Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album)
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Released | December 4, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1988–2000 | |||
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Length | 122:23 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 4, 2001, by Columbia Records. It contains most of Carey's singles released during her tenure at Columbia from 1990 to 2000, including her then fifteen U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles. The album has been certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 4.7 million copies worldwide.
Greatest Hits was re-released as The Essential Mariah Carey on January 10, 2011 internationally, as part of Legacy Recordings's Essential series, and features the same track listing. The U.S. edition, released on April 24, 2012, replaces some tracks with extended mix versions and additional non-single tracks, selected by Carey.
Background and development
[edit]The release of Greatest Hits was part of a four-album deal to fulfill Carey's contract with Columbia Records, in exchange for her early departure from Columbia to join Virgin Records in 2001.[3][4] The four-album deal consisted of two greatest hits albums: #1's (1998) and Greatest Hits, a studio album: Rainbow (1999), and a remix album: The Remixes (2003).[3][5] Carey had little involvement in the development of Greatest Hits,[6] and there are no personal messages within its liner notes;[7][2] when asked about the album on its release day by Entertainment Tonight, Carey remarked: "Does it come out today? Oh, ha ha."[8]
First of all - this is not a greatest hits album! It's too soon, I haven't been recording long enough for that! This album is a "thank you" and an acknowledgment of my gratitude to all of you out there for making these records #1 on the charts.
One day, I will put out a greatest hits with songs that didn't even go on the charts because they were never commercially released (i.e., "Breakdown",[b] "Underneath the Stars", "Butterfly", etc.) or songs that came out that didn't go to #1 that are, in my opinion, better than some that did (i.e., "Make It Happen", "Anytime You Need a Friend", "Endless Love" with Luther, or "Can't Let Go").
—Carey in an "open letter to [her] fans" in the liner notes for #1's.[9]
#1's, a compilation of her then thirteen U.S. number-one singles, was previously described by Carey as "not a greatest hits album", due to the exclusion of various songs that she felt was her "best work".[10] All tracks from #1's, with the exception of "Whenever You Call" and the international bonus track "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)", are included on Greatest Hits. The album also includes seven additional songs released prior to #1's, and five songs released after #1's, including the U.S. number one hits "Heartbreaker" and "Thank God I Found You".[11]
"Against All Odds", a UK number one hit, is included in international editions of the album.[12] The Japanese edition released the following week on December 12, and includes four additional bonus tracks; "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is her best selling single in the country, with 1.1 million copies sold,[13] and "Never Too Far/Hero Medley", a newly recorded song that had released as a standalone single one day earlier in the U.S., was included as Sony Music Japan was the distributor of Carey's Virgin releases in the country.[14][15]
Greatest Hits was re-released as The Essential Mariah Carey by Legacy Recordings internationally in 2011, and in the U.S. in 2012. For the U.S. edition, Carey contributed creative input to its track selection. In a press release, she stated: "I wanted to create a collection of some of my favorite songs, several of them are very big hits and some are more obscure favorites of mine as well as fan faves."[16] Carey selected four additional non-single tracks, "Vanishing" from Mariah Carey (1990), "Close My Eyes" and "The Roof" from Butterfly (1997), and "Bliss" from Rainbow, as well as the extended club remix versions of "Emotions" and "Anytime You Need a Friend", for the album.[16]
Critical reception
