Music Box (Album)

Music box
Studio album by Mariah Carey
Publication (s)	August 31, 1993
Label (s)	Columbia
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	11
running time	47:24
occupation	div
production	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff David Cole Robert Clivillés Baby face
chronology Emotions (1991) Music box Merry Christmas (1994)
Single releases July 27, 1993 Dreamlover October 19, 1993 Hero January 23, 1994 Without You / Never Forget You May 31, 1994 Anytime you need a friend

Music Box is the third studio album by American pop singer Mariah Carey . With more than 28 million units sold worldwide, the CD is one of the most successful of 1993.

The album is Mariah Carey's most commercially successful album. The CD and the singles released from it were sold around 30 million times worldwide. ( Without You was Carey's first - and so far only - # 1 hit in Germany.) Already the first single, Dreamlover occupied first place in the Billboard charts for eight weeks and was certified platinum. But the most famous song, a kind of "hymn" from Music Box , became Hero , which is still considered a kind of maxim for Carey and her fans - the title is one of several on the album that was created in teamwork with the successful producer Walter Afanasieff. On Music Box you can also find Carey's first cooperation with Babyface ( Never Forget You ), and Carey worked with him several times later. Music Box was Carey's international breakthrough. At the BRAVO Otto Awards 1994 Mariah was chosen as the most popular singer - with almost two thirds of all votes. In 1993 Mariah went on a concert tour, for the first time ever.

Track list

( Singles *)

1. Dreamlover * - 3:53
2. Hero * - 4:19
3. Anytime You Need a Friend * - 4:25
4. Music Box - 4:57
5. Now That I Know - 4:19
6. Never Forget You - 3:46
7. Without You * - 3:36
8. Just to Hold You Once Again - 4:00
9. I've Been Thinking about You - 4:48
10. All I've Ever Wanted - 3:51
11. Everything Fades Away - 5:25

Chart placements

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1993	Music box	DE1 (80 weeks) DE	AT1 (40 weeks) AT	CH1 (72 weeks) CH	UK1 (78 weeks) UK	US1 (128 weeks) US	R&B1 (86 weeks) R&B	First published: August 31, 1993 Sales: +32,000,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1993	Dreamlover	DE39 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH13 (16 weeks) CH	UK9 (10 weeks) UK	US1 (29 weeks) US	R&B2 (27 weeks) R&B	First published: July 27, 1993
	Hero	DE41 (25 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7 (19 weeks) UK	US1 (30 weeks) US	R&B5 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: October 19, 1993
1994	Without you	DE1 (34 weeks) DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH1 (33 weeks) CH	UK1 (14 weeks) UK	US3 (23 weeks) US	R&B7 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: January 23, 1994
	Anytime you need a friend	DE41 (14 weeks) DE	AT25 (3 weeks) AT	CH15 (15 weeks) CH	UK8 (11 weeks) UK	US12 (21 weeks) US	R&B22 (18 weeks) R&B	First published: May 31, 1994

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	12 × platinum	840,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	100,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	1,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	47,382
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	diamond	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	6 × platinum	600,000
Norway (IFPI)	8 × platinum	400,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
Spain (Promusicae)	4 × platinum	400,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	1,500,000
All in all	2 × gold 54 × platinum 3 × diamond	18,102,382

Main article: Mariah Carey / Music Sales Awards

See also

• List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ release date
2. ↑ diereichsten.de