Joy: A Holiday Collection
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{{Infobox album
| name = Joy: A Holiday Collection
| type = Album
| longtype = (Christmas)
| artist = Jewel
| cover = Jewel - Joy.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 2, 1999
| recorded = June–September 1999
| venue =
| studio = {{plainlist|Right Track Recording {{small|(New York City)}}
- Sound on Sound {{small|(New York City)}} }}
| genre = Christmas
| length = 44:31
| label = Atlantic
| producer = {{hlist|Arif Mardin|Joe Mardin}}
| prev_title = Spirit
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = This Way
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-a-holiday-collection-mw0000246230|title=Joy: A Holiday Collection – Jewel — Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|accessdate=July 16, 2015|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=All Media Network|work=AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2Score = (mixed){{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/12/holiday-cds/|title=Holiday CDs|author1=Kot, Greg|author2=Reich, Howard|author3=von Rhein, John|author4=Hurst, Jack|author5=Royko, David|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 12, 1999|access-date=May 13, 2013}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = C+{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272016,00.html|title=Christmas Music Roundup|last=Willman|first=Chris|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 10, 1999|accessdate=May 13, 2013|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425215809/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272016,00.html|url-status=dead}}
}}
Joy: A Holiday Collection is the third studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on November 2, 1999, through Atlantic Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.jeweljk.com/alan.html?n_id=1003 |title=Jewel – Official Website :: Alan |publisher=Jeweljk.com |date= |accessdate=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105153721/http://www.jeweljk.com/alan.html?n_id=1003 |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/jewel/albums/160330/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129065629/http://www.mtv.com/artists/jewel/albums/160330/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |title=Joy: A Holiday Collection by Jewel |publisher=MTV |date=November 2, 1999 |accessdate=March 28, 2013}} 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", the album received platinum certifications in December 1999,{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22A+Holiday+Collection%22 |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – Jewel |publisher=RIAA |date= |accessdate=December 1, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and has sold 1,121,000 copies as of October 2013.{{cite news |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-top-christmas-album-234054391.html |title=Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year's Top Christmas Album? | author= Paul Grein |date=October 29, 2013 |work=Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo }}
Track listing
{{track listing
| total_length = {{Duration|m=44|s=31}}
| title1 = Joy to the World
| writer1 = Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts
| length1 = 3:05
| title2 = O Holy Night
| writer2 = Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Silent Night
| writer3 = Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = Winter Wonderland
| writer4 = Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = O Little Town of Bethlehem
| writer5 = Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner
| length5 = 3:11
| title6 = Ave Maria
| writer6 = Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod
| length6 = 3:44
| title7 = Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
| writer7 = Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley
| length7 = 3:21
| title8 = Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
| writer8 = Johnny Marks
| length8 = 1:53
| title9 = Face of Love
| writer9 = Jewel
| length9 = 3:27
| title10 = Medley: Go Tell It on the Mountain/Life Uncommon/From a Distance
| writer10 = Traditional, Jewel, Julie Gold
| length10 = 6:31
| title11 = I Wonder as I Wander
| writer11 = John Jacob Niles
| length11 = 1:58
| title12 = Gloria
| writer12 = Jewel
| length12 = 2:38
| title13 = Hands
| note13 = Christmas version
| writer13 = Jewel, Patrick Leonard
| length13 = 4:13
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Joy: A Holiday Collection – {{nobold|Australian and Japanese Bonus Track}}
| total_length =
| title14 = Life Uncommon (Live)
| writer14 =
| length14 =
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-a-holiday-collection-mw0000246230/credits|title=Joy: A Holiday Collection – Jewel – Credits – AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}
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Musicians
