A Very Special Season by Diana Ross

A Very Special Season (also known as A Very Special Season: 14 Songs for Christmas) is a holiday album released by American entertainer Diana Ross on November 14, 1994 by EMI. Produced by Nick Martinelli, whom she worked with several times around the early nineties. It is lush, soulful pop that stands as one of her better holiday themed albums. The set was only released for the international market and consists mostly of traditional Christmas standards as well as takes on more contemporary songs by Burt Bacharach, John Lennon, and Stevie Wonder. It was certified Gold in the U.K. and continued to sell well across European territories for several subsequent holiday seasons.The album was remastered and repackaged as Wonderful Christmas Time in 2018. Ross promoted it with performances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and at the Rockefeller Center Tree-lighting concert special in November 2018. The re-titled re-issue of the album, featuring new cover art and the six-tracks Ross recorded for the 1994 Hallmark CD, "Making Spirits Bright," peaked at #15 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums chart.