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| Length = | Label = Columbia | Producer = Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Dave Hall, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, David Morales, Babyface | Last album = ''Merry Christmas'' (1994) | This album =''Daydream'' (1995) | Next album = ''Butterfly'' (1997) | Misc = }} ''Daydream'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on October 3, 1995, by Columbia Records. The follow-up to her internationally successful album ''Music Box'' (1993) and holiday album ''Merry Christmas'' (1994), ''Daydream'' differed from the two by leaning increasingly towards contemporary R&B and hip hop. Throughout the project, Carey collaborated with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote and produced most of her two previous albums. With ''Daydream'', Carey took more control over the musical direction as well as the album's composition. Carey said she considered ''Daydream'' the beginning of her musical and vocal transformation, a change that became more apparent in her sixth album ''Butterfly'' (1997). During the album's production, Carey endured many creative differences with her label and husband Tommy Mottola. On ''Daydream'', Carey collaborated with Jermaine Dupri for the first time, and co-wrote and produced a song with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, with whom she had collaborated on ''Music Box''. It was also the first time she had worked with Boyz II Men, an R&B group consisting of four male vocalists. Together, they wrote the concept and lyrics for "One Sweet Day," a song that Carey co-produced with Afanasieff. With his assistance and the addition of a few contemporary producers, she was able to make a subtle transition into the R&B market. ''Daydream'' was nominated for six Grammy Awards at the 38th annual ceremony, during which Carey performed live. Due to the album's critical and commercial success, critics believed Carey would be one of the night's big winners. However, to her dismay, she was completely shut out, causing the subject to become very public and controversial. Six singles were released from the album. Its lead single "Fantasy" became the first single by a female artist to debut at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and went on to top the chart for eight weeks and became the second best-selling single of 1995 in the country. The song topped the charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and became a top-five hit in Finland, France and the United Kingdom. The second single "One Sweet Day" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for sixteen weeks and became the longest-running number one single in American history, a record it still holds. It also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and peaked within the top five in Australia, France, Ireland and the Netherlands. Jointly, the singles from ''Daydream'' spent a combined six months at the top of the Hot 100. To promote ''Daydream'', Carey embarked on the short but successful, Daydream World Tour, visiting Japan and Europe. At the time of its release, ''Daydream'' became Carey's best-reviewed album. Critics universally praised her matured lyrics and songwriting, as well as her musical direction. The album became an international success, debuting at number one in nine different countries, and in the top five in almost every major music market. ''Daydream'' became Carey's second album to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of ten million copies in the United States. Aside from its success in the United States, the album made the top five of the best-selling albums in Japan by a non-Asian artist, with 2.1 million copies sold. ''Daydream'' remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, with 25 million copies sold worldwide. ==Background== Aside from being Carey's second highest worldwide seller, ''Daydream'' served as her most personal and directly influenced album at the time. During the album's recording, Carey grew as an artist, as well as a writer. For the first time in her career, Carey was able to make music that she truly related to, R&B and hip hop.〔 While Columbia allowed Carey more leniency with the music she recorded, they became hesitant when she featured Ol' Dirty Bastard in the remix for "Fantasy."〔 They feared the sudden change was completely left field for her music, and worried it would jeopardize the album's success.〔 In an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', Carey openly spoke of her issues with Columbia: "Everybody was like 'What, are you crazy?' They're nervous about breaking the formula. It works to have me sing a ballad on stage in a long dress with my hair up." While Carey's new musical direction caused tension between her and Columbia, it began to severely strain her relationship with her husband at the time, Tommy Mottola. Mottola had always been involved in Carey's career, because he was the head of Sony Music, the parent company of her label. Since the time of Carey's debut, Mottola had controlled nearly every aspect of her career, keeping her sound carefully regulated and insisting that she continue recording middle-of-the-road pop music, despite her interest in hip hop.〔 Carey confessed that she never tried to change the situation because "() used to be insecure and cautious, and so () would listen to what the people said."〔 However, the control Mottola exerted over her career soon "spilled into her personal life" once they were married, increasing the amount of conflict between the two.〔 Soon, it was obvious that their marriage was in shambles; as stated in a ''Vanity Fair'' article, "the couple began to argue at the drop of a hat."〔 Carey was very involved in the project, more so than she had ever been on an album.〔 "I went into this phase of recording, recording, recording and doing it really fast," she told ''Time''. "This time, I had more time, and I focused more on what I wanted to do." As Carey's career and work continued to reflect her views on how it should sound, her marriage to Mottola continued to "deteriorate."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daydream (Mariah Carey album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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