Holiday Wishes (Idina Menzel album)
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Holiday Wishes Christmas Wishes |
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Studio album by Idina Menzel | ||||
Released | October 14, 2014 | |||
Genre | Christmas, pop | |||
Length | 48:34 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Walter Afanasieff, Rob Mounsey | |||
Idina Menzel chronology | ||||
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Holiday Wishes, also titled Christmas Wishes,[1] is a Christmas holiday album by American singer-songwriter and actress Idina Menzel. Produced by Walter Afanasieff, it was released by Warner Bros. Records on October 14, 2014 in the United States, and on November 3 in the United Kingdom.[2][3][1] It is Menzel's fourth studio album to date, as well as her first in six years, and features a duet with Michael Bublé.
Background
During her one night only concert at Radio City Music Hall, Menzel revealed details about the album, and indicated that the track "December Prayer" would be an original song. She also added, in regard to her Jewish ethnicity, "I know I'm Jewish. But a lot of famous Jewish people have written Christmas songs, so I'm going to try out some of their songs on the album."[2][4]
Although it's the only song in the album that was written by Menzel, the song "December Prayer" is a cover of the Yvonne Catterfeld song. Catterfeld's original rendition was included in her 2010 album "Blau im Blau".
Commercial performance
Upon its release, Holiday Wishes debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of 20,000 copies, making it the highest-charting solo album of her career. In its sixth week on the chart, the album sold 33,000 copies and reached a new peak of number 10, making it Menzel's first ever solo album to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. With sales of 370,000, Holiday Wishes was 2014's second best-selling holiday album, behind That's Christmas to Me by Pentatonix.[5] On December 20th 2014, the album peaked at Number 6 on the Billboard 200 [6]
Track listing
- All tracks produced by Walter Afanasieff, except "When You Wish upon a Star" produced by Rob Mounsey.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Do You Hear What I Hear" | Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker | 3:45 |
2. | "The Christmas Song" | Bob Wells, Mel Tormé | 3:32 |
3. | "Baby It's Cold Outside" (duet with Michael Bublé) | Frank Loesser | 2:46 |
4. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 5:43 |
5. | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff | 5:12 |
6. | "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" | Frank Loesser | 4:36 |
7. | "December Prayer" | Afanasieff, Menzel, Charlie Midnight | 4:50 |
8. | "When You Wish upon a Star" | Leigh Harline, Ned Washington | 3:00 |
9. | "Silent Night" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr | 4:30 |
10. | "River" | Joni Mitchell | 4:01 |
11. | "Holly Jolly Christmas" | Johnny Marks | 2:27 |
12. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 4:12 |
Target edition bonus tracks[7] | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
13. | "Mother's Spiritual" | Laura Nyro | 4:19 |
14. | "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:41 |
Personnel
- Lead Vocals- Idina Menzel
- Produced by- Walter Afanasieff, Rob Mounsey
- Arranged by- Walter Afanasieff, William Ross, Jorge Calandrelli
- Mixed by- David Reitzas
- Keys- Walter Afanasieff
- Bass- Nathan East
- Drums- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Guitar- Paul Jackson Jr., Dennis Budimir
- Piano- Randy Waldman
- Saxophone- Kenny G
- Trumpet Soloist- Kent Smith
- Vocal Duet- Michael Bublé
- Background Vocals- Missi Hale, Luke Edgemon, Monét Owens
- Engineers- Tyler Gordon, David Reitzas, Adrian Bradford
- Programming- Tyler Gordan
- Orchestral Engineering- Tommy Vicari, Larry Mah
- Production Coordinator- Courtney Blooding
- Creative Direction- Norman Wonderly
- Photography- Ruven Afandor
Charts
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 55 |
UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 42 |
US Billboard 200[10] | 6 |
References
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- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Idina Menzel – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Idina Menzel. Retrieved December 6, 2014.