Ruben Studdard is releasing his first Christmas album on Nov 1.
My Favorite Holiday is a five-song EP, released under Studdard’s new partnership with Origins | Hitmaker Music Group. To get fans excited, the title track, “My Favorite Holiday” has already dropped on all streaming platforms. The R&B vocalist stopped by The Terrell Show to share the exclusive news about the “My Favorite Holiday” Christmas EP.
“I have always wanted to do a Christmas project and for some reason, it was always put on the back burner. Then about two years ago, my friend, Producer and M/D John Jackson and I decided to start on the music and allow for it to land wherever, when we finished. So, two years of off and on, and we now have this EP,” mentions Ruben Studdard. “The process of recording the project was fun, but also very nostalgic. I grew up singing a lot of these tunes and it always makes me feel happy to remember holiday memories of old,” he adds.
The lead single, “My Favorite Holiday” was written by Ruben Studdard, Romel Gibson and John Jackson and produced by John Jackson. “The song is pretty self explanatory, Christmas has forever and will always be my favorite holiday. We sat out to describe the feeling and the love that the Holiday season invokes,” Studdard shared.
Studdard won the second season of “American Idol” in 2003 and followed up with two chart-topping albums that went gold and platinum.
Studdard’s debut album, “Soulful,” in 2003 hit No. 1 on the overall Albums chart and sold platinum. It produced a No. 2 R&B chart hit, “Superstar,” and was nominated for a Grammy Award, and the No. 1 R&B Adult chart hit “Sorry 2004.”