Top 5 Christmas Albums: Jam Out This Season

As Cleveland is the city of Rock n’ Roll, it’d be borderline sacrilegious to leave TransSiberian Orchestra out of this list. TSO has been a rock staple of Christmas since this album debuted in 1996. Today, the group tours across the nation during the holiday season to bring everyone a Rock n’ roll Christmas.

This Christmas album combines popular jazz and swing with traditional Christmas style. As Sinatra’s first full-length Christmas album, Sinatra covered many classic songs in a new way, giving new life into forgotten songs. The original album has had several

As Pentatonix’s third Christmas album and their fifth studio album, this album appeared at the top of multiple charts and went Platinum. This a cappella group has found its success in Christmas music, especially with songs portraying the biblical messages of Christmas.

re-releases and reissues as recently as 2010. Bing Crosby’s Christmas compilation album has gone through multiple iterations, especially as it has been continuously produced through the vinyl, CD, and digital eras. With songs such as “Mele Kalikimaka” – the Hawaiian Christmas song, that truly gives island vibes to the cold and (sometimes) snowy streets of Cleveland, Ohio – and “Silent Night”, Crosby blends (then-current) pop-culture with biblical teachings of Christ-

Composed as the soundtrack for the A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965, the Vince Guaraldi Trio mixed elements of jazz and traditional Christmas music. Having been certified as a Multi-Platinum Record by the RIAA, songs from this album have graced ears every holiday season. Although a very limited selection of tracks from the album are played over the radio, after talking to peer consultants, we came to the conclusion that this album was the album that could be repeated the most before becoming a nuisance; thus, earning the #1 spot.