demed it as "a saccharine piece of American soul slush." Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly felt the song truly highlighted the album, "[One Sweet Day] radiates a breezy sexiness that Carey, for all the brazen hussiness of her public persona, rarely permits herself to reveal in song. In 2018, the magazine noted, "Goosebumps, every time. Carey's heavenly vocals, combined with the song's universal message and the sweet harmonies of Boyz II Men." Stephen Holden from The New York Times shared similar sentiments and wrote "On 'One Sweet Day,' the singer joins forces with Boyz II Men, those masters of pleading post-doo-wop vocal harmonies, for a tender eulogy that suggests that the singers have been personally touched by the AIDS crisis." A reviewer from People magazine felt the song was a "stand-out track" and called Carey's vocal performance "bravura belting." "One Sweet Day" won many prestigious awards throughout 1996. At the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, the song won the award for "Favorite Adult Contemporary Single Female 'One Sweet Day'". "One Sweet Day" also won the award for "Song of the Year" at the BMI Awards and a "Special Award for 16 weeks at #1" at the Billboard Music Awards. Together, Daydream and "One Sweet Day" were nominated for six Grammy Awards at the 38th annual ceremony, however, to Carey's surprise, also to the surprise of many critics, they lost all of the nominations. In a readers' poll conducted by Rolling Stone, the song was ranked first for the category of the Best Collaboration of All Time. |- |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"|1996 |rowspan="2"|Billboard Music Awards |Top Hot 100 Singles | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|Nominated |- |Special Award – 16 weeks at number one | style="text-align:center; background:#9f9;"|Won |- |Blockbuster Entertainment Awards |Single Favorite Adult Contemporary Female Singer | style="text-align:center; background:#9f9;"|Won |- |rowspan="2"|Grammy Awards |Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|Nominated |- |Record of the Year | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|Nominated |- |MTV Video Music Awards |Best R&B Video | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|Nominated |- |NAACP Image Awards |Best Live performance at Madison Square | style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|Nominated |- |rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1997 |ASCAP Awards |Compositor de Rhythm & Soul | style="text-align:center; background:#9f9;"|Won |- |rowspan="2"|BMI Pop Music Awards |Best Pop Composer | style="text-align:center; background:#9f9;"|Won |- |Song of the Year | style="text-align:center; background:#9f9;"|Won |} Chart performance "One Sweet Day" became Carey's tenth chart topping single on the Billboard Hot 100 and Boyz II Men's fourth, debuting at the top spot. "One Sweet Day" became the fourth