Miracles: The Holiday Album

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Miracles: The Holiday Album
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Studio album by
Kenny G
ReleasedNovember 22, 1994
Recorded1994
Studio
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
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
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
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [11] 40
The Billboard 2001
US Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)1
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)1

Singles

Information taken from this source. [12]

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

Certifications and Sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [13] Gold35,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [14] Platinum250,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [15] Gold100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [16] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [17] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [18] 8× Platinum8,000,000^
Summaries
Asia Pacific—1,500,000 [19]
Worldwide—13,000,000 [20]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ Charts & Awards at Allmusic
  4. ↑ "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Billboard . Archived from the original on December 11, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
  5. ↑ Paul Grein (October 29, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year's Top Christmas Album?". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
  6. ↑ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kenny G Celebrates RIAA Certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold Albums and 75 Million Total Worldwide Sales". Vegas24Seven.com. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  8. 1 2 Arista Records, Inc. "Miracles: The Holiday Album (back of album cover)". Img.discogs.com. Arista Records, Inc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020. 11. Little Drummer Boy
  9. 1 2 "Miracles: The Holiday Album". Spotify.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020. 7. Little Drummer Boy
  10. 1 2 "Miracles: The Holiday Album". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 4, 2020. 7. Little Drummer Boy
  11. ↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1995. 1. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  12. ↑ Billboard Singles at Allmusic
  13. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1995 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Brazilian album certifications – Kenny G – Miracles" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Kenny G – Miracles" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved May 28, 2019.Select 1997年1月 on the drop-down menu
  16. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Kenny G – Miracles". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  17. ↑ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 938. ISBN   84-8048-639-2 . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  18. ↑ "American album certifications – Kenny G – Miracles: The Holiday Album". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  19. ↑ McClure, Steve (September 14, 2002). "Really Big in Japan". Billboard. p. 40. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  20. ↑ Cathy Rose A. Garcia (February 19, 2008). "Kenny G Returns in April". Korea Times. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
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