Every year there are new Christmas albums from popular music artists to help put a new twist on the well-known Christmas carols and songs. This year there are new albums from Sarah McLachlan, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Aimee Mann, Wynonna Judd, Aly & AJ, Brad Paisley and several others. Artists continue to come out with holiday albums each Christmas because they can really sell -- James Taylor and Sarah McLachlan's Christmas albums are currently topping Amazon.com's list of bestselling albums at #1 and #2.
We were concerned when we saw that the ubiquitous Rachael Ray has a Christmas album out called How Cool Is That Christmas but fortunately it is just a compilation of classics -- she isn't singing! Twisted Sister also has an album out this year called Twisted Christmas but you should really watch the video of Twisted Sister singing "O Come All Ye Faithful" before you buy it so you know what you are getting yourself into.
Articles on MSNBC.com and Christian Science Monitor provide a good overview of this year's new Christmas music. Other good articles reviewing the new Christmas albums from popular music stars can be found here, here, here, here and here.
Here is a list of some of this year's new Christmas albums.
Every year there are new Christmas albums from popular music artists to help put a new twist on the well-known Christmas carols and songs. This year there are new albums from Sarah McLachlan, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Aimee Mann, Wynonna Judd, Aly & AJ, Brad Paisley and several others. Artists continue to come out with holiday albums each Christmas because they can really sell -- James Taylor and Sarah McLachlan's Christmas albums are currently topping Amazon.com's 
