David Foster and Katharine McPhee talk about how they were inspired to create their album 'Christmas Carols', Foster's secrets to making great Christmas music, how they make their relationship work, their favorite family holiday traditions and more but.
David Foster:
Oh, I thought you were taking off your ring! And besides, I don't want to get married anymore.
David Foster:
Hi, I'm David Foster.
Katharine McPhee:
And I'm Katharine McPhee
David Foster:
And that's Billboard News.
Rania Aniftos:
Hey everyone, welcome back to Billboard News. I'm Rania Aniftos and I'm so honored to be here today with David Foster and Katharine McPhee.
David Foster:
Let's hear it, guys!
Katharine McPhee:
Live studio audience!
Rania Aniftos:
We finally got into the Christmas spirit. You have your Christmas album together, your second Christmas album. Tell me a little 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 a full album. Most albums have, what? Thirteen tracks in it.
David Foster:
Correctly.
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, it's like a big album. So you can now get the whole thing in a kind of bundle and
David Foster:
It's called “Christmas Carols.” Do you know why?
Rania Aniftos:
Why;
David Foster:
“Hey Siri, play Christmas carols.”
Rania Aniftos:
To be fair, it probably doesn't hurt this algorithm, right? SEO to get it to the top
David Foster:
Smart girl.
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