Guyton gets in the holiday spirit
Friday, October 3, 2025 – Mickey Guyton unveiled a new track,"Sugar Cookie," via MCA. The song will appear on her upcoming holiday album, "Feels Like Christmas," due Oct. 24.
Guyton also will join a lineup of country music stars in the highly anticipated Hallmark movie "A Grand Ole Opry Christmas."
The track list for the record were not released.
This is Guyton's first new music release since March, when she unveiled her rendition of the Ringo Starr classic "You Don't Know Me at All." The Dallas native first performed the song in January this year during Ringo & Friends at the Ryman, a star-studded concert special featuring Ringo and a roster of his celebrated musical friends, filmed at Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium.
The release follows her sophomore album, "House On Fire," from September 2024.
More news for Mickey Guyton
- 09/27/24: Bryan, Strings, Marlowe, Guyton release new discs
- 04/26/24: Guyton plans fall tour
- 03/16/22: Amazon unveils doc on Black country artists
- 02/01/22: Guyton named to sing National Anthem at Super Bowl
- 12/17/21: Gill, Guyton team up for "American Underdog" soundtrack song
- 11/23/21: It's unanimous: Grammy nominees are happy
- 09/24/21: Strings, Guyton lead new music pack
- 07/12/21: Guyton wants people to "Remember Her Name"
CD reviews for Mickey Guyton
Being the first Black female artist nominated for a country music Grammy for her last album in 2021 meant there was likely some pressure on Mickey Guyton to follow up with more of the same, but she's obviously not succumbing to that influence with this new slice of songs. Instead, she brings on Kane Brown for an R&B flavored collaboration ("Nothing Compares to You") and injects a more pop-leaning sound to fully take advantage of her considerable vocal talent. ...
Mickey Guyton, a Dallas native, follows in the footsteps of female singers like Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride on this 4-song, 16-minute CD that's probably meant as more of an introduction for those who never heard her 2014 very much under the radar EP, "Unbreakable." That translates into a powerful set of vocal chords that dominate. Guyton brings a sense of authenticity to the opening "Why Baby Why." She doesn't need to go full-blown vocally all the time, but ...
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