Grammy-nominated singer Eric Benét has unwrapped his first vacation album, It’s Christmas.
The 11-track mission encompasses a assortment of Benét’s tackle festive requirements, together with “Give Love On Christmas Day” and “Oh Holy Evening,” and originals comparable to “Merry Christmas, Babe” and “It’s Christmas.” He co-wrote the latter two with Randy Emata, who additionally co-produced the album with Benét.
“I’ve all the time wished to document a Christmas album, however I knew that when the time got here, I didn’t need it to sound like a fleeting modern mission,” Benét tells Rated R&B about It’s Christmas. “I wished it to really feel timeless — like one thing you might need heard on the radio 20 or 30 years in the past, and one thing that may nonetheless really feel at residence 20, 30, even 40 years from now. That’s tougher than it sounds, however I feel Randy Emata and I did an unimaginable job producing, writing, and arranging these songs for It’s Christmas.”
Alongside Emata, Benét additionally labored intently with Sam SZND to co-write the unique tracks, whose “pen introduced an additional layer of magic to the phrases,” he notes. Benét continues, “And I knew from the beginning that Bob Barrett, who I had the pleasure of working with on my Eric Benét album, needed to be a part of this. His lush, traditional string preparations don’t simply accompany these songs; they wrap them within the sound of Christmastime itself.”
It’s Christmas was launched Oct. 10 by way of Benét’s unbiased label JBR Inventive Group. “I’m deeply happy with this mission, and much more so as a result of it’s being launched by myself label,” he says. “My hope is that It’s Christmas will carry the spirit of the vacations to listeners yearly, for years, and many years to come back.”
It’s Christmas is Benét’s second mission of 2025, following his duets album, The Co-Star, which arrived in the summertime. The Co-Star options collaborations with Tamar Braxton, India.Arie, Keri Hilson, Ari Lennox, Goapele, Judith Hill and others.
The album spawned the No. 1 hits “One thing We Can Make Love To” (with Braxton) and “So Distracted” (with Chanté Moore), which topped Billboard’s Grownup R&B Airplay chart.
Benét first teased his vacation mission in an unique interview with Rated R&B earlier this 12 months. When requested a few follow-up to The Co-Star, Benét revealed, “Sure, we’ve already began the brand new Eric Benét solo album… And right here’s the gag: I feel I’m going to go in and do a Christmas document too. So it’s a number of artistic vitality.”
Stream Eric Benét’s It’s Christmas beneath.