Artists & Albums: N
This index presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important Christmas albums, organized by artist name. (Note there's a separate section for various artists albums.) Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.
| Artist | Title | Date | Image | Buy | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nabors, Jim | Christmas Album | 1967 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | Merry Christmas | 1972 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | Christmas In Hawaii - TV special with Carol Burnett, Tom Selleck |
1981 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | Personal Christmas Collection - 17 songs taken from first two albums |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | Christmas - 12 songs taken from first two albums |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | The First Noel - 10 songs taken from first two albums |
2005 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings - includes 1967 and 1972 albums plus bonus tracks |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Nabors, Jim | Complete Columbia Christmas Collection - digital album with same track listing as above CD |
2017 | image | buy | |
| Nash, Johnny | Prince Of Peace - largely gospel music |
1969 | image | buy | |
| Nash, Kate | Have Faith With Kate Nash This Christmas (EP) - with the Tuts |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Naturally 7 | Christmas... It's A Love Story | 2009 | image | buy | |
| Naylor, Jacqui | Smashed For The Holidays - includes songs from video single Shelter (2003) |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Neal, Kenny | I'll Be Home For Christmas - guest vocals by Syreeta Neal |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Neal, Kenny | I'll Be Home For Christmas - same as above with new cover art |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Negron, Chuck | Joy To The World | 2001 | image | buy | |
| Nelson, Matthew & Gunnar | This Christmas - Rick Nelson's twin sons; former leaders of 90's rock band Nelson |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Nelson, Matthew & Gunnar | This Christmas, Too - same as above with slightly altered name and cover art, plus new vocals on the title track by Carnie and Wendy Wilson |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Nelson, Matthew & Gunnar | A Nelson Family Christmas - reissue of above with new title and cover art, plus three archival tracks by their famous father and grandparents, two new tracks from the boys |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Nelson, Willie | Pretty Paper - original Columbia LP produced by Booker T. Jones |
1979 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Christmas With Willie Nelson - new Regency album produced by Nelson and Larry Butler; reissued by Unison (1997) and Navarre (1998) |
1994 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Pancho, Lefty, and Rudolph - selections from Pretty Paper (1979) plus tracks from Merle Haggard's Goin' Home For Christmas (1982) |
1995 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Hill Country Christmas - with Bobbie Nelson; new Finer Arts album produced by Nelson and Freddy Fletcher |
1997 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Pretty Paper - budget reissue of 1979 Columbia album with new cover |
2001 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Christmas With Willie Nelson - BCI/Eclipse reissue of 1994 Regency album with new cover |
2004 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | The Christmas Album - YMC reissue of 1997 Finer Arts album with new cover and title, plus new and re-recorded tracks |
2005 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Universal reissue of 1997 Finer Arts album with new title, same track listing and similar cover as 2005 YMC reissue |
2006 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Willie Nelson Christmas - KRB reissue of 1994 Regency album with new cover and title |
2007 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | The Classic Christmas Album - collection including all of Pretty Paper (1979), two tracks from Hill Country Christmas (1997), and a couple of deep cuts from the Columbia vaults |
2012 | image | buy | review |
| Nelson, Willie | Christmas With Willie Nelson - Sugo/YMC reissue of 1997 Finer Arts album with new title, same track listing and similar cover as 2005 YMC reissue; digital album released in 2012, CD released in 2013 |
2012 | image | buy | review |
| Nerf Herder | High Voltage Christmas Rock - self-released limited edition CD released in 2007 as digital album |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Neville, Aaron | Soulful Christmas | 1993 | image | buy | |
| Neville, Aaron | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Neville, Aaron | Christmas Prayer | 2005 | image | buy | |
| Neville, Aaron | Christmas & Hits Duos - slipcase with 20th Century Masters plus Ultimate Collection (2001) |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Neville, Cyril | Christmas Scene In New Orleans (EP) - member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers |
2022 | image | buy | |
| New Christy Minstrels | Merry Christmas! - original Columbia LP |
1963 | image | buy | |
| New Christy Minstrels | Merry Christmas! - Harmony LP reissue with new cover |
1963 | image | buy | |
| New Christy Minstrels | Christmas With The Christies | 1966 | image | buy | |
| New Christy Minstrels | Christmas With The New Christy Minstrels - CD reissue containing both of the above |
2001 | image | buy | |
| New Christy Minstrels | Merry Christmas! Volume II: 42 Years Later | 2005 | image | buy | |
| New Christy Minstrels | Merry Christmas! The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings 1963-1966 - complete 1963 and 1966 LP's plus bonus tracks |
2013 | image | buy | |
| New Edition | Christmas All Over The World | 1985 | image | buy | review |
| New Edition | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2003 | image | buy | review |
| New Found Glory | A Very New Found Glory Christmas (EP) - limited edition cassette sold through band's website and at concerts; CD issued in Japan |
2012 | image | buy | |
| New Found Glory | December's Here | 2021 | image | buy | |
