Mariah Carey Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of ‘DayDream’
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mariah Carey’s landmark album Daydream. Daydream: 30th Anniversary Edition is available digitally today here. The anniversary edition features unreleased bonus tracks, fan favorites, live performances, classic remixes and features a new remix of “Underneath the Stars” produced by Eric Kupper. Additionally, available to the public for the first time are rare writing demos — excerpts from Mariah Carey’s original songwriting sessions for “Melt Away,” co-written and co-produced with Babyface, and “I Am Free,” co-written and co-produced with Walter Afanasieff.
On October 16, Daydream: 30th Anniversary Edition will be available as a 3LP, 2CD and cassette. The 3LP vinyl will include the full Live at Madison Square Garden 1995 concert performance for the very first time. The collection also includes never-before-released tracks making their vinyl debut across the set. The 2CD and deluxe digital release will feature previously unreleased versions of “Always Be My Baby” and “Open Arms” that took place at Mariah Carey’s Daydream tour stop in Rotterdam on June 17, 1996. Pre-order for these products are available now here.
Additionally, a limited-edition 1LP baby pink vinyl variant of Daydream will be available exclusively through Amazon. Available for pre-order here. Amazon Music will also release an Exclusive Track By Track of the original Daydream album which you can listen to today here.
Originally released on October 3, 1995, via Columbia Records, Daydream stands as one of the most commercially successful and critically celebrated albums. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to produce multiple global hits. “Fantasy” made history as the first song by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while “One Sweet Day” — Mariah Carey’s collaboration with Boyz II Men — also debuted at #1 Billboard Hot 100 and went on to spend a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks atop the charts, and “Always Be My Baby” also peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts. Daydream has sold more than 27 million copies worldwide.
The anniversary release debuts a never-before-seen “Making of Fantasy” featurette — an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the music video for one of the best-selling singles of all time, which Mariah Carey directed herself. The video captures the making of the iconic “Fantasy” music video offering fans a rare and personal window into a defining moment in pop music history. “Making of Fantasy” will premiere on Mariah Carey’s YouTube channel on July 20 at 10am ET.
Daydream has been certified 11x Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In recognition of the album’s enduring commercial legacy, the RIAA has issued new certifications for two of its landmark singles, “Fantasy” — Multi-Platinum (8x) and “Always Be My Baby” — Multi-Platinum (7x).