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''Music Box'' is the fourth Album and third Studio Album by Pop and R&B singer Mariah Carey . It was released by Columbia Records on August 31 1993 (see 1993 In Music ) in North America . The album comprises Ballad s primarily co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff — with whom she had previously worked on '' Emotions '' (1991) — and a few urban dance tracks. Other collaborators on ''Music Box'' include Babyface and Robert Clivillés / David Cole (also known as Clivillés & Cole ). Lead single " Dreamlover " became Carey's most successful single at the time of its release when it topped the U.S. and Canadian singles charts, and " Without You " became her first to reach number one in the UK and several other countries across Europe . Carey was nominated for " Best Female Pop Vocal Performance " for "Dreamlover" at the 1994 Grammy Awards ; she received the same nomination for " Hero " at the 1995 Grammy Awards . It remains Carey's most successful album to date. CHART PERFORMANCE ''Music Box'' entered the U.S. '' in 1994, only behind Ace Of Base 's '' The Sign ''. In Canada the situation was quite different. Carey's previous albums had performed well in that country, but despite the success of " Dreamlover " there, ''Music Box'' peaked at number five. The album was a large seller elsewhere because of its singles, and it topped the charts in Australia , Germany , New Zealand , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . In the latter it debuted at #1 (a feat that doesn't achieve in America) where it stayed for one week, returning to the top spot in February 1994, to spend another five non-consecutive weeks at number one. With this, it was just the tenth best-selling album of 1993 in the UK , but the third best-selling album of the following year in that country. Additionally, the album became the #1 selling album of 1994 in many European, Asian, and South American countries. The album is Carey's most successful album to date worldwide, and by 2005 it had sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide. http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/bio.php ''Mariahcarey.com'' "Diva Pitch" ''Music Box'' yielded Carey's seventh and eighth U.S. #1 singles, "Dreamlover" and "Hero". "Dreamlover" (based around a sample of "Blind Alley" by The Emotions ) spent eight weeks at #1 and has become one of Carey's most popular songs to date; it continued the trend of Carey's debut singles from each studio album topping the U.S. Hot 100 (which lasted until the turn of the decade). "Hero" spent four weeks at #1 and became her first Christmas #1 single. The album's third and fourth singles, " Without You " (a Cover of the Badfinger song made famous by Harry Nilsson in 1972) and " Anytime You Need A Friend ", respectively, were slightly less successful in the U.S. The former did not reach number one, but it became Carey's first single to top the UK chart and was very successful worldwide, while "Anytime You Need a Friend" failed to make the U.S. top ten (Carey's first single to do so). All four singles were top ten Adult Contemporary hits, though none of them attained the #1 Adult Contemporary spot, making it Carey's first album without a #1 Adult Contemporary hit. SINGLES
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