''Home for Christmas'' is the tenth studio album by

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and

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singer

Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "Honorific ...

, released on October 6, 1992. It is Grant's second holiday album, the first being 1983's '' A Christmas Album''.

Commercial performance

Coming off the heels of Grant's successful 1991 album, ''

Heart in Motion ''Heart in Motion'' is the ninth studio album by Christian singer-songwriter, Amy Grant, released on March 5, 1991. Unlike Grant's previous albums, ''Heart In Motion'' contains pop songs mingled with Christian values (with the exception of " Ho ...

'', ''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

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by the

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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

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era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,540,000 copies according to SoundScan.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals *

Shane Keister Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight CMI, Fender Rhodes, and others. History Keister was born in Huntin ...

– acoustic piano (4, 10), keyboards (8, 10, 11), string arrangements (10) * Carl Marsh – synthesizer (4), keyboards (11, 12), orchestration (12) * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (6) *

Clare Fischer Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorat ...

– acoustic piano (9) * Blair Masters – keyboards (10, 11) *

Phil Keaggy Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. H ...

– guitar (5) * Tom Hemby – guitar (6, 12), acoustic guitar (10) * Jerry McPherson – guitar (7), acoustic guitar (10) *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio guitarist, and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004 ...

– guitar (10) * Craig Nelson – bass guitar (7, 9) *

David Hungate David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American retired bass guitarist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his ...

– bass guitar (8, 10) *

Chris McHugh Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician from Camden, NJ. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1986 to 1989. McHugh toured and played as a session drummer with artists such as Aaron Neville, Pe ...

– drums (7) * Steve Forman – percussion (7) *

Paul Leim Paul William Leim (born December 29, 1950) is an American drummer and recording session musician based in Nashville. Biography Leim was born in Port Huron, Michigan and raised in Troup, Texas. He was inspired to take up drumming as a child a ...

– drums (8, 10), percussion (10) * Harold Jones – drums (9) *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Mu ...

– violin (12) * Ronn Huff – orchestration (1-3, 9), choral arrangements (3, 5, 11), conductor * Alan Moore – orchestration (6) * The London Studio Orchestra – strings (1-3, 6, 9, 10, 12) * Nat Peck – contractor * The American Boychoir (3, 5, 10), directed by James Litton * Chris Eaton – backing vocals (2, 7, 11), piano (11) * Marty McCall – backing vocals (2, 7, 10) * Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals (2, 7, 10) * Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (2, 7, 10) * John Darnall – children's choir director (10) * Children's choir (10) – Jessica Owen, Kristina Owen, Carrie Gardner, Lisa Pardin, Asher Larrison, Emily Estes, Bethany Wright, Skyla Carnahan, Katy Dunham and Ellie Bannister Production * Amy Grant – executive producer * Michael Blanton – executive producer * Brown Bannister – producer * Ronn Huff – producer (2, 3) * 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 Woodlee – overdub assistant engineer * Rail Rogut – overdub assistant engineer * Michael O'Reilly – additional engineering *

Adrian Kerridge Adrian Kerridge (27 March 1938, Harrow, Middlesex – 28 September 2016) was a British sound engineer, one of the earliest employees of the Lansdowne Studios in 1959 and eventually its owner. He helped establish the distinctive sound of the Dave ...

– orchestra sessions engineer * James Collins – orchestra sessions assistant engineer *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated ...

– mixing * Noel Hazen – mix assistant *

Doug Sax Doug Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six Pink Floyd's albums, including '' The Wall''; Ray Charles' multiple ...

– mastering at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles * Steve Hall – remastering at Futuredisc, North Hollywood * Traci Sterling – production coordinator * Chuck Beeson – art direction, design * Rich Frankel – art direction * Rebecca Chamlee – design * Victoria Pearson Cameron – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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