Mariah Carey - #1's

#1’s is the first greatest hits compilation album by American singer songwriter Mariah Carey, originally released in November 1998 via Columbia Records.

The album contained Carey's then thirteen number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as four new songs.

The first new song was a cover of Rainy Davis' "Sweetheart" (1987) performed as a duet with co-producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri. Dupri had worked with Carey in the past, contributing to her album Daydream, and co-produced several hip-hop remixes of her songs.

The second new song featured on #1's was "When You Believe", which Carey said was included because she felt it was "a miracle" that she and Whitney Houston collaborated on a record for the Disney film The Prince Of Egypt.

The third song was "Whenever You Call" which Carey had co-written and produced with longtime collaborator Walter Afanasieff for her album, Butterfly. However, in order to change the song's tempo and format, Carey decided to re-do the song as a duet with Brian McKnight, because she felt it was one of the best songs on Butterfly.

The fourth new song was one that Carey recorded specifically for #1's - a cover of Brenda K. Starr's "I Still Believe" (1988) co-produced by Stevie J and Mike Mason.

This double album 2LP record set is a 2024 limited edition reissue on metallic sliver with black swirl coloured vinyl housed in a single pocket sleeve with printed inner sleeves, pressed in Europe via Columbia Records.