STACK #254 December 2025

MUSIC FEATURE

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CHRISTMAS CRACKER Kylie regifts her 2015 Christmas classic, unwrapping some sparkling new songs.

T en years after her first Christmas collection, Kylie Minogue has refreshed the playlist and added “a little extra sparkle”. Fully Wrapped arrives with a swag of new songs, including Hot in December, This Time of Year and Office Party . With tracks such as Hot in

Kylie Minogue

December and 100 Degree s, the record recognises Kylie’s Aussie roots, while also acknowledging the fact that she spends a lot of her time in the northern hemisphere, with titles such as White December and Let It Snow . It’s the third version of

CHART FACT

The original Kylie Christmas album was a Top 10 hit in Australia, reaching number seven. It peaked at 12 in the UK and 184 in the US.

the album, following the 2016 reissue, the Snow Queen Edition . “Revisiting Kylie Christmas ten years on has been so much fun,” the pop princess says. And that is an apt summation of this seasonal smash: festive fun. Kylie sleighs. Jeff Jenkins

Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) by Kylie Minogue is out Dec 5 via Inertia

HOT COLLABS

Sisters are doing it for themselves... the album includes Kylie’s duet with little sister Dannii

ROCKIN’ AROUND THE TREE

The music industry bible Billboard has ranked Kylie Christmas the seventh best Christmas album of the 21st century, saying the record proves “the chameleonic Aussie pop star is capable of adapting to just about any music style”. The Top 5?

Image credit: Kylie Minogue YouTube channel

1. Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped in Red 2. Sarah McLachlan – Wintersong

Kylie & Dannii

3. Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas II You 4. John Legend – A Legendary Christmas 5. Kacey Musgraves – A Very Kacey Christmas

– 100 Degrees . And if you’ve dreamed of hearing Kylie sing with Frank Sinatra, check out Santa Claus Is Coming to Town . Frank’s vocals were recorded in 1948!

Rise Against – Ricochet

GHOST – Skeletá

I Prevail – Violent Nature

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