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Whitney Houston


"One Wish: The Holiday Album" is the only Christmas album by American singer Whitney Houston, released on November 18, 2003, by Arista Records. The album was chiefly produced by Mervyn Warren and features a duet with Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. It includes two tracks, "Joy to the World" and "Who Would Imagine a King," that had originally appeared on the 1996 The Preacher's Wife soundtrack. The album received a mixed reception from music critics. While many praised the production, opinions were divided on Houston's vocal performance. Upon its release, One Wish debuted at number 49 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Its first and only single, a rendition of Freddie Jackson's "One Wish (for Christmas)," managed to chart in 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 surpassing 500,000 copies.