Home for Christmas (Amy Grant album)
Home for Christmas is the 13th album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant, released on October 6, 1992. It is Grant's second holiday album, the first being 1983's A Christmas Album.
Commercial success
Coming off the heels of Grant's successful 1991 album, Heart in Motion, Home for Christmas performed even better than Heart in Motion on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian album chart. It was later reissued in 2003 as 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant.On November 17, 1997, Home for Christmas was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States.
As of November 2014, Home for Christmas is the eighteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking, having sold 2,540,000 copies according to SoundScan.
Track listing
Personnel
- Amy Grant – lead vocals
- Shane Keister – acoustic piano, keyboards, string arrangements
- Carl Marsh – synthesizer, keyboards, orchestration
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
- Clare Fischer – acoustic piano
- Blair Masters – keyboards
- Phil Keaggy – guitars
- Tom Hemby – guitar, acoustic guitar
- Jerry McPherson – guitar, acoustic guitar
- Dann Huff – guitar
- Craig Nelson – bass
- David Hungate – bass
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Steve Forman – percussion
- Paul Leim – drums, percussion
- Harold Jones – drums
- Mark O'Connor – violin
- Ronn Huff – orchestration, choral arrangements, conductor
- Alan Moore – orchestration
- The London Studio Orchestra – strings
- Nat Peck – contractor
- The American Boychoir, directed by James Litton
- Chris Eaton – background vocals, acoustic piano
- Marty McCall – background vocals
- Marabeth Jordan – background vocals
- Bonnie Keen – background vocals
- John Darnall – children's choir director
- Children's choir – Jessica Owen, Kristina Owen, Carrie Gardner, Lisa Pardin, Asher Larrison, Emily Estes, Bethany Wright, Skyla Carnahan, Katy Dunham and Ellie Bannister
- Brown Bannister – producer
- Ronn Huff – producer
- Amy Grant – executive producer
- Michael Blanton – executive producer
- Bill Deaton – tracking engineer
- Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer
- Rich Indelicato – assistant engineer
- Greg Parker – assistant engineer
- Steve Bishir – overdub engineer
- Anthony Zecco – overdub assistant engineer
- Brett Perry – overdub assistant engineer
- Martin Woodley – overdub assistant engineer
- Rail Rogut – overdub assistant engineer
- Michael O'Reilly – additional engineering
- Adrian Kerridge – orchestra sessions engineer
- James Collins – orchestra sessions assistant engineer
- Bill Schnee – mix engineer
- Noel Hazen – mix assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
- Steve Hall – remastering at Futuredisc, North Hollywood
- Traci Sterling – production coordinator
- Rich Frankel – art direction
- Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
- Rebecca Chamlee – design
- Victoria Pearson Cameron – photography
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1992 | The Billboard 200 | 2 |
| 1992 | Top Contemporary Christian | 1 |
| 1992 | Top Holiday Albums | 1 |
| 1993 | Top Pop Catalog | 3 |
Singles - CCM Magazine/Billboard
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1992 | Breath of Heaven | Christian Radio–Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 2011 | Breath of Heaven | Christian Digital Song Sales | 2 |
Commercial performance
| Country | Sales | Certifications |
| Canada | 50,000 | Gold |
| United States | 3,000,000 | Platinum |