CHICAGO-BASED VOCAL POWERHOUSE RICHARD KINCAID  FINDS THE PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE HIS NEW SINGLE ‘THIS CHRISTMAS (*MISTLETOE)’— SURROUNDED BY SUPERSTARS LIKE ROD STEWART, COLBIE CAILLAT, LADY ANTEBELLUM AND MICHAEL BUBLE ON THE MEDIABASE AC CHRISTMAS CHART

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The R&B-driven track, featuring vocals by Cuba Gooding, Sr. of legendary soul group The Main Ingredient, enters
December at #14 with a bullet

Emerging Chicago-based AC artist Richard Kincaid(www.richardkincaidmusic.com) caps an incredible 2012 with some major superstar company as his dynamic new holiday single, an R&B-driven remake ofDonny Hathaway‘s “This Christmas (*Mistletoe),” enters December at #14 with a bullet on the Mediabase Adult Contemporary Christmas Chart.

Surrounding Kincaid on the chart are musical holiday delights by everyone fromRod Stewart, Colbie Caillat and Lady Antebellum to Michael Bublé, Cee Lo Green, Richard Marx and Train. The track, which features vocals by Cuba Gooding, Sr. of the famed soul group The Main Ingredient, is also currently #28with a bullet on the main Mediabase AC Chart.

The powerhouse vocalist, who recently released his full-length independent debut album Mosaic, was the very first artist of 2012 to crack the Top Ten of the FMQB AC40 Chart with his version of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine.” He followed that by hitting the #1 Most Added List on the FMQB AC Add Board with“Wonderful Day.”

Both songs appear on Mosaic, which includes eight powerfully produced cover songs (from a rousing gospel-tinged version Elton John‘s “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” to “Tracks of My Tears”), plus four original tracks by his multi-talented musical partner David Taylor II. The album was released on Taylor’sHouse of DT Records label.

Kincaid will launch 2013 with the release of his latest non-holiday single “I Wish That Was Me,” featuring multiple Grammy nominated contemporary jazz saxophone superstar Dave Koz.

In addition to pursing his music career, Kincaid has also embraced his philanthropic side, founding the BeCause Foundation, a non-profit organization that combines documentary films and outreach campaigns and tackles such hot button issues as homelessness and healthcare, human rights in East Burma, sexual abuse of children and bullying. The foundation partnered with the creators and producers of the poignant (and controversial) film “Bully” which offers insight into the cruel world of the lives of bullied children. It was released nationally byThe Weinstein Company on March 30, 2012.

Kincaid has lent his music talents at fundraisers to support his causes including a benefit held in December 2011 for Life for the World- an organization he sponsors to raise money for the Maranatha Orphanage and School in Haiti.