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'''''Music Box''''' is the third studio album by American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Mariah Carey]]. It was released by [[Columbia Records]] on August 31, 1993 in North America. The album comprises [[ballad]]s primarily co-written by Carey and [[Walter Afanasieff]] - with whom she had previously worked on ''[[Emotions (album)|Emotions]]'' (1991) - and a few urban dance tracks. Other collaborators on ''Music Box'' include [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]] and [[Robert Clivillés]]/[[David Cole (producer)|David Cole]] (also known as [[C+C Music Factory]]). The two unused tracks from the album sessions were released as b-sides: "Do You Think of Me" and "Everything Fades Away."
'''''Music Box''''' is the third studio album by American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Mariah Carey]]. It was released by [[Columbia Records]] on August 31, 1993 in North America. The album comprises [[ballad]]s primarily co-written by Carey and [[Walter Afanasieff]] - with whom she had previously worked on ''[[Emotions (album)|Emotions]]'' (1991) - and a few urban dance tracks. Other collaborators on ''Music Box'' include [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]] and [[Robert Clivillés]]/[[David Cole (producer)|David Cole]] (also known as [[C+C Music Factory]]). The two unused tracks from the album sessions were released as b-sides: "Do You Think of Me" and "Everything Fades Away."


Lead single "[[Dreamlover (song)|Dreamlover]]" became Carey's most successful single at the time of its release when it topped the U.S. and Canadian singles charts, and [[Badfinger]]'s "[[Without You (Badfinger song)#Mariah Carey version|Without You]]" became her first to reach number 1 in the UK and several other countries across Europe. Carey was nominated for "[[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]" for "Dreamlover" at the [[Grammy Awards of 1994|1994 Grammy Awards]] but she lost to [[Whitney Houston]]; she received the same nomination for "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]" at the [[Grammy Awards of 1995|1995 Grammy Awards]] but lost it again. "Music Box" remains Carey's highest seller and one of the [[List of best-selling albums worldwide|best-selling albums of all time]], with worldwide sales of 32 million copies.<ref>http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019644/bio| retrieved:2010-06-13 </ref>
Lead single "[[Dreamlover (song)|Dreamlover]]" became Carey's most successful single at the time of its release when it topped the U.S. and Canadian singles charts, and [[Badfinger]]'s "[[Without You (Badfinger song)#Mariah Carey version|Without You]]" became her first to reach number 1 in the UK and several other countries across Europe. Carey was nominated for "[[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]" for "Dreamlover" at the [[Grammy Awards of 1994|1994 Grammy Awards]] but she lost to [[Whitney Houston]]; she received the same nomination for "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]" at the [[Grammy Awards of 1995|1995 Grammy Awards]] but lost it again. "Music Box" remains Carey's highest seller and one of the [[List of best-selling albums worldwide|best-selling albums of all time]], with worldwide sales of 30 million copies.<ref>http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019644/bio| retrieved:2010-06-13 </ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==

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Music Box is the third studio album by American R&B singer Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on August 31, 1993 in North America. The album comprises ballads primarily co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff - with whom she had previously worked on Emotions (1991) - and a few urban dance tracks. Other collaborators on Music Box include Babyface and Robert Clivillés/David Cole (also known as C+C Music Factory). The two unused tracks from the album sessions were released as b-sides: "Do You Think of Me" and "Everything Fades Away."

Lead single "Dreamlover" became Carey's most successful single at the time of its release when it topped the U.S. and Canadian singles charts, and Badfinger's "Without You" became her first to reach number 1 in the UK and several other countries across Europe. Carey was nominated for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for "Dreamlover" at the 1994 Grammy Awards but she lost to Whitney Houston; she received the same nomination for "Hero" at the 1995 Grammy Awards but lost it again. "Music Box" remains Carey's highest seller and one of the best-selling albums of all time, with worldwide sales of 30 million copies.[1]

Reception

Music Box entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 2 and with 174,000 copies ascended to number 1 fifteen weeks after its release. The album's best sales week was its 15th week, during which it sold 505,000 units to settle at number 1 (December 1993), staying at the top for eight non-consecutive weeks. It remained in the top ten for thirty one weeks and on the Billboard 200 for 128 weeks (more than two years, and the most of all her albums), re-entering the chart three times. The album also reached number 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Music Box was the second-best selling album in the United States in 1994, only behind Ace of Base's The Sign.

