Joy: A Holiday Collection

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.^[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]

Joy: A Holiday Collection
Studio album (Christmas) by Jewel
Released	November 2, 1999
Recorded	June–September 1999
Studio	Right Track Recording (New York City) Sound on Sound (New York City)
Genre	Christmas
Length	44:31
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arif Mardin Joe Mardin
Jewel chronology
Spirit (1998) Joy: A Holiday Collection (1999) This Way (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	(mixed)^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[3]

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"	Traditional, Jewel, Julie 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

Joy: A Holiday Collection – Australian and Japanese Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Life Uncommon (Live)"

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[8]

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

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

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

Chart performance

Chart (1999–2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[9]	61
Japanese Albums Chart^[10]	67
US Billboard 200^[11]	32
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[12]	2
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)^[13]	5
Billboard Top Internet Albums^[14]	7

End-of-year charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Billboard 200^[15]	173

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[16]	Platinum	1,121,000^[7]

References

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