Starbucks has released Holiday Blend, its first holiday album in more than a decade. The seven-track compilation arrives on streaming services and the coffeehouse playlists on Nov. 4 through Interscope Records and Universal Music Group.
The album features Christmas songs performed by Brandi Carlile, Leon Thomas, Coco Jones, Magnus Ferrell, TRÍADA and The Womack Sisters, alongside “This Christmas,” a new original by boy band JYT. It is Starbucks’ first holiday release since 2012’s Holidays Rule.
Carlile covers Joni Mitchell’s “River,” while Thomas takes on James Brown’s “Soulful Christmas.” Ferrell performs a medley of “Happy Holiday” and “The Holiday Season,” and Jones covers “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” The Womack Sisters contribute Stevie Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me.”
TRÍADA’s “Llegó La Navidad,” a Spanish-language cover of Luis Miguel’s song, is the album’s only Spanish-language track. JYT’s original “This Christmas” was written and produced by the group’s Freddy Wexler, with co-writer Elliah Heifetz and co-producer Gian Stone.
Holiday Blend also includes a $500,000 donation to World Central Kitchen to support humanitarian relief efforts around the world.
The track list is “Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season” by Magnus Ferrell; “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Coco Jones; “This Christmas” by JYT; “Llegó La Navidad” by TRÍADA; “River” by Brandi Carlile; “What Christmas Means to Me” by The Womack Sisters; and “Soulful Christmas” by Leon Thomas.
Sources: Billboard.