Mariah Carey - Music Box

Music Box is the third studio album by American singer songwriter Mariah Carey, originally released in August 1993 via Columbia Records.

The album comprises ballads primarily written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had previously worked on Emotions (1991), and a few urban dance tracks. Carey wanted to broaden her audience, choosing a more pop/R&B oriented sound, and she experimented with different musical instruments, leading the album's sound away from her more contemporary previous two efforts.

Four singles were released from the album. The first three, "Dreamlover", "Hero" and "Without You", became worldwide chart-topping singles, the latter becoming Carey's highest charting international single of her career. "Without You" became Carey's first number-one single in most European markets and reached the top three in the United States.

Carey was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Dreamlover" at the 1994 Grammy Awards and received the same nomination for "Hero" at the 1995 Grammy Awards.

The album received mixed reviews upon release, however it was a huge commercial success, reached number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Music Box remains her biggest seller with more than 28 million copies sold, and is one of the best selling albums of all time.

This album is a 2020 reissue on black vinyl with a printed inner sleeve and remastered audio, pressed in Europe via Columbia Records.