Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas (New Vinyl) (Special Edition) (Zoetrope Vinyl)

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New sealed copy. 2024 special edition zoetrope vinyl.

Merry Christmas is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and her first Christmas album. Released by Columbia Records on October 28, 1994, at the peak of the initial stretch of Carey's career, between Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995), the album features cover versions of popular Christmas songs in addition to original material. Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material. Three singles were released from the album, of which "All I Want for Christmas Is You" went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time and the best-selling Christmas ringtone in the United States.

Critical response to the album's contemporary Christmas theme was mixed. Some music critics complimented the "gospel and soul-inflected" vocals and even called it "Carey's best record" to date. Re-released on multiple occasions in various formats since its debut, the album has sold 5.7 million copies in the United States as of December 2019 and has been certified nine-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, it reached number one in Japan, Latvia, and Lithuania. It achieved the top-ten in 18 additional countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. As of 2024, Merry Christmas has sold 18 million copies worldwide, and stands as one of the best selling holiday albums in world history.

TRACKLIST:

A1        Silent Night
A2        All I Want For Christmas Is You
A3        O Holy Night
A4        Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
A5        Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
B1        Joy To The World
B2        Jesus Born On This Day
B3        Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
B4        Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)
B5        Jesus Oh What A Wonderful Child
B6        God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen