Christmas music by Jewish artists

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.[3] It was the overall best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States for both 1994 and 1996.[4] It sold Kenny-G-Miracles-Cover2,987,000 copies in 1994 and 888,000 copies in 1996.[5]

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.[6]

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. Miracles: The Holiday Album – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

Although he is better known for his Chanukah song, Adam Sandler did write one for Christmas.

Next time: Classical music Christmas

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