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Music Box: Mariah Carey’s first Diamond Moment

August 30, 2018

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By 1993 Mariah Carey had established herself as the Pop “It” girl in the United States. With six #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, an acclaimed MTV Unplugged performance and over 15 million records sold, she was already a rising star. However, her career was destined to reach new heights with her next album. On August 31, 1993 Columbia Records

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Playlist: Music Box (Mariah’s Version)

As I detailed in the Long Island Press, it is clear that Mariah Carey’s “Music Box” album didn’t give a full picture of her artistic ambitions. Carey grew up listening to R&B and was a teenager in New York as Hip-Hop transcended from its basement parties origins to a breakout