'Christmas with Scotty McCreery' was a top selling holiday album for the 2012 season and pushed the Season 10 winner into second place among "Idol" alum holiday album sales.

 

 

 

Although the total number of "American Idol" holiday (read: Christmas music) albums still hover around a dozen after 11 seasons of graduating a host of established and independent artists (and still no collection from the Big Three: Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Daughtry -- Chris or the band), the show has managed to see a few of the finalists do pretty well on the seasonal charts. This past 2012 holiday season saw three "Idol" finalists add new offerings to the growing pile. Foremost among them, Scotty Mcreery's sophomore album, a full set of holiday songs that topped the Billboard Holiday Albums chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Country Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

And in mid-December, Christmas with Scotty McCreery overtook the number two best-selling holiday album in "Idol" history. Selling 47,000 copies and holding strong in the Top 20, the album passed Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's Christmas from the Heart, a 2009 collection that established itself in the No. 2 slot quickly and maintained the position for three years.

Read more: Scotty McCreery now has Idol's second-best selling holiday album

Scotty and the entire SM team would like to wish you and your family a Very Happy New Year! 

Scotty McCreery shares in-studio footage and old family video highlights in his new ‘Christmas Comin’ Round Again’ video. The just-released clip is of one of two new songs from his ‘Christmas With Scotty McCreery‘ album, which dropped in October. 

The singer says his manager, Todd Cassetty, collected and assembled the footage for the song. In addition to scenes from the recording, one is treated to McCreery family holiday memories in Polaroid frames that scroll up and down throughout. There’s a photo of McCreery on Grandpa’s lap. There’s the Christmas of 1996 when he and (we assume) his sister watch a train make laps around the Christmas tree. A year later, he’s shaking with excitement as he eyes a new bike.

Other videos embedded in this music video show a young McCreery standing over a keyboard, sitting behind a guitar and standing on risers with his choir. If you appreciate his boyish face now, just wait until you see images of an elementary school-aged Scotty.

The studio footage shows how the Season 10 ‘American Idol’ winner decorated the studio to capture some yuletide cheer, despite recording the 11 songs on ‘Christmas With Scotty McCreery’ long before the leaves had changed color and the nights began to get longer. ‘Christmas Comin’ Round Again’ was written by Ashley Gorley and Hillary Lindsey.

Scotty McCreery is already in the holiday spirit thanks to a recently released Christmas album and yesterday he gathered friends Gloriana, Jana Kramer and Brett Eldredge to tape Christmas With Scotty McCreery & Friends, a holiday special airing on the dates below:

Scotty isn’t the only one already in the spirit — so is his mom. Listen to Scotty reveal what his mom did in mid-October!

During his special, Scotty performed “Christmas In Heaven,” an original song from his holiday disc, “Let it Snow” and “Santa Claus Is Back In Town;” Gloriana performed “O Holy Night,” and “Silent Night;” Jana performed “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and “Winter Wonderland;” and Brett performed “Mary Did You Know” and “Jingle Bell Rock.”

Click here to read GAC's review of Christmas with Scotty McCreery.

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Congratulations to Scotty!  The RIAA has issued GOLD certification for
Christmas With Scotty McCreery.

Scotty's 11-song album features two originals as well as holiday classics and is available autographed in the Scotty Fans store!

Scotty McCreery got an early start on the holiday concert season, belting out a couple of seasonal songs at the MassMutual Center on Friday in the venue’s sold-out Exhibition Hall with more than 1,000 fans in attendance.

The North Carolina native came to prominence as the winner of the tenth season of “American Idol” and has scored country hits with songs “I Love You This Big,” and “The Trouble With Girls.” He recently released a holiday-themed recording called “Christmas with Scotty McCreery,” that features standards like “Let It Snow,” and “Jingle Bells.”

The concert was promoted by country radio station KIX 100.9 FM, making it the station’s second successful show at the downtown venue in less than five days. The annual “Concert for Kids” to benefit St. Jude’s was held on Monday night and featured performances from Lonestar and Colt Ford.

McCreery’s performance served as a benefit for the Pioneer Valley USO.
Billed as “Scotty McCreery and Friends”, the evening included an opening set from another “American Idol” alum Kristy Lee Cook, a top ten finisher on the seventh season of the show and a performance from country singer Josh Thompson.

While the audience was politely seated for the opening sets they collectively stood (and screamed) for McCreery when he hit the stage with his five-piece band. Despite the subtle holiday theme (there were wreaths hanging around the stage), and McCreery’s new holiday release, the set was heavy on country and light on Christmas.

He led his band through “Walk in the Country,” and “I Love You This Big,” while adding a few bars of the Josh Turner song “Your Man,” that got his “Idol” competition underway. He also paid homage to George Strait with “Check Yes or No,” another song from his television stint.

McCreery offered up four songs from his Christmas album starting with “Let It Snow,” and “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,” followed by the original “Christmas in Heaven,” and a take on Elvis Presley’s version of “Santa Claus is Back in Town.”

He switched gears with an acoustic “Letters to Home,” leaving the Christmas fare behind as he began a string of songs that included Garth Brooks’ “The Dance,” his own hit “The Trouble with Girls,” and “Water Tower Town.”

He closed out his 55-minute performance with a cover of Montgomery Gentry’s “Gone.” He did not come out for an encore.