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''#1's'' is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released by Columbia Records on November 17, 1998. The album contained Carey's then thirteen number one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as four new songs. In Japan, ''#1's'' also included her popular single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which remained Carey's biggest selling single there. Though showing the characteristics of a regular greatest hits album, Carey expressed a dislike for the track listing, which she called a large collection of her most commercial singles. Carey felt that if ''#1's'' was a traditional greatest hits album, then it would include other songs that did not reach number one, but were far more important in her career. She has regularly voiced her frustration with the song choices on the album, expressing her disappointment with the omission of her "favorite songs". Upon release, reviews for the album were mixed, with criticism directed towards both the new material and the decision to include only Carey's number one hits in the United States. While receiving tepid reviews from music critics, the album became a large commercial success throughout the world. It debuted at number four on ''Billboard'' 200, number one in Japan, and in the top-ten throughout almost every major music market around the globe. ''#1's'' was certified five-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of five million copies throughout the United States. Aside from the US, the album experienced its strongest sales in Japan, where the album sold 3,250,000 copies in the first three months after its release. The album was certified the triple-million award, and currently remains the best-selling album of all-time in Japan by a non-Asian artist. In Europe, ''#1's'' was certified double-platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), denoting shipments of two million copies throughout the continent. Three singles were released from the album. Serving as the album's lead single was "Sweetheart" featuring Jermaine Dupri. The song performed weakly on the charts, peaking within the top-twenty only in Germany and Switzerland. The follow-up single, "When You Believe", a duet with Whitney Houston, charted well throughout the world. In the US, the song performed moderately, peaking at number fifteen. In Europe however, the song reached the top-two in Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland and the top-five in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. "When You Believe" was featured in the ''The Prince of Egypt'' soundtrack, and received the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Sales of ''#1's'' were much higher than expected. On May 15, 2015, Carey released ''#1 to Infinity'', an updated version of ''#1's'' with all 18 number-ones, which coincides with her residency show in Las Vegas, Mariah Carey Number 1's'' 〔http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mariah-carey-sets-first-las-vegas-residency-20150115〕 ==Background and album title== During mid-1998, after the release of her seventh studio album, ''Butterfly'' (1997), the previous September, Carey was in the midst of developing a film and soundtrack project titled ''All That Glitters''. Midway through the project, ''All That Glitters'' fell into developmental hell, causing Carey to pause the entire production.〔 During this period, Carey considered embarking on a tour to support ''Butterfly'', which was continuing to sell strongly.〔 However, executives at Sony Music, the parent company of Carey's label Columbia, wanted her to prepare a greatest hits collection in time for the commercially favorable holiday season. Carey, not having time to record a studio album, agreed. However, they disagreed as to what content and singles should constitute the album.〔 Sony wanted to release an album that featured her US number one singles, void of any new material. Carey on the other hand, felt that a greatest hits album should reflect on her most personal and favorite songs, not her most commercial.〔 To accompany her thirteen number ones, Carey recorded four new songs. She felt that not including any new material would result in cheating her fans, therefore including some new material as well.〔 While compromised, Carey often expressed distaste towards the album's song selection, expressing her disappointment in the omission of her "favorite songs". For this reason, Sony titled the album ''#1's'', as Carey felt the need to express the album's true content, a collection of her number one hits.〔 Carey has frequently cited "Underneath the Stars" (1996) and "Breakdown" (1998) as examples of songs she was unsuccessful in releasing. In the album's liner notes, Carey wrote that she was releasing a collection of her number one singles as a "thank you" and a tribute to her fans, and explained that someday she would release a true greatest hits album containing songs that were not released as singles, as well as singles that did not reach number one. In December 2001, Columbia released the album ''Greatest Hits'', which featured Carey's number one singles alongside songs she said "needed to be really heard", such as "Underneath the Stars" and "Forever".〔 In an interview with MTV, Carey made the following statement regarding the album: "There's a lot of songs that I'm happy are gonna see the light of day. I think people are going to like this ''Greatest Hits'' because there are songs on it that were not necessarily singles." 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「Number 1's (Mariah Carey album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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