Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, who married her three years later. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly (1997). She left Columbia in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of U.S. number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records.
Following Carey's highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown and the failure of the film Glitter (2001) and its soundtrack, Virgin bought out her contract and she signed with Island Records the following year. After a comparatively unsuccessful period, Carey returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), which became the best-selling album in the US and the world's second best-selling album of 2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). She won the Breakthrough Actress Performance award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the 2009 film Precious. Carey's subsequent ventures included being an American Idol judge, starring in the docu-series Mariah's World, appearing in the films The Butler (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), performing at two Las Vegas concert residencies, and publishing her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey in 2020.
Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 220 million records sold worldwide. She holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15). Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the United States and 10th overall, with 72 million certified album units. In 2008, she was named one of Time's annual 100 most influential artists and entertainers in the world. Billboard named her the "top-charting female solo artist", based on both album and song chart success in 2019. Carey has won 5 Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards and eight Guinness World Records. An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring multiple generations of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey
Studio albums
Mariah Carey (1990)
Emotions (1991)
Music Box (1993)
Merry Christmas (1994)
Daydream (1995)
Butterfly (1997)
Rainbow (1999)
Glitter (2001)
Charmbracelet (2002)
The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
E=MC² (2008)
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)
Merry Christmas II You (2010)
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014)
Caution (2018)
Album Version
Mariah Carey Lyrics
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Talking sweet and looking fine
I get kinda hectic inside
Mmm, baby I'm so into you
Darling, if you only knew
All the things that flow through my mind
But it's just a sweet sweet fantasy baby
You come and you take me
It's so deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby
Images of rapture
Creep into me slowly
As you're going to my head
And my heart beats faster
When you take me over
Time and time and time again
But it's just a sweet sweet fantasy baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
It's so deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
It's so deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby
I'm in heaven
With my boyfriend
My laughing boyfriend
There's no beginning
And there is no end
Feels like I'm dreaming
But I'm not sleeping
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
It's so deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
It's so deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
These lyrics to Mariah Carey's song "Fantasy" express the excitement and passion that a person feels towards someone they are deeply attracted to. The first stanza illustrates the physical and emotional reactions that the person experiences when they see the object of their affection. The second stanza goes deeper into the fantasies that they have about being with this person, and how their heart races every time they think about it.
Throughout the song, the lyrics emphasize the intense nature of this fantasy, how it consumes the person's thoughts and feelings. The chorus repeats the idea that although it is just a fantasy, it feels real and exhilarating, taking over their mind and body. The final stanza indicates that this fantasy represents a perfect world, where the person is with their ideal partner and existing in a state of constant bliss.
Overall, the lyrics to "Fantasy" convey the overwhelming feelings that can arise from attraction and infatuation, and how the power of imagination can transport someone to a place of complete happiness and fulfillment.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, when you walk by every night
Every time you pass me by, my heart starts racing.
Talking sweet and looking fine
Your voice is smooth and you look amazing.
I get kinda hectic inside
I feel overwhelmed with emotions when I see you.
Mmm, baby I'm so into you
I'm really attracted to you.
Darling, if you only knew
If only you knew what I was thinking about you.
All the things that flow through my mind
My mind is filled with thoughts about you.
But it's just a sweet sweet fantasy baby
What I'm imagining is just a pleasant illusion.
When I close my eyes
In my mind's eye.
You come and you take me
You appear and whisk me away.
It's so deep in my daydreams
My thoughts about you are so intense.
Images of rapture
Thoughts of blissful joy.
Creep into me slowly
They come upon me gradually.
As you're going to my head
As my thoughts about you become stronger.
And my heart beats faster
My heart begins to race with excitement.
When you take me over
When my thoughts of you become all-consuming.
Time and time and time again
This happens repeatedly.
I'm in heaven
I feel like I'm in paradise.
With my boyfriend
With the one I love.
My laughing boyfriend
The one who makes me happy.
There's no beginning
Our love seems like it has always existed.
And there is no end
Our love will never die.
Feels like I'm dreaming
It's almost like it's not real.
But I'm not sleeping
But I'm not actually asleep.
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
My thoughts about you are so pleasant.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Dave Hall, Mariah Carey, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Adrian Belew, Steven Stanley
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Uriel Montes
0:01 Fantasy
4:04 Underneath The Stars
7:38 One Sweet Day
12:21 Open Arms
15:51 Always Be My Baby
20:11 I Am Free
23:21 When I Saw You
27:46 Long Ago
32:19 Melt Away
36:02 Forever
40:03 Daydream Interlude
43:07 Looking In
Uriel Montes
0:01 Fantasy
4:04 Underneath The Stars
7:38 One Sweet Day
12:21 Open Arms
15:51 Always Be My Baby
20:11 I Am Free
23:21 When I Saw You
27:46 Long Ago
32:19 Melt Away
36:02 Forever
40:03 Daydream Interlude
43:07 Looking In
ang holloway
How old was she here in 1996? She looks 21
Isabel Angel
Este album es una alucinación brutal, gracias por subirlo...
Spanish lessons
En mi opinión, es el mejor álbum de todos los tiempos debido a la creatividad, la complejidad y la ejecución de todas esas notas que son casi imposibles de hacer con la misma calidad y resonancia.
nl V
Creo que un album injustamente ignorado aquella noche en los Grammy de 1996
Spanish lessons
Más que injustamente. Hay que darle las gracias a Tommy M por los resultados de esa noche.
Luis Larenas
Yo lo compre en cassete y lo amo tenía dos butterfly pero este daydrems lo amoo como la amo a ella Mariah Carey
angel mxz
Long ago da unas vibes tan diferentes al resto del álbum que es alucinanteee
waters228 91
Her best album of the 90s.
Maurice
Butterfly was