Yup, the contest is still on for Best Holiday Song and our staff is having a listening party on Friday to pick the winner. So far we have 20 candidates. In the meantime, and since it has not been nominated, we submit this one for your approval.
A capella, (in the U.S. acapella) is singing without instrumental accompaniment. If you close your eyes during this video, you would certainly believe there is a band behind Nota. They define it themselves as "only human voices, no drums, no guitars, no keys, no horns, no exceptions."
Nota was the first band to win the $100,000 grand prize and recording contractd in "The Sing Off", a show that ran three seasons featuring only acapella groups and was very popular but expensive to run. Many of the groups had as many as 25 members (usually college acapella ensembles) and they had to be put up, fed and videoed.
Nota has been on a journey since The Sing Off. Since then, they have astounded audiences across the country and in their homeland of Puerto Rico with performances that you have to see to believe.
Nota is a group of six male vocalists from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The group met in 1994 and started singing together occasionally. Johnny Figueroa, Nota's bass singer, first heard of The Sing-Off during the summer of 2009. He called five other people he had sung with on and off with for 15 years, seeking the five best singers for the competition. There was initially some doubt that members Rodriguez and Rios would be able to participate as both had family members sick with the H1N1 virus. David Pinto was unsure if he could participate in the competition, due to financial issues. Daddy Yankee, whom Pinto was working with, paid the airline bill in order for Pinto to participate in the competition. All five entered the competition.
They released an album in November 2010, and a Christmas album (only $1.99 on Amazon!) in December of the same year.
No need to tell you about the song "All I want for Christmas is You", as it is a modern day holiday classic and featured in the brilliant movie "Love Actually".
So grab an egg nog, click below and close your eyes...
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