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Background[]

One Wish: The Holiday Album is the sixth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released by Arista Records on November 18, 2003. Chiefly produced by Mervyn Warren, the album is a follow-up to her fifth studio album, Just Whitney (2002), as well as her first Christmas album. One Wish features cover versions of Christmas standards and carols, one of which is a duet with Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. The album also includes "Joy to the World" and "Who Would Imagine a King," both of which first appeared on The Preacher's Wife soundtrack (1996).

The album received a mixed reception by music critics, many of whom praised the production but were divided upon Houston's vocal performance. Upon its release, One Wish debuted at number 49 on the US Billboard 200, and at number 13 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Its first and only single, a rendition of Freddie Jackson's "One Wish (for Christmas)", reached the top twenty on Billboard's US Adult Contemporary chart. In January 2018, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales over 500,000 copies.

Track listing[]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "The First Noël" Traditional Troy Taylor 3:14
2. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
  • Mel Tormé
  • Robert Wells
Taylor 3:12
3. "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Bobbi Kristina Brown)
  • Katherine Davis
  • Henry Onorati
  • Harry Simeone
Mervyn Warren 4:29
4. "One Wish (For Christmas)"
  • Gordon Chambers
  • Barry Eastmond
  • Freddie Jackson
  • Chambers
  • Eastmond
4:12
5. "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)" Traditional Warren 3:48
6. "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
  • Kim Gannon
  • Walter Kent
  • Buck Ram
Warren 3:45
7. "Deck the Halls"/"Silent Night" Traditional Warren 4:29
8. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  • Ralph Blane
  • Hugh Martin
Warren 4:49
9. "O come, O come, Emmanuel" Traditional Warren 3:06
10. Who Would Imagine a King (featuring The Nativity Choir)
  • Warren
  • Hallerin Hilton Hill
  • Warren
  • Whitney Houston
3:30
11. ''Joy to the World" (with The Georgia Mass Choir)' Traditional
  • Warren
  • Houston
4:41
Total length: 43:15
2021 vinyl edition – bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
12. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (with Pentatonix)
  • Gloria Shayne
  • Noël Regney
  • Ben Bram
  • PTX
3:14

Charts[]

Chart (2003) Peak

position

Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 29
US Billboard 200 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 13
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) 5
Chart (2012) Peak

position

US Billboard 200 90

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release History[]

Region Date Format(s) Label
United States November 18, 2003
  • CD
  • digital download
Arista
Various October 13, 2021 Vinyl Arista
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