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)
Fantasy
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
The lyrics of Mariah Carey's song Fantasy are centered around an unattainable and perfect love interest. The singer of the song is infatuated with someone who walks by every night, looking great and talking sweetly, making her feel hectic inside. She is so into this person that she admits that if they only knew all the thoughts that flow through her mind, they would be overwhelmed. The chorus of the song encompasses the feeling that the singer experiences, acknowledging that the fantasy she has with her love interest is sweet but just limited to her mind.
The second verse follows the same pattern as the first one, with the singer admitting that the imagined images of being with her love interest reach the ecstatic heights, feeling like they are going to her head and making her heart beat faster every time. The song ends with the singer stating that she feels like she's in heaven when she's with her "laughing boyfriend." She acknowledges that there's no beginning or end to their relationship, and it feels like a dream come true, but she's not asleep. The chorus repeats itself, stating that the love she has and the images of being with this perfect person are just a sweet fantasy, limited only to her imagination.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, when you walk by every night
The singer is filled with intense emotions when she sees her crush every night.
Talking sweet and looking fine
The crush looks and speaks in such a way that makes the singer's heart race.
I get kinda hectic inside
The singer feels overwhelmed with emotion when around her crush.
Mmm, baby I'm so into you
The singer is deeply interested and attracted to her crush.
Darling, if you only knew
The singer wishes her crush knew how much she liked him.
All the things that flow through my mind
The singer is constantly thinking about her crush and their potential relationship.
But it's just a sweet sweet fantasy baby
Despite her strong feelings, the singer knows that her relationship with her crush is just a dream.
When I close my eyes, You come and you take me
The singer imagines a future where she and her crush are together, despite the improbability of it happening in reality.
It's so deep in my daydreams
The singer's longing for her crush consumes her thoughts during the day.
Images of rapture creep into me slowly
The singer imagines a future with her crush that fills her with intense pleasure.
As you're going to my head
The singer cannot stop thinking about her crush and how much she wants to be with them.
And my heart beats faster
The singer's heart races when she thinks about her crush.
When you take me over, Time and time and time again
The singer imagines being with her crush over and over again, but realizes it is just a daydream.
I'm in heaven, With my boyfriend, My laughing boyfriend
The singer is filled with joy and ecstasy in her imagination where she is in a relationship with her crush.
There's no beginning, And there is no end, Feels like I'm dreaming
The singer's daydream feels endless and too good to be true.
But I'm not sleeping
Although the daydream feels like a dream, the singer is fully aware that it is not reality.
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
The singer is acknowledging and indulging in her fantasy of being with her crush.
When I close my eyes, You come and you take me
The singer's imagination takes over and she pictures a world where she is with her crush.
It's so deep in my daydreams
The singer's daydreams about being with her crush are all-consuming.
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
The singer once again indulges in her daydreams about being with her crush.
Sweet sweet fantasy baby
The singer continues to indulge in her vivid and unrealistic daydreams.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Mariah Carey, Tina Weymouth, Christopher Frantz, Adrian Belew, Steven J.C. Stanley, Dave M.L. Hall
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@yuchube7325
Some history for ya'll who don't know, or need to be reminded about why this song (and Mariah Carey) are so incredibly iconic:
Rappers and Pop stars? In 2016, such a notion doesn’t seemed too far-fetched, right? In fact it's the freakin' norm. But in 1995, this was damn near scandalous. When Mariah wanted to get Ol’ Dirty Bastard of the Wu-Tang Clan to feature on Fantasy, her label (Sony) and her husband at the time (Tommy Mottola, Sony Exec.), both gagged. But somehow they let it happen.
However, fans of R&B, hip-hop and the like were floored. Never before had the genre (hip-hop) been embraced in such a big way by a “pop star.” And that very September, Mariah Carey forever changed the face of “pop music.”
It’s true, she didn’t invent the rap/sung collaboration, but she definitely pioneered it and made it mainstream. She made it work and it was an undeniable hit. Fantasy was #1 everywhere, on every chart, and became the first song by a female artist to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it spent 8 consecutive weeks.
So before there was Beyonce & Jay-Z, Rihanna & Drake, Taylor & Kendrick, Jlo & Pitbull or Katy & Juicy J, there was Mariah featuring O.D.B - You're welcome.
There is now a category at the Grammy Awards (the first of which Mariah should have won) for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - You're welcome Grammys.
So pervasive is this style of music now that pop stars often release rapper-assisted singles (Rihanna) to increase their chances of a hit.
So next time you say or think that Mariah is trying to "stay relevant" by collaborating with rappers, just remember - she was first.
@jessicaluper912
My little brother was killed in 1996. He loved Mariah. Sometimes I play her and remember him. R.I.P
@directorclarkmonroe
Jessica Luper is my condolences
@luanllluan
So sorry.
@tophbeifong2135
Jessica Luper awww I’m so sorry. Rest In Peace to your bro.
@Boom12
Keep strong. Rest in peace to your bro.
@wildcat_savage96-33
Clark Monroe Productions my condolences
@errtime2010
No other combination like this until this day, the cuteness of Mariah and the goofy roughness of ODB. Legends never die, they never will!
@psychesoap
She knew him as a Young Dirty
@stutt530
Your comment gave me chills 😍
@dotcomGone
Lol "goofy roughness". The man, may or may not have been on some drugs at the time.