musical regret. Of the ten artists on this list, I feel fortunate to have seen six perform live. Best Song: Who Would Imagine a King
3. The most slept on Christmas album of all time, Someday at Christmas performed by Stevie Wonder ranks somewhere in my top 3 Christmas recordings ever. What Christmas Means to Me is also a banger.
2. My Kind of Christmas is hit after hit after hit. Xtina sings my all time favorite version of Angels We Have Heard of High. I also give her credit for recording a solid version of This Christmas before everyone started doing it. The first performance of that song I ever paid attention to was when Jamie Foxx did it on In Living Color and no one has beat that one for me.
1. The Queen of Christmas. Bow. Down.
