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''Slay Belles'' is the eighth studio album and second Christmas album from American singer and drag queen, RuPaul. It was released exclusively via iTunes and Amazon on 23 October 2015, through RuPaul's label RuCo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RuPaul - Slay Belles )〕 It was also made available to stream through Spotify. ''Slay Belles'' sees a return to Christmas music for RuPaul after releasing his first festive album, ''Ho, Ho, Ho'', in 1997. The album features RuPaul's frequent collaborators, Michelle Visage and Big Freedia, as well as Markaholic, Ellis Miah, Todrick Hall and Siedah Garrett. The album's interludes feature the Pit Crew from ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. ==Background== RuPaul released his first Christmas album, ''Ho, Ho, Ho'', in October 1997, almost exactly 18 years before the release of ''Slay Belles''. The album was a combination of original songs, standards and comedy vignettes. The album was tied-in to a television Christmas special from ''The RuPaul Show'' on VH1. Much of the humor on the album was of a risqué nature, making it quite different from traditionally wholesome holiday albums. For instance, the classic "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause" lyrics were changed to "I Saw ''Daddy'' Kissing Santa Claus". News that RuPaul was releasing his second Christmas album came after he posted the LP's track list on Twitter, just two days before ''Slay Belles'' release date.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RuPaul's Christmas album Slay Belles looks fierce )〕 A picture of RuPaul, Ellis Miah and Siedah Garrett recording "Brand New Year" in the studio was also posted to his Twitter account the same day.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Me, @IamEllisMiah and @SIEDAHGARRETT recording “Brand New Year” from my new Christmas album out Friday )〕 The album was subsequently released on 23 October 2015, just in time for the festive season. Musically, the album sees a departure from RuPaul's first Christmas album and his seventh studio album, ''Realness'', released earlier in 2015. The lyrics throughout ''Slay Belles'' focus on being more heartfelt and meaningful than the comedic themes featured in his 1997 Christmas album. The album also sees RuPaul return to a pop/dance-pop sound after focusing on more electronic and recently house music on ''Born Naked'' (2014) and ''Realness'' (2015). The album's title is a play on 'sleigh bells', with 'sleigh' replaced with 'slay', a word frequently used within the drag and LGBT community meaning amazing, and 'bells' replaced with 'belles' meaning beautiful women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Urban Dictionary: slay )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Define Belle at Dictionary.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Slay Belles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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