Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album)

"Never Too Far/Hero Medley"
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Mariah Carey
Released	December 4, 2001
Recorded	1988–2001
Length	123:05
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mariah Carey; Walter Afanasieff; Puff Daddy; Q-Tip; Jermaine Dupri; Manuel Seal; Dave Hall; DJ Clue; Duro; Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; Stevie J; Mike Mason; David Cole; Robert Clivillés; Babyface; Narada Michael Walden; Rhett Lawrence; Ric Wake;
Mariah Carey chronology
Singles from Greatest Hits
	"Never Too Far/Hero Medley"; Released: December 11, 2001;

Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 4, 2001 by Columbia Records. It is a greatest hits double album: CD 1 is primarily a collection of Carey's hits from 1990 to 1995, while CD 2 is primarily a collection of hits from 1996 to 2000. In 2011, the album was re-issued outside the US with the same track listing, under the title of The Essential Mariah Carey.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	(Positive)[2]
Slant Magazine	[3]

Content

Carey had previously released the compilation album #1's (1998), but the release of her Greatest Hits album was a contractual agreement beyond her control, since she had left Columbia Records and had moved on to Virgin Records. The album had little creative input from Carey and there are no personal messages within its liner notes, unlike #1's. All tracks from the previous album, with the exception of "Whenever You Call" with Brian McKnight, and the #1's non-U.S. bonus track "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" are included on LP. Greatest Hits. Tracks that weren't included on #1's are:

the U.S. top five hits "Can't Let Go" (1991), "Make It Happen" (1992) and "Without You" (1994), and the top twenty hit "Anytime You Need a Friend" (1994);
the radio airplay-only tracks "Forever" (1996), "Underneath the Stars" (1996), and "Butterfly" (1997);
"Heartbreaker" (1999) and "Thank God I Found You" (2000), the two singles from Carey's Rainbow album that went to number 1 following the release of #1's, as well as "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" (2000), another track from Rainbow;
"Endless Love" (1994), a top five duet with Luther Vandross, which had not been previously included on any Carey album;
the So So Def remix of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (2000) featuring Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri, which had only been included on the Japanese re-release of the single in 2000.

Most non-U.S. versions of Greatest Hits retain the track listing as listed below with the addition of "Against All Odds" (2000), a duet with Westlife. The Japanese version contains "Against All Odds", "Open Arms" (1996), the non-single album track "Music Box" from the album Music Box (1993), and the Merry Christmas album version of "All I Want for Christmas Is You"; it is also the only album to include the "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" (2001) single. Unlike most non-U.S. versions of the Greatest Hits album, the So So Def Remix of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was not included on the original UK edition but on the album's 2005 re-release.

Commercial performance

As of November 2018, Greatest Hits has sold 1,230,000 copies in the US.[4] Globally, the album has sold an estimated five million copies.[5]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Vision of Love"	Mariah Carey Ben Margulies	Rhett Lawrence Narada Michael Walden	3:30
2.	"Love Takes Time"	Carey Margulies	Walter Afanasieff	3:48
3.	"Someday"	Carey Margulies	Ric Wake	4:07
4.	"I Don't Wanna Cry"	Carey Walden	Walden	4:49
5.	"Emotions"	Carey David Cole Robert Clivillés	Carey Cole Clivillés	4:09
6.	"Can't Let Go"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:27
7.	"Make It Happen"	Carey Cole Clivillés	Carey Cole Clivillés	5:08
8.	"I'll Be There" (featuring Trey Lorenz)	Berry Gordy Bob West Hal Davis Willie Hutch	Carey Afanasieff	4:24
9.	"Dreamlover"	Carey Dave Hall David Porter	Carey Hall Afanasieff	3:54
10.	"Hero"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:18
11.	"Without You"	Pete Ham Tom Evans	Carey Afanasieff	3:34
12.	"Anytime You Need a Friend"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:26
13.	"Endless Love" (duet with Luther Vandross)	Lionel Richie	Afanasieff	4:20
14.	"Fantasy"	Carey Chris Frantz Tina Weymouth Hall Adrian Belew Steven Stanley	Carey Hall	4:04
15.	"Music Box" (Japanese bonus track)	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:57
16.	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Japanese bonus track)	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:02
17.	"Open Arms" (Japanese bonus track)	Steve Perry Jonathan Cain	Carey Afanasieff	3:30

