Miracles: The Holiday Album

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Miracles: The Holiday Album
Kenny-G-Miracles-Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Kenny G
ReleasedNovember 22, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre Smooth jazz, christmas
Length35:49
Label Arista
Producer Kenny G
Kenny G chronology
Breathless
(1992)		Miracles: The Holiday Album
(1994)		 The Very Best of Kenny G
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly C+ [2]

Miracles: The Holiday Album is the first holiday album and seventh studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records on November 22, 1994, and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, Contemporary Jazz Albums and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. [3] It was the overall best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States for both 1994 and 1996. [4] It sold 2,987,000 copies in 1994 and 888,000 copies in 1996. [5]

Contents

According to Billboard magazine, Miracles: The Holiday Album is the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present). As of November 2014, the album has sold a total of 7,310,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan. [6]

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. [7]

Track listing (non-US edition)

  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 Tormé/Robert Wells) – 4:03
  5. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 3:47
  6. "Brahms's 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" (James R. Murray) – 2:39
  10. "The Chanukah Song" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 2:31
  11. "Little Drummer Boy [8] [9] [10] " (Katherine K. Davis/Henry Onerati/Harry Simeone) – 4:05
  12. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) – 4:00
  13. "Spring Breeze" (Ling-Chiu Lee/Yu-Shian Deng) – 3:20

Track listing (US edition)

  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 [8] [9] [10] " – 4:05
  8. "The Chanukah Song" – 2:31
  9. "Silver Bells" – 4:00
  10. "Away in a Manger" – 2:39
  11. "Brahms's Lullaby" – 3:15

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

Chart (1994)Peak
position
The Billboard 2001
US Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)1
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)1

Singles

Information taken from this source. [11]

YearTitleChart Positions
US Adult Contemporary
1995"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"26

Certifications and Sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] Gold35,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [13] Platinum250,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [14] Gold100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [15] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [16] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [17] 8× Platinum8,000,000^
Summaries
Asia Pacific—1,500,000 [18]
Worldwide—13,000,000 [19]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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