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Jessie J wants to release Christmas album.
The 'Keep Us Together' singer says it's on her "wish list" to record a festive LP but she wouldn't want to just record a collection of covers, she wants to write new Yuletide classics.
She told BANG Showbiz: "I would love to do a Christmas album it's one of the things on my wish list. But I want to write some new classic Christmas songs, I don't want to just sing 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer'."
Jessie insists one of the best things about having a big Christmas hit is that you make lots of money from it every single year.
She explained: "During the Christmas period, if you wrote 'Winter Wonderland', its brilliant. That's where the money is, songwriting."
Although not a Festive smash, Jessie banks a sizeable sum from Miley Cyrus' 2009 hit 'Party in the U.S.A.', which she co-wrote with Lukasz Gottwald and Claude Kelly and is played all the time at Disney theme parks.
She said: "I get paid something every time that track is played in a public domain, all the writers get money."

Nicole Scherzinger wants to apologise to her former The Pussycat Dolls bandmates.
The 'Boomerang' hitmaker featured in the band alongside fellow members Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton and Kimberly Wyatt for five years, but admits she was often "distant and stand-offish" because of an eating disorder.
When asked who she would like to say sorry to, she said: "The other members of the Pussycat Dolls. There were a lot of moments when I was with them that I was distant and stand-offish. I never opened up to them to talk about my problems and I would shut myself away - and push them away - because I was battling this horrible secret illness, bulimia."
The singer - who has since enjoyed a prosperous solo career - joined the band as the lead vocalist in 2005 and enjoyed chart success with the band with their hit singles 'Don't Cha', 'When I Grow Up' and 'Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)', before their split in 2010.
The 36-year-old star - who is currently dating Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton - recently admitted the disease had a huge impact on her life for over a decade but has since overcome the problem.
She told Event magazine: "Between 18 right up to my mid-30s I suffered from bulimia. It was all wrapped up with my low self-esteem and a crippling lack of confidence. It's taken me a long time to deal with these issues and I feel so annoyed that I let that disease take over."

The Vamps' James McVey would never kiss a girl to one of his own songs.
The 'Somebody to You' hitmaker has revealed he thinks it would be far too "cringe" to lock lips with a girl while listening to one of his and his bandmates' - Brad Simpson, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans - songs.
Quizzed on whether he'd ever had a kiss to one of his own songs, he said: "No way. I would never want to. It would be cringe."
Tristan agreed and said: "We're very involved in the sound of our songs so we have to listen to them quite a lot. Kissing to them might be weird."
The heartthrobs also confessed that while they appreciate their fans' passion, they find it slightly strange that some girls get emotional to their music.
When asked if they find it weird knowing their songs make girls cry, James said: "Kind of. It's nice that people can feel the emotion that was originally put in the song though."
Brad added: "Most of the songs we've released are upbeat so maybe it's a little weird."

Nadine Coyle is feeling "vulnerable" on her second solo album.
The 29-year-old singer is working on the follow up to her debut solo LP 'Insatiable' which was released in 2010, and admits the album's content will be risky because she will be singing about so many personal things.
She said: "I'm really laying it all out there, which is scary. I'm making myself vulnerable."
The musician - who is dating former American football player Jason Bell - gave birth to her daughter, Anaíya, in February, and explained the newborn has helped her to reflect on life in a more truthful way.
Speaking about the unguarded nature of her music, she continued: "But having a baby forces you to live a bit more honestly."
Despite planning on returning to music following an extended hiatus, the former Girls Aloud star confessed she feels completely different to the woman she was when she was in the band, and confessed she has no wish to reunite with her bandmates, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh.
She told HELLO! magazine: "I can barely remember my old life. I think, 'How did I get through 24 hours without a baby to look after?'
"It was a wonderful thing to spend my teens and early 20s doing, but I don't miss anything."
The comments come just a month after the star said she would be up for getting back together with the group at some point in the distant future.
When asked if she would ever reunite with her former bandmates, she said: "Why not! 10 years down the line. I would never rule [reuniting] out."

Jessie J will be giving vouchers to her friends and family for Christmas.
The 'Bang Bang' hitmaker is planning on giving gift cards to her pals this year in a bid to ensure nobody is disappointed by their present.
When asked what she would be giving, she said: "Vouchers is the way forward this year, everyone loves a voucher."
The 26-year-old singer - who released her third studio album 'Sweet Talker' in October - revealed the only exceptions would be the children in her family who she is keen to treat with lots of presents on December 25.
She continued: "The only people that I really make sure I get gifts for are my niece and nephews, [we've] just had a new addition to the family, so loads of presents for them."
However, Jessie - whose real name is Jessica Ellen Cornish - won't be spending the festive season in her hometown of London this year, and instead hinted she would be heading to a "secret location" in an attempt to avoid being jet-lagged for the holiday.
She told showbiz website Digital Spy: "I'm actually going to stay on the time zone that I'm in. I end in Tampa Bay, so I'm going to a secret location with family, just to be able to stay on the same time zone, no jet lag, perhaps maybe get a bit of vitamin D, be outside!"

