MARIAH CAREY - MARIAH CAREY - HER NO. 1 SMASH HIT DEBUT ALBUM - NEW US IMPORT

Mariah Carey is the self-titled debut album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on June 12, 1990 by Columbia Records. Although sales were initially slow, it made Carey a star in her home country and yielded four number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with the album itself spending eleven weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. The RIAA certified Mariah Carey 9x platinum on December 15, 1999, denoting 9 million shipments in the United States. According to SoundScan, it has sold 4,845,000 copies since 1991.^[1] The album finished 6th on the ARIA Charts end of 1991 top 50 albums.^[2] To date, Mariah Carey has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.^[3]

The singles released from Mariah Carey were moderately successful in most music markets but became very popular in the U.S., making Carey a star there. "Vision of Love" became the first of many Billboard Hot 100 number 1 hits for Carey, and topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand. "Love Takes Time" reached number 1 in both the U.S. and Canada, but was only a moderate success in other markets and in some, such as the UK, it failed. "Someday" became another number 1 for Carey in the U.S. but only reached the top five in Canada, and elsewhere it had little impact. "I Don't Wanna Cry" tied Carey with The Jackson 5 as the act to have their first four singles hit number 1 in the U.S., but it had minimal success in other markets except Canada, where it peaked within the top ten. "There's Got to Be a Way" was released in some European countries such as the UK, where it missed the top forty. A fifth single, "Prisoner", was scheduled for release in the U.S. after "I Don't Wanna Cry", but because of the impending release of Carey's second album Emotions, it was not released.

Track listing

All songs were written by Carey and Ben Margulies, except where noted.

1. "Vision of Love" – 3:30

2. "There's Got to Be a Way" (Carey, Ric Wake) – 4:53

3. "I Don't Wanna Cry" (Carey, Narada Michael Walden) – 4:48

4. "Someday" – 4:08

5. "Vanishing" – 4:12

6. "All in Your Mind" – 4:45

7. "Alone in Love" – 4:12

8. "You Need Me" (Carey, Rhett Lawrence) – 3:51

9. "Sent from up Above" (Carey, Lawrence) – 4:04

10. "Prisoner" – 4:24

11. "Love Takes Time" – 3:49