Miracles: The Holiday Album

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Miracles: The Holiday Album is the first holiday album and seventh studio 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. It was the overall best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States for both 1994 and 1996. It sold 2,987,000 copies in 1994 and 888,000 copies in 1996.

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.

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.

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

Personnel

• Kenny G: arrangements, soprano sax (1, 2, 4-11, 13), tenor sax (3, 12)
• Walter Afanasieff: arrangements (1, 3-13), all other instruments (1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13), piano (2, 4, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), bass (7), drums (7), organ (12)
• Randy Waldman: piano (12)
• Dann Huff: guitar (12)
• Randy Jackson: bass (12)
• John Robinson: drums (12)
• Gary Cirimelli: digital programming, Synclavier programming
• 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).
• Design: Christopher Stern
• Photography: Timothy White

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.

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.)