Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)
Butterfly ( Engl.: " butterfly " ) is the sixth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on September 16, 1997. Again, Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff mainly, but as already cooperated on Daydream with known hip-hop musicians, such as Sean " Puffy " Combs, Kamaal Fareed, Missy Elliott and Jean Claude Oliver and Samuel Barnes from Trackmasters. They thus continuing their musical change. The lead single Honey reached number one in the U.S., whereas the fifth single My All became a top - ten hit in Europe.
Formation
Work on Butterfly began in January 1997. During the development process, Mariah Carey parted from her husband Tony Mottola, also head of Columbia 's parent company Sony Music. The choice of hip- hop musician was seen as a kind of satisfaction compared to Mottola, Carey's career had accompanied and monitored since 1988. Also part of the record company, there was still concern, Carey, the best-selling artist, would put the hip- hop elements to their success at risk. These tensions were reflected on the employment relationship with Walter Afanasieff, during the production process, there was a heated argument over the musical direction of the plate. The lead single was written by Carey Honey together with Puff Daddy. The international edition also contained two remixed by famous DJ versions of the piece. The second single Butterfly, however, was a ballad that was developed together with Walter Afanasieff.
Criticism and success
The album received mainly positive reviews. Jon Pareles of The New York Times spoke of a turning point in Carey's career. He included songs such as Butterfly or Close My Eyes to the failed relationship with Mottola, and wrote: ". Since Carey writes her own lyrics, fans might also expect a glimpse of marital discord or pride in her new -found autonomy " ( " Since Carey writes her own lyrics, fans could get a glimpse of marital discord or of pride about their newly acquired autonomy. " ) In Entertainment Weekly forgave David Browne grade B-( 2 -). He criticized the fact that texts are sometimes hard to understand by the arrangements Carey. It is not to deny that Butterfly was pleasing in that it contained little of the usual bombast at Carey. However, it was " self - revealing ". The album debuted at number one in the Billboard 200. It received quintuple platinum in the United States. In Germany it reached the peak position seven.
Awards
With Butterfly Mariah Carey received at the Billboard Music Awards honor the award since it was able to achieve "The Most Number -one singles Ever by a Female Solo Artist in History". Honey was performance and the Grammy Award for Best R & B Song nominated for the Grammy Awards in 1998 for a Grammy Award for Best Female R & B Vocal, while Butterfly was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Butterfly also won the Japan Gold Disc Award in the category " International Pop Album of the Year ". For the album Butterfly Carey the American Music Award won for Favorite Soul / R & B Female Artist 1998. The album also received the BMI Pop Award for " Songwriter of the Year" and " Songwriter " awards for " Honey " "Butterfly" and " My All ". The Soul Train Music Awards 1998 Carey won the awards for the " Entertainer of the Year " and the " Soul Train Lady of Soul" that were handed her by Aretha Franklin.
Butterfly was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards in 1998 as "Outstanding Female Artist ". The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Carey was honored as a " song -writer of the Year " and received the award for "Song of the Year". At the World Music Awards 1998 Carey won two of the highest honors, "World's Best -selling R & B Artist" and "World's Best -selling recording artist of the 90s ". The album was also the first on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You.