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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 on November 22, 1994, and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, Contemporary Jazz Albums and Hot 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)


"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard/Dick Smith) – 3:03
"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:02
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane) – 3:58
"The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé/Robert Wells) – 4:03
"Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 3:47
"Brahms's Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms) – 3:15
"Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) (Traditional)" – 3:29
"Miracles" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 2:32
"Away in a Manger" (James R. Murray) – 2:39
"The Chanukah Song" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 2:31
"Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis/Henry Onerati/Harry Simeone) – 4:05
"Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) – 4:00
"Spring Breeze" (Ling-Chiu Lee/Yu-Shian Deng) – 3:20




Track listing (US edition)


"Winter Wonderland" – 3:03
"White Christmas" – 3:02
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 3:58
"Silent Night" – 3:47
"Greensleeves" – 3:29
"Miracles" – 2:32
"Little Drummer Boy" – 4:05
"The Chanukah Song" – 2:31
"Silver Bells" – 4:00
"Away in a Manger" – 2:39
"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.




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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