Joy: A Holiday Collection

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Joy: A Holiday Collection
Jewel - Joy.jpg
Studio album (Christmas) by Jewel
Released November 2, 1999
Recorded June–September 1999
Genre Christmas
Length 44:31
Label Atlantic
Producer
Jewel chronology
Spirit
(1998)Spirit1998		 Joy: A Holiday Collection
(1999)		 This Way
(2001)This Way2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune (mixed)[2]
Entertainment Weekly C+[3]

Joy: A Holiday Collection is a Christmas and third studio album by singer/songwriter Jewel, released on November 2, 1999, through Atlantic Records.[4][5] The radio-only single, "Joy to the World", was released in November the same year. Described as "an unashamed classicist Christmas album, featuring all of the usual carols delivered with strings and choirs",[1] the album received platinum certifications in December 1999,[6] and has sold 1,121,000 copies as of October 2013.[7]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Joy to the World"   Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts 3:05
2. "O Holy Night"   Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight 3:44
3. "Silent Night"   Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr 3:07
4. "Winter Wonderland"   Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith 3:39
5. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"   Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner 3:11
6. "Ave Maria"   Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod 3:44
7. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"   Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley 3:21
8. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"   Johnny Marks 1:53
9. "Face of Love"   Jewel 3:27
10. "Medley: Go Tell It on the Mountain/Life Uncommon/From a Distance"   Jewel, Gold 6:31
11. "I Wonder as I Wander"   John Jacob Niles 1:58
12. "Gloria"   Jewel 2:38
13. "Hands" (Christmas version) Jewel, Patrick Leonard 4:13
Total length:
 44:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[8]

Chart performance

Chart (1999-2000) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 32
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)[10] 2
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[11] 5
Billboard Top Internet Albums[12] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[13] Platinum 1,121,000[7]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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