Miracles: The Holiday Album

Miracles: The Holiday Album
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	November 22, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Smooth jazz, Christmas
Length	35:49
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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[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]

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

• Kenny G – arrangements, soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4–6, 8–11, 13), tenor saxophone (3, 12), alto saxophone (7)
• Walter Afanasieff – arrangements (1, 3–13), all other instruments (1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13), acoustic piano (2, 4, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), bass (7), drums (7), organ (12)
• Gary Cirimelli – digital programming, Synclavier programming
• Randy Waldman – acoustic piano (12)
• Dann Huff – guitar (12)
• Randy Jackson – bass (12)
• John Robinson – drums (12)
• Robert Damper – arrangements (2)
• William Ross – string arrangements and conductor (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10)

Production

• Producer – Kenny G
• Engineers – Steve Sheppard (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 & 10); David Gleeson (tracks 4, 5 & 11); Dana Jon Chappelle (tracks 7, 12 & 13).
• Assistant Engineer on track 12 – Noel Hazel
• Mixed by Mick Guzauski (tracks 1–12) and Steve Sheppard (track 13).
• Recorded and Mixed at Studio G (Seattle, WA).
• Strings on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 10 recorded at Humberto Gatica at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Christopher Stern
• Photography – Timothy White

Chart positions

Singles

Information taken from this source.^[11]

Certifications and Sales

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

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