Miracles: The Holiday Album

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)

 * 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   " (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   " – 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

Singles
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