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Faith: A Holiday Album is the second holiday album and tenth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records on November 16, 1999 and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 5 on the Internet Albums chart, and number 6 on the Billboard 200.[1] The album also received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

Faith: A Holiday Album
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	November 16, 1999
Studio	O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California); Sony Pictures Studios (Culver City, California); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); WallyWorld Studios (Marin County, California).
Genre	Smooth jazz Christmas
Length	36:37
Label	Arista
Producer	Kenny G Walter Afanasieff
Kenny G chronology
Classics in the Key of G (1999) Faith: A Holiday Album (1999) In America (2001)

Faith: A Holiday Album was also the best-selling Christmas album of 1999 in the United States according to sales figures from Nielsen/SoundScan, with total sales of 1,575,000 copies that year.[2] As of November 2014, the album has sold 2,750,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan.[3]

On November 5, 2002, Faith: A Holiday Album was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of three million copies in the U.S.[4]

Kenny G's rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" featured guest musicians Yanni on piano and keyboards as well as Charlie Adams on drums.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Chicago Tribune	(unfavorable) [6]

Track listing

1. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne) - 3:08
2. "The First Noel" (William Sandys) - 3:08
3. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon/Walter Kent/Buck Ram) - 3:33
4. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson/Mitchell Parish) - 3:48
5. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé/Robert Wells) - 4:02
6. "Medley: We Three Kings/Carol of the Bells" (John Henry Hopkins/Mikhail Leontovich/Peter Wilhousky) - 4:07
7. "O Christmas Tree" (Traditional) - 2:39
8. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie) - 3:52
9. "Eternal Light (A Chanukah Song)" (Walter Afanasieff/Kenny G) - 2:53
10. "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) - 4:30
11. "Auld Lang Syne" (Robert Burns/Traditional) - 4:56
12. "Auld Lang Syne: The Millennium Mix" (Robert Burns/Traditional) - 7:53
13. "Voice" (Bonus track) - 7:53

Personnel

• Kenny G – soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4-7, 9, 10, 11), tenor saxophone (3, 8)
• Randy Waldman – acoustic piano (1, 4, 8)
• Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (1, 4, 8)
• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (2, 3, 6, 7, 11), synthesizers (2, 3, 6, 7, 11), drum and rhythm programming (2, 3, 6, 7, 11), acoustic piano (5, 9, 10)
• Greg Bieck – digital programming (2, 3, 6, 7, 11), Macintosh programming (2, 3, 6, 7, 11), additional drum and rhythm programming (6, 7, 11)
• Yanni – keyboards (11), acoustic piano (11)
• Nathan East – bass (1, 4, 8)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (1, 4, 8)
• Charlie Adams – drums (11)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 4, 8)
• William Ross – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1-7, 9, 10)
• Chris Bordman – orchestra arrangements and conductor (8)
• The Music Team – orchestra contractors (1-7, 9, 10)

Production

• Kenny G – producer, arrangements
• Walter Afanasieff – producer, arrangements
• Humberto Gatica – recording, mixing (1-4, 6-11)
• David Gleeson – recording (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11), additional recording (5)
• David Frazier – recording (3, 10)
• Mick Guzauski – mixing (5)
• Chris Brooke – assistant engineer (1-4, 6-11)
• Peter Doell – assistant engineer (1-4, 6-11)
• Mark Eshelman – assistant engineer (1-4, 6-11)
• Grant Schmitz – assistant engineer (1-4, 6-11)
• James Stone – assistant engineer (1, 4, 8)
• Kent Matcke – assistant engineer (2, 9)
• Pete Krawiec – assistant engineer (11)
• Vlado Meller – mastering at Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York).
• Margery Greenspan – art direction
• Jeff Schultz – design
• Patrick Demarcheller – photography
• Dennis Turner – management

Charts

Singles

Information taken from this source.[13]

Year	Title	Chart positions
		US Adult Contemporary	US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	US Hot 100	US Adult Top 40	US Hot Country Singles & Tracks	US Top 40 Mainstream	US Top 40 Tracks
1999	"Auld Lang Syne"	3	57	7	15	49	40	30

See also

• List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s

References

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