Star Bright (Vanessa Williams album)

{{Short description|1996 studio album by Vanessa Williams}}

{{More citations needed|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Star Bright

| type = studio

| artist = Vanessa Williams

| cover = Vanessa Williams - Star Bright album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1996|11|5}}

| recorded = 1993, 1995–1996

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Christmas
• R&B}}

| length = 52:17

| label = Mercury

| producer = {{hlist|Gerry "The Gov" Brown|Bruce Carbone|Ron Von Arx}}

| prev_title = The Sweetest Days

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Next

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Star Bright

| type = Studio album

| single1 = Do You Hear What I Hear"/"The Little Drummer Boy

| single1date = October 22, 1996

}}

}}

Star Bright is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by Vanessa Williams, released on November 5, 1996, on Mercury Records. It achieved success as one of the best-selling holiday albums of 1996 and '97. It peaked at #36 on the Billboard 200, #24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #5 on the Top Holiday Albums. The album went on to be nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album{{cite news|title=Complete List of Academy Voter Picks|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/07/entertainment/ca-5628/3|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=March 23, 2023|date=January 7, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105210229/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/07/entertainment/ca-5628/3|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012}} and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Although no official singles were released from the album, "Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy" reached #15 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} A video was shot in 1993 for "What Child Is This?" that was originally featured on the A&M Records Christmas compilation A Very Special Christmas 2. The album was re-released in 2003 as The Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters: The Best of Vanessa Williams.

{{Infobox album

| italic_title = force

| name = The Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters: The Best of Vanessa Williams

| type = studio

| artist = Vanessa Williams

| cover = The Christmas Collection The Best of Vanessa Williams.jpg

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| released = 2003

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| genre = {{hlist|Christmas|R&B}}

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{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r241209|pure_url=yes}} link]

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