Wretch 32's videos are inspired by the John Lewis' Christmas adverts.
The 'Don't Go' rapper revealed always thinks about the department store's annual festive commercial because of their ability to capture human emotion.
However, he was disappointed by year's effort because he didn't feel a connection to the penguins, Monty and Mabel, that feature in the ad - which is soundtracked by Tom Odell's cover of John Lennon's 'Real Love'.
He told BANG Showbiz: "I think they make the best adverts ever for Christmas, ever, but the penguin thing didn't touch me like the human thing does. Because everything else was so real, like a dad wrapping up presents when he can't wrap them up, there's something so genius in that, capturing that moment. You know what's funny, every time I go to do a video, I use that video as a reference, those adverts are incredible, so real."
The 29-year-old musician intends to celebrate this Christmas Day (25.12.14) with his children, eight-year-old Kyrayn Scott and three-year-old Skye-Laurell Scott, and will be spoiling them with plenty of gifts.
Although he's happy to receive some presents, his favourite part of the holiday is the traditional turkey dinner.
He said: "What I'm looking forward to is the turkey, and seeing the kids happy. I've had to get a lot of stuff."

Teenage Time Killer will release their debut album in 2015, featuring Dave Grohl and Corey Taylor.
The supergroup - which is spearheaded by Corrosion of Conformity member Reed Mullin - has signed an album deal with Rise Records, with the LP set to feature the frontmen of Foo Fighters and Slipknot among other notable musicians.
Talking about the supergroup, Reed previously said it was only intended to be a small project, but grew as more people decided they wanted to be involved.
He said: "We had all these other folks that want to participate. It's a very good mixture of old hardcore punk, punk and metal stuff ... People are going to be pleasantly surprised. It's pretty cool."
Other individuals who have recorded for the album include former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri, ex-Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, Lamb of God lead-vocalist Randy Blythe and former frontman of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks, Keith Morris.
The band - which formed in February - recorded the LP at Dave's 606 Studio in California and previously hinted the album would be released in January, but were not signed to a label when the comments were made.
Speaking in November, Reed said: "I've got that Teenage Time Killers thing coming out in January.
"This Teenage Time Killers thing has turned out really good."
Fear's Lee Ving, Prong's Tommy Victor and current and former members of Misfits, Red Fang, Sunn O))), Bl'ast, Brujeria, My Ruin and Sacred Reich, among others have also been linked to the project.

Marilyn Manson wants AIDS for Christmas.
The 45-year-old rocker - whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner - has controversially joked he has requested to be given the final stage of the HIV infection several times as a festive treat, and is disappointed not to have contracted it.
He said: "People who don't give me gifts on Christmas, that doesn't bother me. But I hate giving gifts, and I've always asked for AIDS for Christmas and I've never got it, sadly."
The musician - who will release his ninth studio album 'The Pale Emperor' next month - continued to say he despises the holiday because it meant he received fewer presents on his birthday - January 5 - as a youngster.
He explained: "Christmas is a holiday which I really don't like. It's right before my birthday so as a child I was forced to accept one gift instead of two, and I've had much more fun at non-religious holidays.
"I grew up in a Christian school, I hated the religious element of it. But I also grew up in a house where Christmas wasn't greatly celebrated, mostly because I think my father hated it, and I would associate him with Father Christmas."
Nowadays, the peculiar star attempts to tarnish the festive season by hanging up a Nazi bauble in his home.
He said: "I have burned a Christmas tree before, I've painted one black, and I do have a Third Reich Christmas ball that someone gave to me as a gift, that seems very opposite of Christmas."
The peculiar singer - whose highest charting hit was a 2001 cover of 'Tainted Love' - added he would not hesitate to murder Father Christmas if the jolly elf came to his home.
Speaking to NME.com, he added: "If Santa Claus came down my chimney I'd shoot him as a burglar."

Lady Gaga's next album will be like "operating on my old self".
The adventurous musician released her fourth solo studio album, 'Artpop', at the tail end of 2013, and is now hoping to reinvent herself on her next record.
She explained: "'Artpop' was, you know, the acid-making record. And this record is like--my old self as a cadaver. And I'm just, I'm operating on my old self."
The 'Do What U Want' hitmaker - who also collaborated with jazz icon Tony Bennett on an LP, 'Cheek to Cheek', in which they covered classics from the 'Great American Songbook' earlier this year - noted she wants to change her musical direction and reinvent herself on her next album in order to shock her fans.
She said: "I want the fans to be surprised.
"But I will just tell you that it's a wonderful, soul-searching experience. And it's very unlike the last album in that way. I made that album on the road."
Despite being panned by critics and only spawning two hit singles, the 28-year-old performer defended 'Artpop' by describing how it has been used as a form of escapism by her young fans.
She told Yahoo!: "As I travelled around the world I met more and more kids that were fully f***ing 'Artpop' to the wildest galaxies of their dreams. Kids whose whole lives were changed by the album. You know, planet 'Venus' is a place that they go in their minds when they are at home, to escape their family life, their troubles, their depression."