Butterfly (album)

butterfly
Studio album by Mariah Carey
Publication (s)	September 6, 1997
admission	February-August 1997
Label (s)	Columbia
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	Pop , contemporary R&B , hip-hop
Title (number)	14 (international version)
running time	57:10
production	Mariah Carey , Walter Afanasieff , Puff Daddy , Q-Tip , Stevie J , Trackmasters , Cory Rooney , David Morales
Studio (s)	The Hit Factory, New York City
chronology Daydream (1995) butterfly Rainbow (1999)
Single releases August 26, 1997 Honey November 11, 1997 butterfly March 20, 1998 The Roof (Back in Time) March 24, 1998 Breakdown April 21, 1998 My All

Butterfly (in English: "Butterfly") is the sixth studio album by the American singer Mariah Carey . It was released on September 6, 1997 on Columbia Records . Again Carey mainly worked with Walter Afanasieff , but, like on Daydream , cooperated with well-known hip-hop musicians such as Sean "Puffy" Combs , Kamaal Fareed , Missy Elliott and Jean Claude Oliver and Samuel Barnes from Trackmasters . She continued her musical change. The lead single Honey reached number one in the US, while the fifth single My All became a top ten hit in Europe.

Emergence

Work on Butterfly began in January 1997. During the creation process, Mariah Carey separated from her husband Tommy Mottola , who was also the head of Columbia parent company Sony Music . The selection of hip-hop musicians was seen as a kind of satisfaction for Mottola, who had accompanied and controlled Carey's career since 1988. The record company also continued to worry that Carey, the best-selling artist, was jeopardizing her success with the hip-hop elements. These tensions were also reflected in the working relationship with Walter Afanasieff, during the production process there was a heated argument about the musical direction of the record. The lead single Honey was written by Carey together with Puff Daddy. The international edition also contained two remixed versions of the piece by well-known DJs. The second single, Butterfly , on the other hand, was a ballad that was created together with Walter Afanasieff.

Criticism and success

The album received essentially positive reviews. Jon Pareles of the New York Times spoke of a turning point in Carey's career. He related songs like Butterfly or Close My Eyes to the failed relationship with Mottola and wrote: "Since Carey writes her own lyrics, fans might expect a glimpse of marital discord or pride in her new-found autonomy." ("Since Carey began writing their own lyrics, fans may have had a sense of marital discord or pride in their newly-acquired autonomy.") In Entertainment Weekly , David Browne rated David Browne as B- (2-). He criticized that the arrangements made Carey's texts sometimes difficult to understand. It cannot be denied that Butterfly is compliant, as it contains little of the bombast usually used by Carey. However, it is "self-revealing". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . It received quintuple platinum in the US. In Germany it reached the highest position seven.

Awards

With Butterfly , Mariah Carey received an Honorary Award at the Billboard Music Awards for achieving "The Most Number-one Singles Ever by a Female Solo Artist in History". Honey was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 1998 Grammy Awards , while Butterfly was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance . Butterfly also won the Japan Gold Disc Award in the "International Pop Album of the Year" category. For the album Butterfly Carey won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul / R & B Female Artist in 1998. The album also received the BMI Pop Award for "Songwriter of the Year" and the "Songwriter" awards for "Honey", "Butterfly" and "My All". At the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards Carey won the Entertainer of the Year and Soul Train Lady of Soul awards presented to her by Aretha Franklin .

Butterfly was nominated for the 1998 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Female Artist. Carey was named "Songwriter of the Year" at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and received the "Song of the Year" award. At the 1998 World Music Awards , Carey won two of the top honors, "World's Best-Selling R&B Artist" and "World's Best-Selling Recording Artist of the 90s". The album was also included in the list of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

Track list

1. Honey ( Mariah Carey , Sean Combs , Kamaal Fareed , Steven Jordan , Stephen Hague , Bobby Robinson , Ronald Larkins, Larry Price, Malcolm McLaren ) - 5:00
2. Butterfly (Carey, Walter Afanasieff ) - 4:35
3. My All (Carey, Afanasieff) - 3:52
4. The Roof (Back in Time) (Carey, Jean Claude Oliver , Samuel Barnes , Cory Rooney , Albert Johnson , Kejuan Waliek Muchita ) - 5:14
5. Fourth of July (Carey, Afanasieff) - 4:22
6. Breakdown (Carey, Anthony Henderson , Charles Scruggs , Stevie J.) - 4:44
7. Babydoll (Carey, Missy Elliott , Rooney, Stevie J.) - 5:07
8. Close My Eyes (Carey, Afanasieff) - 4:21
9. Whenever You Call (Carey, Afanasieff) - 4:21
10. Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) (Carey, Elton John , Bernie Taupin , David Morales ) - 3:49
11. The Beautiful Ones featuring Dru Hill ( Prince ) - 6:59
12. Outside (Carey, Afanasieff) - 4:46
13. Honey (So ​​So Def radio remix) (Carey, Robinson, Hague, Larkins, Price, McLaren, Freddie Perren , Alphonzo Mizell , Berry Gordy , Dennis Lussier ) featuring Da Brat & JD - 3:59
14. Honey (Def Club mix) (Carey, Robinson) - 6:17

literature

• Nickson, Chris: Mariah Carey revisited: her story . St. Martin's Press 1998, ISBN 978-0-312-19512-0 .
• Shapiro, Marc: Mariah Carey: The Unauthorized Biography , ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55022-444-3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ release date
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Shapiro, Marc: Mariah Carey: The Unauthorized Biography , ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55022-444-3 , p. 99ff.
3. ^ Jon Pareles: Recordings View; A New Gentleness From a Pop Diva . In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company . September 21, 1997. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
4. ^ David Browne: Music Review - Mariah Carey: Butterfly . In: Entertainment Weekly . September 19, 1997. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
5. ↑ 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved September 26, 2009.