Legendary “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” singer Brenda Lee has announced a new greatest hits collection. Brenda Lee’s Greatest Hits is out September 20th via UMG Nashville/UMe, and will be available for purchase in both vinyl and digital formats.
The new record collects 15 tracks from across Lee’s career, all remastered from original production tracks. The tracklist includes highlights like Lee’s first No. 1 single, “I’m Sorry.” In fact, 11 out of the 15 songs on Brenda Lee’s Greatest Hits charted in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 following their release.
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Lee signed her first record deal with Decca Records in 1956, just shortly before her twelfth birthday—she would go on to become the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award. Earlier this year, international recordings of Lee performing some of her most notable songs in German, French, and Italian became available digitally for the first time.
In 2023, nearly 65 years after its release, “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” made a surprise return to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, breaking countless records and claiming the third No. 1 holiday hit ever. The resurgence also made Lee the oldest woman to ever top the chart at 79 years old. Across her decades-long career, Lee has sold more than 100 million albums globally.
Of her new collection, Lee shared in a statement: “These songs are really the gems that make up the soundtrack to my early career and I just love that fans, old and new, will now have the opportunity to listen to this music again.”
