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David Foster and Katharine McPhee talk about how they were inspired to create their ‘Christmas Songs’ album, Foster’s secrets to making great Christmas music, how they make their relationship work, their favorite family holiday traditions and more.
David Foster:
Oh, I thought that you’re taking your ring off! And furthermore, I don’t want to be married anymore.
David Foster:
Hi, I’m David Foster.
Katharine McPhee:
And I’m Katharine McPhee
David Foster:
And this is Billboard News.
Rania Aniftos:
Hey everybody, welcome back to Billboard News. I am Rania Aniftos and I am so honored because we are here today with David Foster and Katharine McPhee.
David Foster:
Let’s hear it, folks!
Katharine McPhee:
Live studio audience!
Rania Aniftos:
We’re finally in the Christmas spirit. You guys have your Christmas album, your second Christmas album together. Tell me a bit about why you decided to give it another go?
Katharine McPhee:
It’s not really a second Christmas album. The way we look at it is that it’s like one complete album. Most albums have, what? Thirteen tracks on it.
David Foster:
Right.
Katharine McPhee:
So now we just combined the two last year…
David Foster:
We did seven and seven. Seven last year, seven this year.
Katharine McPhee:
Yeah, so it’s like one big album. So you can now get the whole thing in one sort of bundle and
David Foster:
It’s called ‘Christmas Songs.’ You know why?
Rania Aniftos:
Why?
David Foster:
“Hey Siri, play Christmas songs.”
Rania Aniftos:
To be fair, it probably doesn’t hurt that algorithm, right? The SEO to get it up at the top
David Foster:
Smart girl.
Watch the full interview above!
‘Tis the season for a new set of holiday-ready tracks from Katharine McPhee and David Foster. The married pair released seven new tracks for Christmas Songs in October in anticipation of the holiday season, and they spoke about their inspirations in the latest episode of Billboard News.
“It’s not really a second album; the way we look at it is that it’s one complete album,” McPhee shared. “Most albums have about, what, 13 tracks on it? So now we’ve just combined the two, last year [and this year], so it’s like one big album, and now you can get the whole thing in a bundle.”
Christmas Songs notably marks McPhee and Foster’s first new material together in almost two decades, and it was inspired in part by the extra time they had together during the pandemic as a way to kill time.
“We toured together a lot, but 18 years ago was when I produced her very first single off the Idol show, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” which became, in all modesty, kind of a career jump for you,” he lightly teased his wife.
“It’s a song that has followed me wherever I go, but I did originally sing it on American Idol, so let’s just remember that it was based off of that version, but not just what David Foster wanted … I do that song a lot, but [Christmas Songs] was the first and few times we were in the recording studio together until we were actually each other’s ball and chain,” McPhee added.
The now-completed Christmas Songs includes holiday classics “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” “Amazing Grace,” “My Grown Up Christmas List” and more.
Watch McPhee and Foster’s full interview with Billboard News in the video above.
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Tetris Kelly
We’ve got albums from Nicki Minaj, Tate McRae and The Killers. Katherine McPhee and David Foster help us get in the holiday spirit. We celebrate the Queen of Rap’s birthday with a look back at her legacy. We’ve got your ticket to the hottest shows coast to coast. Plus our Billboard Live Shopping Week with talkshoplive continues. I’m Tetris Kelly, it’s Friday, December 8th, and it’s almost the weekend. We’ve got some Billboard News to get through first, starting with our Friday Music Guide. Tate McRae has already charted two songs on the Hot 100 in her latest era, and now we have the full project ‘Think Later’
Tetris Kelly
We’ll have more new music for you throughout the show. But first we’ve got a very special birthday girl to celebrate.
Evan Burke
Only an icon can give out gifts on their birthday. And that’s the Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj
Evan Burke
And from her “Boom Ba Da Doom Bass” to it being Pink Friday yet again, we’re celebrating Nicki’s 41st birthday in this week’s Pop Culture Rewind.
Evan Burke
It’s a monster moment in pop culture we’ll never forget. Nicki Minaj was killing the features early in her career, but her first album ‘Pink Friday’ was full of massive hits.
Evan Burke
None bigger than “Super Bass.”
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