The Gift is a 1996 holiday album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

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This fourth holiday album brought Rogers back to the charts, both with the album itself (#10 on the country charts, #63 pop and #1 on the holiday and Christian charts), but also with a single ("Mary, Did You Know?" with Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Ellen Judd is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna. Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds...

 made it to #55 on the country charts).

The Gift was originally released in 1996 on the independent Magnatone Records. Rogers left the label in 1997, and since then Curb Records has taken over what was issued on Magnatone and re-released The Gift for the 2002 Christmas season.

Track listing

1. "Mary, Did You Know?
   Mary, Did You Know?
   "Mary, Did You Know?" is a Christmas song and Marian hymn with lyrics written by Mark Lowry and music written by Buddy Greene.-Background:Mark Lowry wrote the words in 1984 "when his pastor asked him to write the program for the living Christmas tree choir presentation. The music was written by...
   
   " – 3:53
2. "A Soldier's King" – 3:56
3. "Pretty Little Baby Child" – 3:48
4. "What a Wonderful Beginning" – 3:51
5. "It's the Messiah" – 3:51
6. "I Trust You" – 2:38
7. "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" – 2:54
8. "The Chosen One Montage" – 15:43
9. "Til the Season Comes Around Again" – 3:55

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	63
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	9