Anne Murray is a retired Canadian country, pop and adult contemporary music singer. She has sold over 55 million albums worldwide during her over 40-year career and won four Grammys including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1978.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts and also the first to earn a Gold Record for her signature song, “Snowbird”, penned by famed Prince Edward Island troubadour Gene MacLellan.
She is often cited as the one central female Canadian artist who paved the way for other international Canadian success stories such as k.d. lang, Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Alanis Morissette.
Since 1981, Murray has physically released eight Christmas albums:
Christmas Wishes (1981)
Anne Murray Christmas (1988)
The Season Will Never Grow Old (1993 Hallmark Cards Exclusive)
Best Of The Season (1994)
My Christmas Favorites (1995)
What A Wonderful Christmas (2001)
Anne Murray’s Christmas Album (2008)
Anne Murray Icon Christmas (2014)
Murray’s 1994 Christmas collection, Best Of The Season, was compiled using tracks from her first two Christmas albums.