Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)

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Merry Christmas
Studio album by  Mariah Carey
Released	October 28, 1994
Recorded	December 1993 – August 1994
Studio	The Hit Factory[1] (New York City, New York)
Genre	Christmas R&B
Length	39:31
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff Loris Holland
Mariah Carey chronology
Music Box (1993) Merry Christmas (1994) Daydream (1995)
Singles from Merry Christmas
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Released: October 29, 1994[2] "Joy to the World" Released: November 1994[1] "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)" Released: 1994[3]

Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on October 28, 1994,^[4] 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 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.^[5] The album has sold 5.6 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 albums of all time.^[6]