Music Box was a success in Canada but only managed to peak at number 5 despite the success of "Dreamlover." The album was a large seller elsewhere because of its singles, and it topped the charts in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In Germany, it was her best charting album, spending 80 weeks on the German Albums Chart, 11 of them on #1 [2]. It was also her best selling album there, with more than 1,000,000 copies sold, reaching 2x platinum [3].

Music Box yielded Carey's seventh and eighth U.S. number 1 singles, "Dreamlover" and "Hero." "Dreamlover" (based around a sample of "Blind Alley" by The Emotions) spent eight weeks at number 1 and has become one of Carey's most popular songs to date; it continued the trend of Carey's debut singles from each studio album topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (which lasted until the turn of the decade). "Hero" spent four weeks at number 1 and became her first Christmas number 1 single. The album's third and fourth singles, "Without You" (a cover of the Badfinger song made famous by Harry Nilsson in 1972) and "Anytime You Need a Friend" respectively, were slightly less successful in the U.S.[4] The former did not reach number 1, but it became Carey's first single to top the UK chart, was very successful in Europe and Australia and became the biggest international hit in Mariah's career, while "Anytime You Need a Friend" failed to make the U.S. top ten (Carey's first single to do so). All four singles were top ten Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hits, though none of them attained the number 1, making it Carey's first album without a number 1 adult contemporary hit. According to Billboard, Music Box has sold 7,189,000 copies in the United States.[5]

In Australia, the album became number 1 on ARIA 1994 End of Year Chart.[6]

It is Carey's only album to top the Million sales mark in the UK, Germany and France, French sales stand at an estimated 1,418,100.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Dreamlover" (Mariah Carey, Dave Hall) – 3:54
  2. "Hero" (Carey, Walter Afanasieff) – 4:19
  3. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 4:26
  4. "Music Box" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 4:57
  5. "Now That I Know" (Carey, David Cole, Robert Clivillés) – 4:19
  6. "Never Forget You" (Carey, Babyface, Daryl Simmons) – 3:46
  7. "Without You" (Peter Ham, Tom Evans) – 3:36
  8. "Just to Hold You Once Again" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 3:59
  9. "I've Been Thinking About You" (Carey, Cole, Clivillés) – 4:48
  10. "All I've Ever Wanted" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 3:51

International edition
11. "Everything Fades Away" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 5:25

Latin American edition
11. "Héroe" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 4:19

Personnel

Musicians

  • Mariah Carey - lead vocals, background vocals
  • Walter Afanazieff - keyboards, additional keyboards, synthesizers, rhythm programming, Hammond B3 organ, bass, Synclavier acoustic guitar (tracks 1-4, 7-8, 10)
  • Dave Hall - synthesizers, keyboards, rhythm programming (track 1)
  • David Cole - keyboards (tracks 5, 9)
  • Babyface - keyboards, percussion, background vocals (track 6)
  • Ren Klyce - Akai and Roland programming (tracks 1-4, 7-8, 10)
  • Gary Cirimelli - MacIntosh and synthesizer programming (tracks 1-4, 7-8, 10)
  • Ricky Crespo - programming (tracks 5, 9)
  • Shawn Lucas - programming (tracks 5, 9)
  • James T. Alfano - programming (tracks 5, 9)
  • Michael Landau - guitars (tracks 2-4, 8)
  • Kayo - bass (track 6)
  • Robert Clivilles - drums, percussion (tracks 5, 9)
  • Mark C. Rooney - background vocals (tracks 3-4)
  • Cindy Mizelle - background vocals (track 3)
  • Melonie Daniels - background vocals (track 3, 5, 7-9)
  • Kelly Price - background vocals (track 3, 5, 7-9)
  • Shanrae Price - background vocals (track 3, 5, 7-9)

