Christmas Kisses is Ana Murphy's first Christmas EP. It was released as a festive collection of classic Christmas covers. On December 3, 2019, the Japanese special edition was released for CD and two days later for digital download. It peaked at number twenty-five on the Oricon chart. The Japanese edition included a new track, "Santa Tell Me", which was released on November 24, 2019 as the fifth and final single from the EP. The EP went on to sell over 405,000 copies worldwide as of 2021.
Background[]
On November 6, 2018, Ana announced she would be releasing new music each week leading up to Christmas, beginning with a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas": "I'm releasing new music for Christmas. New song every week as a countdown to the holidays starting November 19. Beyond excited to share them w/ U! The 1st song #LastChristmas out November 19. I can't wait for u to hear our spin on it. There will be originals as well! Hope u love the music." "Last Christmas" was released as the first song, opening up to positive reviews and was critically acclaimed for it's "R&B spin" on the Christmas classic. On the final week of November, Murphy released an original Christmas song, titled "Love Is Everything", and it was also revealed Ana would release the Christmas Kisses EP later in the month. On the first week of December, Ana released another original Christmas song, "Snow In California", and was later followed by a cover of the christmas classic "Santa Baby", which features Elizabeth Gillies. All of the single covers have the same artwork but in different colors. In 2019, Ana released "Santa Tell Me" as the first Christmas single and it was added onto the 2019 re-release of the EP.
Promotion[]
Preceding the release of her Christmas EP, she gave a series of performances, including at the 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting broadcast, the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball in Los Angeles' Staples Center and Z100's Jingle Ball event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. She also sang at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, with Big Sean and Mac Miller.
Trivia[]
- Ana released each song week by week starting on November 19, 2018.
- "Santa Tell Me" was the last recorded song on the EP.
Cut tracks[]
- "I Don't Want to Be Alone for Christmas"