- Jewel – vocals, harmony vocals
- Tawatha Agee – choir, chorus
- Andre Baranowski
- Terrance L. Barber Jr. – choir, chorus
- Jerry Barnes – bass guitar, choir, chorus
- Katreese Barnes – choir, chorus
- Marion Beckenstein – choir, chorus
- Peter Bliss – guitar
- Danny Blume – guitar
- Ann Ory Brown – choir, chorus
- Sophie Buskin – children's chorus
- Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- Lenedra Carroll – vocals, harmony vocals
- Vivian Cherry – choir, chorus
- Dennis Cinelli – lute
- Angela Clemmons-Patrick – choir, chorus
- Dennis Collins – choir, chorus
- Patrick Duffey – children's chorus
- Emily K. Eyre – choir, chorus
- Keith Fluitt – choir, chorus
- Gloria Gabriel – coordination
- Katie Geissinger – choir, chorus
- Diva Gray – choir, chorus
- Wayne Hankin – choir, chorus
- Netousha Harris – children's chorus
- Alexis Kaleoff – children's chorus
- Robbie Kondor – piano, keyboard
- Mary Lee Kortes – background vocals, choir, chorus
- Robbi Kumalo – choir, chorus
- Cassidy Ladden – children's chorus
- John Mahoney – keyboard
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- Arif Mardin – keyboard
- Joe Mardin – keyboard, choir, chorus
- Audrey Martells – choir, chorus
- Willie Martinez – percussion
- Chieli Minucci – guitar
- Lee Musiker – keyboard
- Michael O'Reilly – guitar
- Gene Orloff – concertmaster
- Wayne Pedzwater – bass guitar
- Shawn Pelton – drums
- Janice Pendarvis – choir, chorus
- Leon Pendarvis – piano
- Sophia Ramos – background vocals, choir, chorus
- Eden Riegel – children's chorus
- Winston Roye – bass guitar
- Dakota Sanchez – children's chorus
- Marlon Saunders – choir, chorus
- Ira Siegel – guitar
- Steve Skinner – keyboard
- Allison M. Sniffin – choir, chorus
- Elizabeth Stockton
- Vaneese Thomas – choir, chorus
- Fonzi Thornton – choir, chorus
- Darryl Tookes – choir, chorus
- Christopher Trousdale – children's chorus
- Lori Ann Velez – choir, chorus
- Audrey Wheeler – choir, chorus
- James D-Train Williams – choir, chorus
- Ken Williams – choir, chorus
- Valerie Wilson – background vocals, choir, chorus
- Lisbeth Zelle – children's chorus
- Harry Zittel – children's chorus
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Technical
- Jewel – vocal arrangement
- Arif Mardin – record producer, arranger, choir arrangement, conductor, orchestration, string arrangements, vocal arrangement
- Joe Mardin – arranger, choir arrangement, conductor, orchestration, production, programming, vocal arrangement
- Jerry Barnes – choir arrangement, vocal arrangement
- Katreese Barnes – choir arrangement, vocal arrangement
- Jennifer Baumann – photography
- Lenedra Carroll – vocal arrangement
- Rob Eberhardt – illustrations
- Max Feldman – assistant engineer
- Gloria Gabriel – production, production coordination
- West Kennerly – photography
- Robbie Kondor – orchestration, programming, synthesizer programming
- George Marino – mastering
- Lee Musiker – arranger
- Benjamin Niles – art direction, artwork
- Michael O'Reilly – engineer, mixing
- Gene Orloff – concertmaster
- Steve Skinner – arranger, orchestration, programming, synthesizer programming
- Jason Stasium – assistant engineer
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Chart performance
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| Chart (1999–2000)
! Peak |
|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/KoWEPAd.jpg|title=ariaNET Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 3rd January 2000|publisher=ARIA|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}
|align="center"|61 |
| Japanese Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/86290/rank/album/|publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |accessdate=July 16, 2012 |title=アルバム売上ランキング}}
|style="text-align: center;"|67 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|32|artist=Jewel}} |
| US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jewel|chart=Holiday Albums}}|title=Jewel – Chart history|work=Billboard Top Holiday Albums for Jewel}}
|align="center"| 2 |
| {{album chart|BillboardCatalog|5|artist=Jewel}} |
| Billboard Top Internet Albums{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-a-holiday-collection-mw0000246230/awards|title=Joy: A Holiday Collection – Jewel : Awards|publisher=All Media Network|work=AllMusic|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}
|align="center"|7 |
=End-of-year charts=
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| Chart (2000)
!Position |
|---|
| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-12-30.pdf|title=2000 Year-end Charts|work=Billboard|access-date=April 6, 2021}}
| style="text-align:center;"|173 |
Certifications
References
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Category:Jewel (singer) albums
Category:Albums produced by Arif Mardin
Category:Atlantic Records albums
Category:1999 Christmas albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists