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Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection
Studio album by
Reba McEntire
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999[1]
Recorded1999
GenreCountry
Length34:51
LabelMCA
ProducerDavid Malloy
Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire chronology
If You See Him
(1998) 		Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection
(1999) 		So Good Together
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection is Reba McEntire's twenty-third studio album, and second Christmas album, the follow-up to her 1987 album Merry Christmas to You. The album features mostly new, original holiday tunes with only a couple of traditional favorites. The children featured on "The Angels Sang" are actually the class of her son Shelby who was in the third grade at the time. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard country chart and is currently certified Gold by the RIAA.It has sold 940,000 copies as of December 2013 in the US, and over 1 million copies worldwide.

The album was followed by a CBS made-for-television movie also called Secret of Giving. The film starred McEntire and aired on Thanksgiving night in 1999. It featured songs from the album as its soundtrack.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is My Prayer for You"Tony Arata, Gary Scruggs3:40
2."I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"Tommie Connor3:44
3."One Child, One Day"Gerry House, Layng Martine Jr.3:31
4."Mary, Did You Know?"Buddy Greene, Mark Lowry3:21
5."Up on the Housetop"Benjamin Hanby2:07
6."The Angels Sang"Helen Darling, Peggy Newman3:45
7."Santa Claus Is Coming Back to Town"Roxie Dean, Sonny Tillis3:35
8."The Secret of Giving"Rick Bowles, Sunny Russ3:55
9."This Christmas"Bowles3:52
10."Til the Season Comes 'Round Again"Randy Goodrum, John Barlow Jarvis3:34

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[2] 10
U.S. Billboard 200[2] 85
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums[2] 8

Charted songs

Year Single US Country
1999 "I'll Be Home for Christmas"[3] 68
"Away in a Manger"[3] 73
2000 "Secret of Giving"[3] 58
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"[3] 50

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b c "Reba McEntire | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ a b c d "Reba McEntire - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ^ "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection". Recording Industry Association of America.
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