“Hard Candy Christmas” was originally released in 2020
Capitol Records’ Caylee Hammack has been tapped to bring her vocal stylings to the fifth annual “Spotify Singles: Holiday Edition” playlist and campaign — alongside an all-genre lineup including Ashnikko, jxdn, Spoon and more. Hammack fittingly pays homage to country icon Dolly Parton with a striking rendition of her Christmas classic “Hard Candy Christmas,” which was originally released as part of a three-part series in 2020.
“‘Hard Candy Christmas’ has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs,” shares Hammack. “It was fun to get to strip it down a bit and produce it myself in the studio for Spotify’s Holiday Series. Merry Christmas y’all.”
Hammack made her main stage debut this past weekend at Tortuga Music Festival, and is slated to support Reba: Live in Concert in January in select cities.
Hammacks’ debut, If It Wasn’t For You, takes listeners on an intimate journey, from Hammack growing up in Ellaville, GA, braving a medical scare and coming out the other side of a bad love that was the catalyst for her turning down a scholarship to Belmont University and ultimately arriving in Nashville, TN. Some of country music’s most potent women have also thrown in on Hammack’s debut, with appearances by Reba, Ashley McBryde and Tenille Townes. Hammack has also teamed with Alan Jackson, Chris Stapleton and Everclear frontman Art Alexakis for collaborations.
With her breakout Top 30 single “Family Tree” marking the most-added single at country radio by a female artist in over three years, Hammack has previously brought her unforgettable live set to opening slots for Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Trisha Yearwood, Brothers Osborne and some of country music’s biggest festivals.
