TODAY Anchors Featured in Music Video for LeAnn Rimes’ New Holiday Song, “TODAY is Christmas”
Listen to “TODAY is Christmas” All Season Long on NBC’s TODAY
NEW YORK — November 19, 2015 — NBC’s TODAY and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter LeAnn Rimes have teamed up and created a special theme song and music video for this holiday season. “TODAY is Christmas” is the title track on Rimes’ new holiday album, available now. The music video premiered this morning on TODAY: http://smarturl.it/on.today.
Tune in to TODAY throughout the holiday season to hear “TODAY is Christmas.” Viewers can join the conversation on social media using #TODAYisChristmas. Photos from the making of the music are available at: http://bit.ly/1MKIpRt.
Rimes says, “I am so honored that NBC and TODAY asked me to write a song for them this holiday season. I had so much fun getting into the holiday spirit and shooting the “TODAY Is Christmas” video with my friends at the show. I hope everyone enjoys singing along all the way through the New Year – Jingle Jangle!”
Rimes’ “TODAY is Christmas” album is available at Target http://smarturl.it/leanntarget, iTunes http://smarturl.it/todayisxmasitunes and other retailers. Rimes has won two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, two World Music Awards, one Country Music Association Award, one Dove Award, and 12 Billboard Music Awards. She is also the youngest person ever to receive a Grammy Award.
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LeAnn Rimes has global sales of more than 42 million units, won two Grammy® Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, two World Music Awards, one Country Music Association Award, one Dove Award and 12 Billboard Music Awards. Rimes is the youngest recipient of a Grammy® Award, and was also the first country recording artist to win in the “Best New Artist” category. Rimes has placed 42 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 13 of which are top-10 hits, and has scored numerous hit singles in her career, including “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” which went #1 in 11 countries, and “How Do I Live,” which is the second longest charting song ever on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
TODAY — Pictured: (l-r) — (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/NBC)
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