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]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]

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.^[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]

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]

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.^[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. "The 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

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. "The Little Drummer Boy" – 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

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.^[8]

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. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Charts & Awards at Allmusic
4. "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
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. "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
8. Billboard Singles at Allmusic