Faith: A Holiday Album
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| Studio album by Kenny G | ||||
| Released | November 16, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:37 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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Kenny G Walter Afanasieff |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| Chicago Tribune | (unfavorable) |
Faith: A Holiday Album is the second holiday album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 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. The album also received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
Faith: A Holiday Album was also the best-selling holiday album of 1999 in the United States according to sales figures from Nielsen/SoundScan, with total sales of 1,575,000 copies that year. As of November 2014, the album has sold 2,750,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan.
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.
Information taken from this source.
Auld Lang Syne: The Millennium Mix consisted of Kenny playing the song on the saxophone while historical sound clips were played over the recording. The clips followed a rough chronological order, beginning with Thomas Edison's invention of recordable sound to the year of the song's release. The clips focused on American, and to a lesser extent, British history. The song included six clips from baseball and at least six clips from American television programs. Kenny performed this version of the song live on December 31, 1999 at Times Square and it would be used again from 2000-2002.
The clips included in the recording:
A few years later a similar version of the song was produced to include the September 11 attacks, and was dubbed the Freedom Mix.
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