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Greatest Hits received generally positive reviews from critics. Critics noted the timing of the album's release, in light of the personal and commercial troubles surrounding Carey's Glitter project, which released in September 2001.[2][18][19][20] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commended the "archival" nature of the album, but criticized its long runtime, recommending the "more concentrated" #1's instead.[2] In an updated review in 2011,[c] Erlewine described the album as a "good and thorough retrospective of Mariah in her prime".[17]
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising the inclusion of "Make It Happen", "Without You", and "Underneath the Stars", stating that they "have certainly earned their spots next to hits" such as "Hero" and "One Sweet Day", and declared the album as Carey’s “first proper hits compilation”.[18] However, Cinquemani also negatively described the album as an attempt by Columbia and Carey's ex-husband to "cash in Carey's pre-borderline 'Columbia Years'".[18] Devon Powers of PopMatters also praised the album, describing Carey as a "pop princess, hammering out fast numbers with a zeal and determination" highlight that the album moves "chronologically through [her] remarkable career".[19] In a negative review, Sarah Liss of Now criticized the songs as "bland" and "hard to distinguish from each other".[20]
Commercial performance
[edit]Greatest Hits debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard 200, charting for a total of 13 weeks, and remained her lowest peaking album on the chart until 2020, when Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special charted at number 100.[21] It also debuted at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart on the week ending December 15, 2001,[22] but later reached a new peak of number seven on the week ending October 29, 2005, following the success of her tenth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi;[23] it has charted for a total of 38 weeks on the chart.[24] On the same week, the album also charted its first of four non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart; it is her seventh number one album on the chart.[24]
The RIAA certified the album two-times platinum, denoting shipments of one million in the U.S.; the RIAA counts each disc separately for certification purposes.[25] As of November 2018, Greatest Hits has sold 1,230,000 copies in the U.S.[26] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album three-times platinum, signifying over 900,000 copies sold in the UK.[27] Globally, the album has sold an estimated 4.7 million copies.[28][29]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Vision of Love" | Mariah Carey (1990) | 3:31 | |
2. | "Love Takes Time" |
| Mariah Carey | 3:48 |
3. | "Someday" |
| Mariah Carey | 4:07 |
4. | "I Don't Wanna Cry" | Mariah Carey | 4:49 | |
5. | "Emotions" | Emotions (1991) | 4:09 | |
6. | "Can't Let Go" |
| Emotions | 4:27 |
7. | "Make It Happen" |
| Emotions | 5:08 |
8. | "I'll Be There" (featuring Trey Lorenz) |
| MTV Unplugged (1992) | 4:24 |
9. | "Dreamlover" | Music Box (1993) | 3:54 | |
10. | "Hero" |
| Music Box | 4:18 |
11. | "Without You" | Music Box | 3:34 | |
12. | "Anytime You Need a Friend" |
| Music Box | 4:26 |
13. | "Endless Love" (with Luther Vandross) | Lionel Richie | Songs (1994) | 4:20 |
14. | "Fantasy" | Daydream (1995) | 4:04 | |
Total length: | 58:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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15. | "Music Box" |
| Music Box | 4:57 |
16. | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" |
| Merry Christmas (1994) | 4:02 |
17. | "Open Arms" | Daydream | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men) |
| Daydream | 4:42 |
2. | "Always Be My Baby" | Daydream | 4:20 | |
3. | "Forever" |
| Daydream | 4:01 |
4. | "Underneath the Stars" |
| Daydream | 3:35 |
5. | "Honey" |
| Butterfly (1997) | 5:02 |
6. | "Butterfly" |
| Butterfly | 4:36 |
7. | "My All" |
| Butterfly | 3:50 |
8. | "Sweetheart" (with JD) |
| #1's (1998)[d] | 4:24 |
9. | "When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston) | #1's[e] | 4:35 | |
10. | "I Still Believe" |
| #1's | 3:56 |
11. | "Heartbreaker" (featuring Jay-Z) |
| Rainbow (1999) | 4:48 |
12. | "Thank God I Found You" (featuring Joe and 98 Degrees) | Rainbow | 4:18 | |
13. | "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" |
