Maria, Tahukah Engkau

"**Mary, Did You Know?**" adalah sebuah kidung Natal dari pengarang teks Mark Lowry dan penggubah musik Buddy Greene. Pertama kali direkam oleh penyanyi lagu Kristen Michael English dalam album solo berjudul namanya sendiri pada tahun 1991 (saat itu English dan Lowry sama-sama adalah anggota grup Gaither Vocal Band). Lagu ini mencapai peringkat no. 6 pada AC Chart CCM Magazine. Lowry sendiri kemudian merekam lagu itu beberapa kali, terutama dengan Gaither Vocal Band untuk album Natal mereka tahun 1998 "*Still the Greatest Story Ever Told*".

Sejak itu lagu ini menjadi kidung Natal terkenal dan direkam oleh berbagai artis dari berbagai genre musik.

## Teks lagu

## Versi Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd

Sebuah versi duet direkam oleh Wynonna Judd dan Kenny Rogers dalam album "holiday" Rogers "*[[:en:The Gift (Kenny Rogers album)|The Gift]]*" mencapai peringkat puncak No. 55 pada chart *Billboard* Hot Country Singles & Tracks tahun 1997.

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## Versi Clay Aiken

"**Mary, Did You Know?**" adalah single kelima Clay Aiken dalam album Natal *[[Merry Christmas with Love]]*. Aiken menampilkan lagu ini pada *[[The Tyra Banks Show]]*.

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## Versi Cee Lo Green

"**Mary, Did You Know?**" adalah track ke-11 dalam album Natal Cee Lo *[[Cee Lo's Magic Moment]]*. Pada tanggal 15 Desember 2012 lagu ini muncul pada chart US R&B Songs chart di peringkat no. 22. Juga menjadi lagu kredit penutup pada film tahun 2014 produksi 20th Century Fox, *[[Son of God (film)|Son of God]]*.

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## Versi Pentatonix

"**Mary, Did You Know?**" adalah track ke-6 dalam album Natal kedua Pentatonix, *[[That's Christmas to Me]]*. Lagu ini dirilis dan mencapai peringkat puncak No. 26 pada chart mingguan ''Billboard'' Hot 100 untuk minggu yang berakhir pada tanggal 6 Desember 2014.

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## Versi terkenal lainnya

* 1993: Kathy Mattea on her Christmas album *[[Good News (Kathy Mattea album)|Good News]]*, which won a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
* 1995: Vickie Winans recorded the song for her self-titled album
* 1997: Gary Chapman on his Christmas album "This Gift"
* 1998: Donny Osmond did his rendition of this song as a ballad for his album *Christmas at Home*.
* 1999: Reba McEntire on her Christmas album *[[The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection|The Secret of Giving]]*
* 2001: Hayley Westenra on her second album, *[[My Gift to You]]*, released in New Zealand and Australia, by Universal New Zealand label; also included as a bonus song on a special UK version of her first international album, *[[Pure (Hayley Westenra album)|Pure]]* (2003); and performed it on her 2004 PBS *[[Great Performances]]* special, *[[Live from New Zealand]]*, which was released on DVD.
* 2004: The Katinas on their album *Family Christmas*
* 2005: Jeff Fenholt on his album "Down from his glory ... and more"
* 2006: Stan Whitmire recorded his solo-piano arrangement on his second Christmas album, "Christmas Around The Piano."
* 2007: Kimberley Locke on her album *[[Christmas (Kimberley Locke album)|Christmas]]*
* 2008: Kutless on BEC Recordings album *[[X Christmas]]*
* 2011: Rascal Flatts released a version of the song as a single, which appears on the 2012 compilation *[[A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World]]*
* 2012: Don Moen on his album **' (a duet with its composer, [[Buddy Greene]])
* 2012: [[Jeremy Camp]] on his album **'
* 2012: Scotty McCreery on his album *[[Christmas with Scotty McCreery]]*
* 2013: Mary J. Blige on her album *[[A Mary Christmas]]*
* 2013: The Oak Ridge Boys on their album *[[Christmas Time's A-Comin']]*
* 2015: India.Arie on *Christmas with Friends*; a duet with Gene Moore, Jr.
* 2015: Jordan Smith on ''The Voice'''s season nine finals. This version reached 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
* 2015: Peter Hollens published a six-voice a capella version on Youtube
* 2015: The Braxtons on their Christmas album *[[Braxton Family Christmas]]*

## Musikal

The song was also used as the basis for a stage musical, also titled *Mary, Did You Know* and written by Bruce Greer, that won the 1999 Dove Award for Musical of the Year.

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