Miracles: The Holiday Album is the first holiday 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.
According to Billboard magazine (issue date October 31, 2007), Miracles: The Holiday Album is also the overall best-selling Christmas/holiday album of the entire Nielsen/SoundScan era (March 1991 – present). As of December 17, 2012, the album has sold a total of 7,277,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan.
On January 13, 1999, 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.
Read more about Miracles: The Holiday Album: Track Listing, Miracles: The Holiday Album Disc 2, Chart Positions, Singles
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