Star Bright (Vanessa Williams album)

Star Bright is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by Vanessa Williams, released in the United States on November 5, 1996 by Mercury Records. The album achieved critical acclaim and success as one of the best-selling holiday albums of 1996 and 1997. It peaked at number thirty-six on the Billboard 200, number twenty-four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number five on the Top Holiday Albums.

The album went on to be nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. Although no official singles were released from the album, "Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy" became an instant holiday classic becoming the most played holiday record of 1996 and reaching number fifteen on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.

Also, again while the album released no official singles, a video was shot in 1993 for "What Child Is This?" that was originally featured on the A&M Records Christmas compilation A Very Special Christmas 2. It was re-release under the name of The Christmas Collection: The Best Of Vanessa Williams.

Track listing

1. "Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy" (K. Davis/Henry Onorati/Noel Regeny/Gloria Shayne/Harry Simeone/Traditional) – 5:02
2. "Star Bright" (Rob Mathes) – 3:37
3. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Shout)" (Mathes/Felix Mendelssohn/Charles Wesley) – 5:34
4. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Bobby Caldwell) (Frank Loesser) – 5:51
5. "I Wonder as I Wander" (Mathes) – 4:40
6. "Sleep Well, Little Children" (Alan Bergman/Leon Klatzkin) – 0:40
7. "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) – 4:58
8. "The First Noel" (William Sandys) – 4:28
9. "What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix/Traditional) – 3:52
10. "Gracious Good Shepherd" (Mathes) – 4:15
11. "Go Tell It on the Mountain/Mary Had a Baby" (Public Domain/Traditional) – 5:48
12. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon/Walter Kent/Buck Ram) – 3:32