Carrie Underwood Sets Xmas Special
• HBO Max announced an exclusive holiday special starring seven-time Grammy® Award winner, five-time CMA® Female Vocalist of the Year and the 2020 ACM® Entertainer of the Year, Carrie Underwood, performing songs from her first ever full-length Christmas album, My Gift (Capitol Nashville). The special, which shoots this fall, will be produced by Tom Hanks‘ Playtone production company.
Underwood will appear with a live orchestra and choir, performing a combination of traditional favorites and original material from the highly-anticipated album, which is now available on CD and digital and will also be released on vinyl October 30. “Carrie Underwood is a multi-faceted talent and we are thrilled to be partnering with her and our friends at Playtone to bring a dose of holiday cheer,” said Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content, HBO Max.
Underwood said, “The journey of writing and recording this album started last year when I finished my tour and we could have never anticipated the circumstances we would be in this year. Creating this album has been good for my heart, and I’m thrilled to get to share it with the world and to bring it to life with Playtone and HBO Max.”
This Max Original special will be executive produced by Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks for Playtone, along with Underwood and her manager, Ann Edelblute.
