| When My Heart Finds Christmas | ||||
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| Released | October 26, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | July 16, 17, 19–23, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Capitol, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Length | 55:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Tracey Freeman | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− 11/12/93, p.59 |
When My Heart Finds Christmas is American artist Harry Connick Jr.'s first Christmas album. Released in 1993, it is among the most popular holiday collections of the past three decades in the United States. Connick Jr composed four songs for the album: "When My Heart Finds Christmas", "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus", "The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day" and "I Pray On Christmas". The other songs are traditional Christmas songs and carols.
The album proved to be the best-selling holiday album in the U.S. of 1993, selling 748,000 copies that year according to Nielsen SoundScan.[1]
In December 2005, the album was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the U.S.[2] As of November 2014, When My Heart Finds Christmas is the twelfth best-selling holiday album in the U.S. since May 1991 (the SoundScan era of music sales tracking), having sold 3.15 million.[3]
- ^ "Chart Watch Extra: Bring On Christmas!". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "RIAA Searchable Database - Gold & Platinum Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. November 29, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2015.