R&B icon Brandy has officially announced that her first-ever holiday album, Christmas With Brandy, will release Nov. 10 via Motown Records.
It will mark her first full-length project since signing with the label in the summer of 2022.
“For all my beautiful fans, my new album Christmas With Brandy comes out November 10. I feel so blessed to be able to create an album surrounding joy, family, love and quality divine time with the ones you love,” Brandy wrote in an announcement.
Christmas With Brandy will include 12 tracks, featuring Brandy’s renditions of classic holiday songs such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Someday at Christmas.”
The latter favorite was originally recorded by Stevie Wonder, a legend and a Motown Records alum.
The album will also include some original songs, such as “Feels Different” and “Christmas Gift,” which will feature Brandy’s daughter and emerging singer, Sy’Rai.
Christmas With Brandy will be accessible through various listening platforms, such as digital downloads and streaming services.
The album is also available on CD and vinyl, with the former priced at $13.98 and the latter priced at $26.98. For more information, visit the online store at shop.4everbrandy.com.
Brandy’s manager, Ryan Ramsey of SALXCO, first teased Christmas With Brandy in September by reposting an Instagram story containing project details.
A&R executive Jaha Johnson originally posted a clip of himself in a studio, brainstorming the album’s tracklist sequence on a whiteboard while Brandy’s rendition of “The Christmas Song” played in the background.
It was hinted that the project, then titled A Brandy Christmas, would feature 11 tracks.
It appears that four out of the 11 tracks listed on the rumored tracklist are not official. The track order is different as well.
As mentioned previously, Christmas With Brandy is Brandy’s first album for Motown Records.
It’s also her first since 2020’s b7, which was named Best R&B Album of the year by Rated R&B.
Christmas With Brandy will be released a week before Netflix’s original film, Best. Christmas. Ever!, which premieres Nov. 16.
The movie stars Brandy as Jackie, who reunites with her old college friend Charlotte (played by Heather Graham). Charlotte is suspicious that Jackie isn’t as happy as her cheery Christmas newsletter suggests.
Best. Christmas. Ever! also stars Jason Biggs, Matt Cedeño, Wyatt Hunt, Abby Villasmil, and Madison Skye, and was directed by Mary Lambert.
Brandy’s Christmas With Brandy Tracklist
1. Feels Different
2. Somebody’s Waiting
3. Christmas Party for Two
4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5. Santa Baby
6. Christmas Gift with Sy’Rai
7. Shine Out Your Light
8. The Christmas Song
9. Someday At Christmas
10. Jingle Bells
11. Deck The Halls
12. Christmas Everyday
Christmas With Brandy is available for pre-add/pre-save now.