STACK #242 December 2024

MUSIC FEATURE

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A TREE-MENDOUS Christmas Words Jeff Jenkins It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And we’re rockin’ around the tree, ripping the wrapping off these Christmas crackers! MICHAEL BUBLÉ CHRISTMAS

CLIFF RICHARD CHRISTMAS WITH CLIFF Sir Cliff Richard has always loved a Summer Holiday, so

That’s just one of the treats on Kylie’s first Christmas collection, which also features a collaboration with James Corden. Fun fact: Kylie Christmas is one for the whole family, and Kylie does a disco duet with sister Dannii, a new original called 100 Degrees , which would heat up even the coldest Christmas. CHER CHRISTMAS Cher’s first Christmas set features duets with Darlene Love. The American star says the album is “as good as any record” she’s ever made. Fun fact: The opening track, a new original called DJ Play a Christmas Song , was Cher’s first Top 50 hit on the ARIA charts in 22 years. KELLY CLARKSON WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND … AGAIN Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper, and

When it comes to Christmas albums, this is the big one. The Canadian crooner’s Christmas classic has sold more than one million copies in Australia. Originally

who better to deliver a Christmas album Down Under? As Cliff declares in the opening track, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Fun fact: Christmas with Cliff is Cliff’s 47th Top 10 solo album in the UK. SIA EVERYDAY IS CHRISTMAS Sia’s first festive release is a rarity in the Christmas world – it features all new original songs, including the first single, Santa’s Coming for Us. Fun fact: The album also comes with an important message. In the song Puppies Are Forever , Sia reminds us that “puppies are forever, not just for Christmas”.

released in 2011, this deluxe special edition features a Christmas greeting from Michael himself! Fun fact: It’s topped the Australian charts in six separate years, the only album to ever do so. DOLLY PARTON A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS

Good golly, Dolly’s holiday hit features a collaboration with the king of Christmas Michael Bublé, a new Dolly original called Cuddle Up, Cozy

Down Christmas . The star-studded set also features Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmy Fallon, and Dolly’s brother Randy. Fun fact: The album includes a duet with Miley Cyrus, who is Dolly’s goddaughter. KYLIE MINOGUE KYLIE

The new deluxe edition of Kelly

Clarkson’s seasonal smash opens with a new original, You for Christmas , produced by Mark Ronson. The album also features duets with Ariana Grande and Chris Stapleton.

CHRISTMAS Did you ever expect Kylie to be singing with Iggy Pop?

Fun fact: Kelly says Christmas means different things to everyone, “but there is no better time of year, in my opinion, to breathe hope into one’s life and let possibility wander”.

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