LEA SALONGA: SOUNDING JOY –THE HOLIDAY ALBUM

(New York, NY – September 3, 2024) Center Stage Records announced today the release of Lea Salonga: Sounding Joy – The Holiday Album. Her first holiday album in two decades, the Tony Award winner’s new album is available digitally and on CD on November 1, 2024. The album can be pre-ordered now at Amazon and www.CenterStageRecords.com. A limited number of signed albums are available exclusively at www.CenterStageRecords.com.

International icon and Disney Legend Lea Salonga is celebrating the season with her first holiday album in over two decades. This highly anticipated studio release reimagines classic Christmas standards, introduces new original songs, and features a duet with American Idol superstar Clay Aiken. Sounding Joy promises to enchant listeners with Salonga’s heartfelt interpretations and flawless vocals, offering a perfect soundtrack for the holiday season.

“We are so thrilled to reunite with Lea, having previously worked with her on Once On This Island, Allegiance, and her live album with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. There’s something so special about pairing her voice with these songs. We can’t wait for everyone to hear the magic that Lea and her musicians have created.” – Van Dean, Center Stage Records President

In support of the album, Salonga will be hitting the road again this winter. Sounding Joy | The Holiday Tour will make stops in San Francisco, San Diego, Northridge, Scottsdale and New York. Tickets are available now at leasalonga.com.

TRACK LISTING

Christmas Time / The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Sleigh Ride
River
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
Last Christmas
Christmas on Broadway
All I Want for Christmas is You
Love is Our Christmas Star
What Child is This / Silent Night
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
This Christmas
Angels We Have Heard (Glory Be) – with Clay Aiken

TOUR DATES

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga is renown across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch. Recently, Lea will starred in the new musical Here Lies Love at the Broadway Theater and headlined Old Friends (alongside Bernadette Peters) on London’s West End, which she will star in on Broadway in the spring. Lea is best known for her Tony Award winning role in Miss Saigon. In addition to the Tony, she has won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards. She was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the beloved show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. On Broadway, Lea starred in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island as the Goddess of Love, Erzulie. The show’s return to the Broadway stage earned a Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Musical” and also garnered Lea and the cast a Grammy nomination for “Best Musical Theater Album.” She has also been seen on Broadway in Allegiance and Flower Drum Song. Many fans of all ages recognize Lea as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of “Disney Legend”. Lea stars in the first season of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (a reboot of the popular series) now available on MAX, after starring in the critically acclaimed Sony musical-drama Yellow Rose. Lea can also be heard in the Netflix animated series Centaurworld and in FX’s animated series Little Demon. In August 2021, Lea released her single “Dream Again” and in November 2021 Lea Salonga: Live with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from Sydney Opera House aired as part of Great Performances on PBS. A live album of the performance was subsequently released by Broadway Records. Lea’s 2022 Dream Again Tour and her 2019 The Human Heart Tour saw sold-out audiences and record-breaking sales across North America and the United Kingdom. Lea has toured all over the world, performing sold out concerts in such locations as the Sydney Opera House, 02 Arena, Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Singapore’s Esplanade, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok and Carnegie Hall in New York. In addition to her stage and screen credits, Lea served as a judge on the Philippines hit version of “The Voice” including the ratings juggernaut “The Voice Kids”. She has released multiple solo albums, toured the world with legendary pop-opera quartet Il Divo, and received rave reviews for her many cabaret engagements, including a record setting run at New York’s 54 Below. In her 45-year career, Lea has performed for six Philippine presidents (from Ferdinand Marcos to Benigno S. Aquino III), four American Presidents (Joe Biden, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush), and for Diana, Princess of Wales and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She was honored by Time Magazine as a Time100 Impact Award Recipient and received the Gold House 2023 Gold Legend Award. www.leasalonga.com

About Center Stage Records

Center Stage Records is the new label from Broadway Records founder, Grammy Award and Tony Award winner, Van Dean. The label is dedicated to the preservation of Broadway, London, Off-Broadway, new musicals in development and theater-related solo albums. Center Stage’s recent releases include How to Dance in Ohio, Steven Pasquale’s “Some Other Time”, Patti LuPone’s “A Life in Notes”, the London cast recording of Mandela, and the original Broadway cast recording of Gutenberg! The Musical! Select highlights of the Center Stage Records back catalog include the Grammy-nominated albums of Burt Bacharach & Steven Sater’s Some Lovers and Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots, as well as the Classic Stage Company hit revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins, Lewberger’s The Wizard of Friendship, and the West End cast albums of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Ride. Additionally, solo albums from Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Bobby Conte, Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, Sierra Boggess, Laura Benanti, Orfeh and Andy Karl, Micky Dolenz, Michael Longoria and many more. To peruse the entire catalog, please visit www.CenterStageRecords.com. Follow Center Stage Records on all social platforms @centerstagercds.