| Rainbow | 4:32 |
14. | "Against All Odds" (featuring Westlife; international bonus track) | Phil Collins | Rainbow[f] | 3:21 |
15. | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (So So Def Remix; featuring Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow) |
| Non-album single | 3:43 |
Total length: | 63:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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16. | "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" |
| Previously unreleased | 4:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Vision of Love" |
| Mariah Carey (1990) | 3:31 |
2. | "Love Takes Time" |
| Mariah Carey | 3:48 |
3. | "Vanishing" |
| Mariah Carey | 4:11 |
4. | "I Don't Wanna Cry" |
| Mariah Carey | 4:49 |
5. | "Emotions" (12" Club Mix) |
| Emotions (1991) | 5:54 |
6. | "Can't Let Go" |
| Emotions | 4:27 |
7. | "Make It Happen" |
| Emotions | 5:08 |
8. | "I'll Be There" (featuring Trey Lorenz) |
| MTV Unplugged (1992) | 4:24 |
9. | "Dreamlover" |
| Music Box (1993) | 3:54 |
10. | "Hero" |
| Music Box | 4:18 |
11. | "Without You" |
| Music Box | 3:34 |
12. | "Anytime You Need A Friend" (C&C Club Remix) |
| Music Box | 10:55 |
13. | "Endless Love" (with Luther Vandross) | Lionel Richie | Songs (1994) | 4:20 |
14. | "Fantasy" |
| Daydream (1995) | 4:04 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men) |
| Daydream | 4:42 |
2. | "Always Be My Baby" |
| Daydream | 4:20 |
3. | "Underneath the Stars" |
| Daydream | 3:33 |
4. | "Honey" |
| Butterfly (1997) | 4:59 |
5. | "Butterfly" |
| Butterfly | 4:34 |
6. | "My All" |
| Butterfly | 3:50 |
7. | "Close My Eyes" |
| Butterfly | 4:21 |
8. | "The Roof" (Mobb Deep Extended Version; featuring Mobb Deep & Big Noyd) | Butterfly | 5:31 | |
9. | "When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston) | Schwartz | #1's (1998)[e] | 4:34 |
10. | "I Still Believe" |
| #1's | 3:54 |
11. | "Heartbreaker" (featuring Jay-Z) |
| Rainbow (1999) | 4:46 |
12. | "Bliss" |
| Rainbow | 5:44 |
13. | "Thank God I Found You" (featuring Joe and 98 Degrees) |
| Rainbow | 4:17 |
14. | "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" |
| Rainbow | 4:32 |
Notes
- "I'll Be There" featuring Trey Lorenz is a cover, originally performed by The Jackson 5
- "Without You" is a cover, originally performed by Badfinger
- "Endless Love" with Luther Vandross is a cover, originally performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
- "Sweetheart" with JD is a cover, originally performed by Rainy Davis
- "I Still Believe" is a cover, originally performed by Brenda K. Starr
- "Against All Odds" featuring Westlife is a cover, originally performed by Phil Collins
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications and sales
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[65] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[66] | Platinum | 125,000* |
France (SNEP)[67] | Gold | 100,000* |
Ireland (IRMA)[68] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[69] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[70] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
South Korea | — | 177,945[g] |
United Kingdom (BPI)[74] | 3× Platinum | 900,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[75] | 2× Platinum | 1,230,000[26] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 4,700,000[28][29] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Country | Date | Release | Format | Label | Ref |
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United States | December 4, 2001 | Greatest Hits | CD | Columbia | [2] |
Japan | December 12, 2001 | Sony Japan | [76] | ||
Various | January 10, 2011 | The Essential Mariah Carey | Legacy | [77] | |
United States | April 24, 2012 | [16] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Citations for all genres: [1][2]
- ^ Though not included in Greatest Hits, "Breakdown" was later included in The Remixes (2003).
- ^ a b AllMusic also reviewed the international edition of The Essential Mariah Carey in 2011, which shares the same track listing. The rating was lowered to 4/5.[17]
- ^ and Life in 1472 (1998)
- ^ a b and The Prince of Egypt and My Love Is Your Love (both 1998)
- ^ and Coast to Coast (2000)
- ^ Combined sales figure from 2001–2002: [71][72][73]
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