Miracles: The Holiday Album

Miracles: The Holiday Album
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	November 22, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Smooth Jazz
Length	35:49
Label	Arista
Producer	Kenny G
Kenny G chronology
Montage (1993) Miracles: The Holiday Album (1994) The Very Best of Kenny G (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Miracles: The Holiday Album is the first holiday album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1994, and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, Contemporary Jazz Albums and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.^[2] It was the overall best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States for both 1994 and 1996.^[3]

According to Billboard magazine (issue date October 31, 2007), Miracles: The Holiday Album is also the overall best-selling Christmas/holiday album of the entire Nielsen/SoundScan era (March 1991 – present). As of October 16, 2011, the album has sold a total of 7,230,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan.^[4]

On January 13, 1999, Miracles: The Holiday Album was certified eight-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of eight million copies in the United States.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard/Dick Smith) – 3:03
2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:02
3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane) – 3:58
4. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Torme/Robert Wells) – 4:03
5. "Silent Night" (Traditional) – 3:47
6. "Brahms Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms) – 3:15
7. "Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) (Traditional)" – 3:29
8. "Miracles" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 2:32
9. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:39
10. "The Chanukah Song (From Miracles 1994)" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 2:31
11. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis/Henry Simeone) – 4:05
12. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) - 4:00
13. "Spring Breeze" (Ling-Chiu Lee/Yu-Shian Deng) - 3:20

Miracles: The Holiday Album Disc 2

1. "Winter Wonderland" – 3:03
2. "White Christmas" – 3:02
3. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – 3:58
4. "Silent Night" – 3:47
5. "Greensleeves" – 3:29
6. "Miracles" – 2:32
7. "Little Drummer Boy" – 4:05
8. "The Chanukah Song" – 2:31
9. "Away in a Manger" – 2:39
10. "Brahms Lullaby" – 3:15

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
The Billboard 200	1
US Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)	1
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

Singles

Information taken from this source.^[6]

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US Adult Contemporary
1995	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	26

See also

• List of number-one albums of 1994 (U.S.)
• List of number-one albums of 1995 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1994 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1995 (U.S.)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Charts & Awards at Allmusic
3. ^ "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Billboard. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/43185/chart-watch-extra-bring-on-christmas/. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 
4. ^ "Ask Billboard: What Are The Best-Selling Holiday Albums?". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2011-10-16. http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-what-are-the-best-selling-1005413232.story. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
5. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Miracles&artist=Kenny_G&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=SOLO&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&awardDescription=Multi_Platinum&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=12&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
6. ^ Billboard Singles at Allmusic

Preceded by Hell Freezes Over by Eagles Vitalogy by Pearl Jam

Billboard 200 number-one album December 10–23, 1994 December 31, 1994 - January 6, 1995

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