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Music today announced a collection of brand-new Amazon Original songs to celebrate Christmas. Available only on Amazon Music, listeners can stream new Christmas Amazon Originals from multiplatinum-selling singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding, rising Latin singer and songwriter
Sebastian Yatra, and hear a brand-new song from
Ingrid Michaelson & Jason Mraz. These are the first of many Amazon Original Christmas songs that will release globally every week throughout the season, from additional artists including
Chloe Flower, The Band Perry,
Nina Nesbitt and many more, available on all tiers of Amazon Music, including Prime, Unlimited, HD and ad-supported free streaming on select Echo devices.
A top global destination for Christmas listening, Amazon
Music releases exclusive tracks each year across multiple genres to cultivate Christmas cheer. Today's new songs include a gripping cover of Joni Mitchell's "
River" by Ellie Goulding, and a brand new seasonal song by
Ingrid Michaelson and Jason Mraz, titled "Christmas Valentine." Additionally, Colombian singer and songwriter
Sebastian Yatra provided his own bi-lingual rendition of the classic, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."
"I have always loved
Joni Mitchell she was one of the first female artists that made me want to be a singer. She is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and I just truly hope that I have done this song some justice," stated Ellie Goulding. "There's something so magical about these lyrics. It's just such a beautiful poignant description of winter time and Christmas time and [even though] she was living in California, it wasn't very snowy but all she wanted was a river to skate away on and that imagery is just so beautiful and powerful to me."
"Dave Barnes and I wrote ["Christmas Valentine"] together a few months back and I knew instantly that I wanted Jason to sing on it. He graciously said yes and then added so much to the melody, taking it to the next level. It's such a sweet joyous song, one that I think we all need now," said Michaelson.
"Ingrid has always been one of my favourite artists for her ability to create and sing lofty love songs while keeping her heart and humour firmly planted on earth. I was overjoyed by the invitation to collaborate on 'Christmas Valentine.' The song is a new classic, if I may say so myself," added Mraz.
In addition to the new tracks launching today, Amazon
Music listeners can find previous Amazon Original Christmas songs from artists including Katy Perry, Aloe Blacc, Brandi Carlile, Smokey Robinson, Lucinda Williams,
Lauren Daigle, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Carla Morrison, Jon Batiste, Lee Ann Womack, Us the Duo, Best Coast, and many more.
Listeners can access the new Amazon Original tracks on all of Amazon Music's tiers, including ad-supported free streaming on select Echo devices, Prime Music, Amazon
Music Unlimited and the recently announced lossless streaming tier, Amazon
Music HD. All three songs and additional new Amazon Original tracks coming this year are available in Ultra HD, the highest quality streaming audio available.
To hear the new slate of Christmas releases and many more festive tracks, Amazon
Music listeners can simply ask, "Alexa, play the Best of Amazon Holiday Originals playlist" in the Amazon
Music app for iOS and Android and on Alexa-enabled devices. In addition to the new Christmas songs launching today, Amazon
Music listeners can access hundreds of Amazon Original songs and numerous albums featuring both emerging and established artists across numerous genres, only available to stream and purchase on Amazon Music.
