when did mariah carey's christmas album come out
November 1, 1994
title: Mariah Carey albums discography text: Carey released her most successful studio album to date, "Music Box", which was certified Diamond in the United States and topped the charts in many countries around the world. "Music Box" is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 28 million copies sold. Carey's her first holiday album and fourth overall studio effort, "Merry Christmas", followed in 1994 and contained "All I Want for Christmas Is You". After Carey's success in Asia with "Merry Christmas", "Billboard" estimated Carey as the all-time best-selling international artist in Japan. The singer's her fifth studio album "Daydream" was released in 1995 title: Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) text: to become one of the best-selling singles of all time. "Merry Christmas" was released at the peak of the initial stretch of Carey's career, between "Music Box" (1993) and "Daydream" (1995). The album produced "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which became the best-selling holiday ringtone in the US. The album has sold 5.5 million copies in the United States as of December 2015 according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified quintuple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It has sold 15 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. Carey title: Mariah Carey text: as Marc Shaiman. The release date for the album, titled "Merry Christmas II You", was November 2, 2010; the track list included six new songs as well as a remix of "All I Want for Christmas Is You". "Merry Christmas II You" debuted at number four on the "Billboard" 200 with sales of 56,000 copies, becoming Carey's 16th top ten album in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it only the second Christmas album to top this chart. In May 2010, Carey dropped out of her planned appearance in "For Colored title: Mariah Carey text: Ross's "Endless Love". Carey's album "Merry Christmas" was released on November 1, 1994, on the same day that the album's first single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", was released. The album eventually became the best-selling Christmas album of all time, with global sales reaching over 15 million copies. Upon its release, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was critically praised, and is considered "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon." "Rolling Stone" described it as a "holiday standard and ranked it fourth on its Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs list. Commercially, it title: Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) text: Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and 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. The album contains a contemporary holiday theme, and featured "authentic, gospel flavored background vocals". Three singles were released from the album, of which "All I Want for Christmas Is You" went on