Daydream (Mariah Carey album)
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| Studio album by Mariah Carey | |||||
| Released | October 3 1995 (U.S.) | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | ||||
| Length | 46:42 | ||||
| Label | Columbia CK-66700 |
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| Producer | Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Dave Hall, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, David Morales | ||||
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Daydream is the sixth album and fifth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on October 3 1995 (see 1995 in music). Musically, Daydream was slightly different from Carey's previous albums, as it leaned increasingly towards R&B and hip hop music. Publications such as The New York Times, People magazine and TIME magazine named it one of the top ten albums of 1995.
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[edit] Reception
[edit] Commercial
Daydream debuted at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart with 224,000 copies sold in its first week; it stayed at number one for six non-consecutive weeks, in the top twenty for forty-one non-consecutive weeks, and on the Billboard 200 for eighty-one weeks. The album sold more in each week between its eighth and thirteenth weeks of release than in its opening week, peaking at 760,000 copies in its twelfth week. This set a record for what was, at the time, the highest one-week sales for an album by a female artist. The sales of Daydream during 1996 made it the second best-selling album in America in that year, behind only Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.
More than ten million copies of the album have been shipped to retailers in America, making it Carey's second album to be given diamond certification by the RIAA. It is Carey's most successful album in the U.S., having sold ten million copies. By 2005, it had sold approximately 25 million copies worldwide, making it her second best-selling album worldwide after Music Box (1993). It also reached number one in Australia, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and Japan, and the top five in Canada. Daydream is one of the best-selling albums of all time.[citation needed]
Daydream yielded three U.S. chart-toppers: "Fantasy", "One Sweet Day" (a duet with Boyz II Men) and "Always Be My Baby". "Fantasy" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart at number one, making Carey only the second artist (and the first female) to accomplish this feat; it also spent a record twelve weeks at the top of the Canadian chart. "One Sweet Day" (the album's second single) repeated the former feat, making Carey the only artist at the time to have two number-one single debuts. The song remained at the top of the U.S. chart for sixteen weeks, becoming the single with the longest run at number one. "Always Be My Baby" was the most-played song on U.S. radio in 1996, and like "Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day" it sold well elsewhere. During the promotion of the latter single, Carey staged the brief Daydream World Tour.
In the United Kingdom, the reception was less strong. It debuted also number one, remaining in the top spot for one week. The four singles released in that country reached the top ten, including the non-U.S. single "Open Arms" (a cover of the Journey song), which reached number four. Additional singles from the album included "Forever", and were less successful. The album's final single, "Underneath the Stars", was a promotional release in the U.S. only.
[edit] Critical
Daydream and its tracks were nominated for six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year (for "One Sweet Day"), and Best Pop Vocal Album, winning none. The Album of the Year award was given to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, Record of the Year went to Seal's "Kiss from a Rose", and Best Pop Vocal Album was awarded to Joni Mitchell's Turbulent Indigo.
Daydream was ranked 116th on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200" albums, which lists "some of history's most influential and popular albums", according to the organisation.[1]
Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly called the album "easily the best collection Carey has put out since her self-titled 1990 debut" on his review.[2] In addition, a review on the AllMusicGuide called it "her best record to date, featuring a consistently strong selection of songs..." The critic also referred to her vocals as "remarkably impassioned," which stood in notable contrast to comments that her vocal technique came at the expense of feeling or emotion.
[edit] Track listing
- "Fantasy" (Mariah Carey, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew, Steven Stanley) – 4:04
- "Underneath the Stars" (Carey, Walter Afanasieff) – 3:33
- "One Sweet Day" with Boyz II Men (Carey, Michael McCary, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Afanasieff) – 4:42
- "Open Arms" (Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain) – 3:30
- "Always Be My Baby" (Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal) – 4:18
- "I Am Free" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 3:09
- "When I Saw You" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 4:24
- "Long Ago" (Carey, Dupri) – 4:34
- "Melt Away" (Carey, Babyface) – 3:42
- "Forever" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 4:00
- "Daydream Interlude" (Fantasy Sweet Dub mix) (Carey, Frantz, Weymouth, Hall, Belew, Stanley) – 3:04
- "Looking In" (Carey, Afanasieff) – 3:35
- Mexico/Spain/South America
- "El Amor Que Soñé" ("Open Arms" in Spanish) (Perry, Cain, Manny Benito)
- UK
- "Fantasy" featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard
[edit] Charts, sales and certifications
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| Country | Chart[3] [4] | Peak position[3] | Certification[3] | Sales[3] |
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| Worldwide | 25,000,000 | |||
| Australia | ARIA | 1 | 5× Platinum | 350,000 |
| Austria | IFPI Austria | 5 | Platinum | 40,000 |
| Canada | CRIA | 3 | 7× Platinum | 700,000 |
| Brazil | Gold | 114,00 | ||
| Europe | IFPI | 2 | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000 |
| France | IFOP | 2 | 2× Platinum | 650,000 |
| Germany | IFPI Germany | 1 | Platinum | 500,000 |
| Hong Kong | IFPI Hong Kong | 5× Platinum | 100,000 | |
| Hungary[5] | MAHASZ | 13 | ||
| Israel | 1 | Gold | 30,000 | |
| Italy | FIMI | 6 | 2× Platinum | 200,000 |
| Japan | RIAJ | 1 | 12× Platinum | 2,500,000 |
| Mexico | AMPROFON | Platinum | 250,000 | |
| Netherlands | NVPI | 1 | Platinum | 100,000 |
| New Zealand | RIANZ | 1 | 5× Platinum | 75,000 |
| Norway | IFPI Norway | 3 | Platinum | 40,000 |
| Singapore | RIAS | 5× Platinum | 75,000 | |
| Spain | EIM | 5 | 2× Platinum | 200,000 |
| South Korea | RIAK | 6× Platinum | 600,000 | |
| Sweden | 6 | |||
| Switzerland | Hit Parade | 1 | Platinum | 50,000 |
| UK | BPI | 1 | 6xPlatinum | 1,800,000 |
| U.S. | Billboard 200 | 1 | 10× Platinum (Diamond) | 9,800,000+1[6][7] |
1 This figure includes Nielsen SoundScan and BMG record club sales.
| Preceded by Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette | Billboard 200 Number-one album October 21 - November 4, 1995 | Succeeded by Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Preceded by Anthology 1 by The Beatles | Billboard 200 Number-one album December 30, 1995 - January 13, 1996 | Succeeded by Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack) by Various artists |
[edit] Notes
Mariah Carey | |
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| Studio albums | Mariah Carey · Emotions · Music Box · Merry Christmas · Daydream · Butterfly · Rainbow · Glitter · Charmbracelet · The Emancipation of Mimi · Mariah Carey's eleventh studio album |
| Related articles | Albums · Singles · Unreleased songs · Awards · Grammys · Sales/charts achievements · DVDs and videos · Tours · "M" |
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