Chapel Hart Gears Up For ‘Christmas In July’ Events, New Album

Chapel Hart is ready to be your soundtrack to the upcoming holiday season with the announcement of their first-ever Christmas album. Sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and cousin Trea Swindle are not only calling on friends near and far to be a part of it, but they'll be taking it on tour too.

To celebrate, Chapel Hart will host a series of Christmas In July exclusive events next month in Mandeville, LA (July 10), Nashville, TN (July 24), and Shoals, AL (July 28). The intimate listening experiences with the country trio will be family-friendly and open to all ages.

"We are releasing our very first Christmas album. I heard somebody say outside, we told them we're releasing our Christmas album, and they said, you can't even be a legend if you don't have a Christmas album. So this our first step towards becoming legends," Hart said.

She continued, "If it was up to me, we'd be Mariah Carey Junior. Okay, it's time... and we would be the sound of Christmas. We have got more features on this Christmas album than the new F-150. So it is just some of your favorite voices in country music."

"I'm going to be for real. I'm kind of a grinch and I have been humming Christmas songs since we started. I think my favorite thing about this album is there are a couple of those classics that, you know, it's not Christmas until you hear those songs, and then we have some new songs with some new friends. I think I am really a fan of Christmas music now," Swindel added.

Chapel Hart is not only busy recording their new Christmas music in Nashville, but they also just wrapped up a busy few days in Music City. Together, they performed at the Nashville Navy Party 2024, benefitting the Troy Gentry Foundation, and on the Platform Stage inside Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest.

Check back for more announcements from Chapel Hart coming soon.

Thurs, June 13 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
Sat, June 29 Johnston, SC - Three Star Vineyard Inc
Thurs, July 4 Houston, TX - Freedom Fest
Fri, August 2 Murfreesboro, TN - Hop Springs
Sat, Aug 10 Leesburg, VA - Tarara Winery
Fri, Aug 23 Stanford Hall Bottesford, United Kingdom
Sat, August 24 London, United Kingdom St Pancras New Church
Mon, Aug 26 Glasgow, United Kingdom St Luke’s
Thurs, Aug 29 Syracuse, NY - New York State Fair 2024
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There are so many country music Christmas songs, both original and classic, that have been done throughout the years. It seems impossible to pick five of the best country Christmas songs ever. Still, we did just that in our list of Top Five Country Christmas songs over the last several decades.

There are too many honorable mentions to mention, but we just loved Taylor Swift's 2007 "Last Christmas." Also, there are several Christmas albums Martina McBride has released over the years. Reba also has four Christmas albums already under her belt. Johnny Cash had some fantastic Christmas songs in his career. George Strait, Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks  also brought the Christmas cheer. Additionally, there's the amazing Christmas work from Brett Eldredge, who has made a career out of his annual Christmas "Glow" tour. Other artists include Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Kenny Rogers, Lady A, Kacey Musgraves, and even Miranda Lambert's Pistol Annies.

In 2023, Jon Pardi released a new Christmas album not long after he was made a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He told us, "I’ve always wanted to make a Christmas record. It just sounded fun! It’s been many years of hearing Christmas music, and being like, ‘I still haven’t made a [Christmas] record!’ Eventually, I was just like, ‘Alright, we’re doing a Christmas record!'"

Kane Brown also released a new Christmas song this year. He released a cover of Elvis Presley’s classic “Blue Christmas.” Elvis’ voice starts off the familiar song, and Kane’s voice comes in on the second verse. Kane told us, “I chose to cover ‘Blue Christmas’ because it was probably one of my favorite Christmas songs. I don’t have a lot. I used to sing it all the time whenever I was first coming up in the music scene, just while I was warming up and just playing around on stage, so when I got asked to do a Christmas song, of course, I’d have picked that one. And to reimagine it with Elvis is amazing.”

While we know everyone will have their own list of country Christmas favorites, we give you our list of the Top Five Country Christmas Songs to date:

With a cameo by her young son Isaiah singing adorably on this classic remake, it is no wonder this has quickly become a holiday favorite and makes his famous mom proud.

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Carrie told us recently about decorating early for Christmas this year (2023), "There’s nothing sadder than a Christmas tree up with no presents underneath it, so I don’t really think that you want to get your Christmas tree up too early, but this year, I was a little earlier than normal because we had Thanksgiving and then head out to Vegas for my Reflection shows, and I had to get everything up before I left.”

A wonderful song that puts you right into the holiday spirit. Gwen and Blake do this song beautifully together and seem to have fun with every word they sing.

On the footnote version of the title song’s music video, Stefani said, “The idea of getting to be a part of people’s holidays through music is one of the greatest gifts. Christmas music lives forever.”

She also noted in the video footnotes that the video idea was inspired by the 1960s TV show Bewitched, a show both of them loved as kids. Gwen and Blake co-wrote the song “You Make It Feel Like Christmas.”

This is an excellent take on the 1960s original Christmas song by country music icon Buck Owens. Brad does this to perfection honoring his late friend. Garth Brooks also covered this song on his first Christmas album, Beyond The Season.

Not initially known as or written as a Christmas song, this song comes from the soundtrack of Dolly Parton's 1982 movie Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. The song has become a classic and has been covered by many after Dolly, including her friend Reba.

Possibly one of the best holiday songs in any genre; not a year goes by that we don't spin this record on repeat. In 2023, sixty-five years after its first release to radio, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time ever.

By hitting the No.1 spot, Brenda Lee breaks several records. Many of those records were held by Mariah Carey and “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which Lee beat out for the top spot.