Grammy®-nominated Toby Gad releases first holiday album PIANO DIARIES - CHRISTMAS
After decades shaping some of pop music’s most defining hits, GRAMMY®-nominated and Diamond-certified songwriter Toby Gad, turns inward this season for the release of his first holiday album, Piano Diaries - Christmas.
Gad is the creative force behind some of the most enduring hits in modern pop music, including John Legend’s ‘All Of Me’, Beyoncé’s ‘If I Were A Boy’, and Fergie’s ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, songs that have defined careers and soundtracked millions of lives around the world.
Each song on Christmas Piano Diaries was born from intimate collaboration, as Gad invited twelve world-class vocalists to sit at the piano and transform their most personal holiday memories into original songs. The result is a modern seasonal songbook that blends intimacy and sophistication through piano, orchestral, and vocal performances.
The twelve-track collection showcases Gad’s signature piano-driven storytelling, brought to life by American Idol Jordin Sparks, TV-darling Victoria Justice, Greatest Showman singer Loren Allred, Celeb-X winner Megan McKenna, The Voice winner Huntley, X-Factor winner Louisa Johnson and more.
A deeply personal project, the album radiates warmth and reflection, with each track unfolding like an entry in Gad’s musical diary, intimate, cinematic, and timeless. Christmas Piano Diaries is available on all streaming platforms now via Kite Records, with a limited-edition vinyl to be sold at the London Shard alongside two exclusive Christmas Live performances on 15 & 16 December.
Gad said: “I live for making authentic and original music with incredible singers, and on this album I have some winners from all major competitions like Idol, The Voice, X-Factor, telling their most personal Christmas stories. With Piano Diaries - Christmas, I wanted to create a soundtrack that feels like a letter to the season itself. Every song carries a personal story for the artist singing it, and each performance reflects a sentimental truth about their own experience of the holidays.”
The album strikes a rare balance between reverence and reinvention. Jordin Sparks’ ‘Christmas Takes Me Back Home’ and Huntley’s ‘Mama Made Christmas’ channel nostalgia and family tradition, while Megan McKenna’s ‘Feels Like Hallelujah’ and Anthony Gargiula’s ‘Fall in Love with Christmas’ radiate pure joy. Victoria Justice’s ‘Blessed’ and Dionne Bromfield’s ‘Christmas For One’ bring emotional depth and quiet introspection, rounding out an album that celebrates the many shades of the holiday season.
Christmas Piano Diaries Tracklist:
Joelle James – ‘Kiss Me for Christmas’
Loren Allred – ‘What a Wonderful Night’
Huntley – ‘Mama Made Christmas’
Sam Ryder - ‘Holy Night’
Megan McKenna – ‘Feels Like Hallelujah’
Gavin James – ‘We’ve Really Loved Someone’
Louisa Johnson – ‘Follow the Stars’
Victoria Justice – ‘Blessed’
Jordin Sparks – ‘Christmas Takes Me Back Home’
Dionne Bromfield – ‘Christmas For One’
Anthony Gargiula – ‘Fall in Love with Christmas’
Bonus Track
Marisha Wallace – ‘Little House in the Snow’