One Wish: The Holiday Album

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One Wish: The Holiday Album is the sixth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in November 2003. The album is a Christmas album, and featured the single "One Wish (for Christmas)", which reached the top twenty on Billboard's U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. The album spent six weeks on the Billboard 200 and as of January 2013 it had sold over 546,000 copies to date.[6] The album also features a duet with Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina on "The Little Drummer Boy." The album also re-uses "Joy to the World" and "Who Would Imagine a King" from 1996's The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album.

Critical reception

Moscow-Pullman Daily News wrote that Houston's "voice [...] dazzles on [the album] [...] as she soulfully interprets holiday classics[.] Her voice - though at times a bit raspy - captivates on every track [.]"[7] The New York Times noted the "lavish swoops, the sultry whispers, the gospelly asides and the meteoric crescendos" from Houston.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The First Noel"TraditionalTroy Taylor3:14
2."The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
Taylor3:12
3."Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Bobbi Kristina Brown)
Mervyn Warren4:29
4."One Wish (For Christmas)"
  • Chambers
  • Eastmond
4:12
5."Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)"TraditionalWarren3:48
6."I'll Be Home for Christmas"
  • Kim Gannon
  • Walter Kent
  • Buck Ram
Warren3:45
7."Deck the Halls/Silent Night"TraditionalWarren4:29
8."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Warren4:49
9."O come, O come, Emmanuel"TraditionalWarren3:06
10."Who Would Imagine a King" (featuring The Nativity Choir)
  • Warren
  • Hallerin Hilton Hill
3:30
11."Joy to the World" (with The Georgia Mass Choir)Traditional
  • Warren
  • Houston
4:41
Total length:43:15

Credits and personnel

Production
Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003/2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[9] 14
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)[10] 5

References

  1. ^ "Allmusic review".
  2. ^ Lewis, Randy (December 11, 2003). "Tinsel tunes for holidays". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Pareles, Jon (December 5, 2003). "Holiday Albums; WHITNEY HOUSTON". The New York Times.
  4. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/whitney-houston/albumguide
  5. ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/whitney-houston-one-wish-the-holiday-album/370
  6. ^ "Ask Billboard: Madonna vs. Whitney: Who's Sold More?".
  7. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P-8qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ONEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4131,444774&dq=whitney+houston+fine&hl=en
  8. ^ "Whitney Houston Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  9. ^ "Whitney Houston Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  10. ^ "Billboard". Retrieved February 12, 2012.

External links

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