Production

  • Mariah Carey - arranger
  • Dave Hall - arranger (track 1)
  • Walter Afanasieff - arranger (tracks 2-4, 7-8, 10)
  • Robert Clivilles - arrager (tracks 6, 9)
  • David Cole - arranger (tracks 6, 9)
  • Babyface - arranger (track 6)
  • Daryl Simmons - (track 6)
  • Bob Rosa - engineer, mix engineer (track 1, 5, 9)
  • David Gleeson - engineer (track 2)
  • Dana Jon Chappelle - engineer, vocal engineering
  • Acar Key - engineer (tracks 5, 9)
  • Frank Filipetti - engineer (tracks 5, 9)
  • Jim Zumpano - engineer (track 6)
  • Jim Caruana - 2nd engineer
  • Jen Monnar - 2nd engineer (tracks 2-3, 8, 10)
  • Manny LaCarrubba - 2nd engineer, additional engineering (tracks 2, 4, 7)
  • Kyle Bess - 2nd engineer (tracks 2-4, 8)
  • Kent Matcke - 2nd engineer (track 7)
  • Mark Krieg - 2nd engineer (track 9)
  • Kirk Yano - additional tracking engineer (tracks 1)
  • Mick Guzauski - mixing (tracks 1-4, 6-10)
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering, Gateway Master Studios Portland, ME

Charts and certifications

  • Most certifications are from old criterion (Sales may be higher than the certification level says now).

See also

Preceded by
Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Toni Braxton by Toni Braxton
 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 25, 1993 - January 14, 1994
January 22 - February 11, 1994
March 5 - March 18, 1994 		Succeeded by
Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains
Toni Braxton by Toni Braxton
Preceded by UK number one album
September 11, 1993 – September 17, 1993
February 26, 1994 – March 25, 1994
April 2, 1994 – April 8, 1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
March 27 - April 2, 1994
April 10 - April 16, 1994
May 8 - June 25, 1994
July 3 - July 30, 1994
August 7 - September 3, 1994
September 18 - September 24, 1994 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019644/bio%7C retrieved:2010-06-13
  2. ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Carey%2CMariah/?type=longplay
  3. ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank_beta/#topSearch
  4. ^ Collins, Roger. "Music Box". Iomusic News. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ ARIA 1994 End of Year Chart
  7. ^ phttp://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_D.php?debut=0 InfoDisc sales] retrieved: 2010-03-24.
  8. ^ Australian Albums Chart
  9. ^ Austrian Albums Chart
  10. ^ Wallonia Albums Chart
  11. ^ ABPD
  12. ^ Canadian Albums Chart
  13. ^ Dutch Albums Chart
  14. ^ Finnish Albums Chart
  15. ^ French Albums Chart
  16. ^ German Albums Chart
  17. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/hongkong/index.shtml
  18. ^ Hungarian Albums Chart
  19. ^ Italian Albums Chart
  20. ^ Oricon Albums Chart
  21. ^ Oricon Albums Chart
  22. ^ New Zealand Albums Chart
  23. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart
  24. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart
  25. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart
  26. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart
  27. ^ Spanish Albums Chart
  28. ^ Swedish Albums Chart
  29. ^ Swiss Albums Chart
  30. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart
  31. ^ UK Albums Chart
  32. ^ U.S. Albums Chart
  33. ^ [2]
  34. ^ ARIA
  35. ^ IFPI Austria
  36. ^ IFPI Belgium
  37. ^ ABPD
  38. ^ CRIA
  39. ^ IFPI Finland
  40. ^ http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_D.php?debut=0
  41. ^ IFPI Germany
  42. ^ IFPI Germany
  43. ^ FIMI
  44. ^ RIAJ
  45. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/mexico/index.shtml
  46. ^ NVPI
  47. ^ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006. RIANZ. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.
  48. ^ IFPI Norway
  49. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/poland/index.shtml
  50. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/singapore/index.shtml
  51. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/southkorea/index.shtml
  52. ^ PROMUSICAE
  53. ^ IFPI Sweden
  54. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  55. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/taiwan/index.shtml
  56. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
  57. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH
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