| New Kids On The Block | Merry Merry Christmas | 1989 | image | buy | |
| New Pornographers | The Spirit Of Giving (EP) - iTunes exclusive |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Juice | The Gift of Christmas | 2007 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Songs For A Merry Christmas - original LP for Capitol Records; reissued as digital album in 2008 |
1966 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Christmas Isn't Christmas Without You - original LP for MGM Records; reissued as digital album in 2015 |
1968 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Merry Christmas To You - 2-LP containing entire 1966 Capitol album plus eight new recordings; reissued on compact disc by DRG (2009) and digital album by Capitol (2010) |
1970 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Christmas Everywhere - original LP for Chelsea Records |
1976 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Wayne Newton Christmas - LP reissue of above on Aries II Records |
1979 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | A Merry Little Christmas - budget reissue of 1966 Capitol LP; issued as cassette only |
1984 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Merry Christmas From Wayne Newton - Curb Records CD reissue of 1976 Chelsea LP; also includes the song "Cowboy Christmas" (1988) |
1990 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Christmas Songs - budget CD reissue of 1968 MGM LP |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Best Of Wayne Newton: Merry Christmas - Aries II CD with most of 1976 LP plus new song "A Soldier's Christmas" |
2001 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Dynasty Collection #3: Holiday Seasons - Aries II CD with most of 1976 LP; also part of a six-disc boxed set |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Newton, Wayne | Merry Christmas From Wayne Newton - five-track digital EP from the Capitol vaults |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | 'Tis The Season - Hallmark exclusive with Vince Gill |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | The Christmas Collection - includes songs from 1999 Kenny Loggins TV special and Hallmark album above |
2001 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | Christmas Wish - all new recordings |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | Christmas Collection - repackage of 2001/2003 collection with new cover art |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | Friends For Christmas - with John Farnham of the Little River Band |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Newton-John, Olivia | Angels In The Snow - posthumous "reimagined" compilation, mostly taken from her 2007 album |
2024 | image | buy | |
| Nicolai, Mike | Christmas Is For Losers - sold as CD and download through now defunct website... |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Nicolai, Mike | Christmas Is For Losers - reissue of above via Bandcamp with new cover art and significantly different track listing |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Nicotine | Punk Rock Xmas - Japanese CD mini-album; never released overseas |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Nilsson, Harry | The Presence Of Christmas - stories and poems narrated by Bruce Heighley with five songs by Nilsson; originally direct marketed by Mutual Media and reissued by Dove Audio Books in 1988 |
1986 | image | buy | |
| Nilsson, Harry | The Presence Of Christmas - New Millennium reissue of above with new cover art |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Nilsson, Harry | The Presence Of Christmas - Blackstone Audio abridged reissue of above with new cover art |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Nilsson, Harry | The Presence Of Christmas - Phoenix Audio unabridged reissue of above with new cover art |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Nines | Winter Snow & Icicles (EP) | 2006 | image | buy | |
| 1910 Fruitgum Co. | Bubblegum Christmas | 2007 | image | buy | |
| 98 Degrees | This Christmas | 1999 | image | buy | |
| 98 Degrees | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2003 | image | buy | |
| 98 Degrees | Let It Snow | 2017 | image | buy | |
| 98 Degrees | Christmas Carols (EP) | 2021 | image | buy | |
| 98 Degrees | Festive Christmas (EP) - above two EP's repackage tracks from their two albums |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Christmas Album | 1997 | image | buy | |
| Nixon, Mojo | Get Out Of My Way! (EP) - with Skid Roper; five out of seven songs have at least a tenuous connection to Christmas; also included as bonus tracks on CD version of Frenzy (1986) |
1986 | image | buy | |
| Nixon, Mojo | Horny Holidays! - recorded December 1991 in Memphis with the Toadliquors |
1992 | image | buy | |
| No Monster Club | Sleigh Decibels, Volume One (EP) - "cartoonish art-pop" recorded 2008-2010; now deleted... |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Nobility | I've Got A Present For You | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Noble, Keri | Winter Comes Again (EP) | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Noble, Keri | Winter Comes Again (EP) - Japanese import with different cover |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Noble, Keri | More Than Santa | 2011 | image | buy | |
| NRBQ | Christmas Wish - 8-song mini-LP including tracks from 7-inch EP Merry Christmas From NRBQ (1978) |
1986 | image | buy | review |
| NRBQ | Christmas Wish - CD reissue of above plus four live bonus tracks |
1995 | image | buy | review |
| NRBQ | Christmas Wish (Expanded Edition) - 17-track Japanese CD compilation 1969-1999 |
2000 | image | buy | review |
| NRBQ | Christmas Wish (Deluxe Edition) - 19-track American CD compilation 1969-1999 |
2007 | image | buy | review |
| NRBQ | Christmas Wish (Deluxe Edition) - Japanese "mini-LP" CD reissue of above with original 1986 cover art |
2015 | image | buy | review |
| 'N sync | Home For Christmas | 1998 | image | buy | |
| Nunn, Gary P. | Christmas Time In Texas | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Nylons | Harmony: The Christmas Songs | 1994 | image | buy | |
| Nylons | A Wish For You | 2000 | image | buy |