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"One Sweet Day" (duet with Boyz II Men)	Carey Afanasieff Michael McCary Nathan Morris Wanya Morris Shawn Stockman	Carey Afanasieff	4:41
2.	"Always Be My Baby"	Carey Jermaine Dupri Manuel Seal	Carey Dupri Seal	4:18
3.	"Forever"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:01
4.	"Underneath the Stars"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	3:33
5.	"Honey"	Carey Sean Combs Kamaal Fareed Steven Jordan Stephen Hague Ronald Larkins Bobby Robinson Larry Price Malcolm McLaren	Carey Combs Stevie J The Ummah	4:59
6.	"Butterfly"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	4:34
7.	"My All"	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff	3:50
8.	"Sweetheart"	Rainy Davis Pete Warner	Dupri Carey	4:22
9.	"When You Believe" (duet with Whitney Houston)	Stephen Schwartz Babyface	Babyface	4:34
10.	"I Still Believe"	Antonina Armato Giuseppe Cantarelli	Carey Stevie J Mike Mason	3:54
11.	"Heartbreaker" (featuring Jay-Z)	Carey Shawn Carter Walden Shirley Ellison Lincoln Chase Jeffrey Cohen	Carey DJ Clue? Ken "Duro" Ifill	4:46
12.	"Thank God I Found You" (featuring Joe and 98 Degrees)	Carey James Harris III Terry Lewis	Carey Harris III Lewis	4:17
13.	"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"	Carey Diane Warren	Carey Harris III Lewis	4:32
14.	"Against All Odds" (featuring Westlife) (non-US bonus track)	Phil Collins	Carey Steve Mac	3:21
15.	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (So So Def Remix featuring Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow)	Carey Afanasieff Arthur Baker John Robie Kevin Donovan Ellis Williams Robert Darrell Allen John Miller John Byas Ralf Hütter Florian Schneider	Carey Afanasieff Dupri	3:43
16.	"Never Too Far/Hero Medley" (Japanese bonus track)	Carey Afanasieff Harris III Lewis	Carey Harris III Lewis Randy Jackson	4:48

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2001–06)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	47
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	31
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10]	27
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11]	10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	37
European Albums (Top 100)[13]	32
French Compilations (SNEP)[14]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15]	36
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16]	34
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17]	25
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18]	3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19]	11
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20]	7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21]	20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	7
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[25]	1
US Billboard 200[26]	52
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27]	36

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28]	93
Chart (2005)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)[29]	40

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[30]	3× Platinum	210,000^{^}
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[31]	Platinum	125,000^*
France (SNEP)[32]	Gold	137,600[33]
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[34]	Gold	10,000^*
Ireland (IRMA)[35]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
Japan (RIAJ)[36]	Platinum	200,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)[37]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[38]	2× Platinum	600,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[39]	2× Platinum	1,230,000[4]
Worldwide	—	5,000,000[5]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

Allmusic review
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"Italiancharts.com – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"マライア・キャリーのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
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"Swisscharts.com – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
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"Mariah Carey Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"2002年アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 2005". OCC. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
"Brazilian album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
"French album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
"Les Albums Certifications – Or" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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"Irish album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
"RIAJ > The Record > February 2002 > Certified Awards (December 2001)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
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[1] Allmusic review

[2] "Mariah Carey". PopMatters.

[3] Sal Cinquemani (December 10, 2001). "Mariah Carey: Greatest Hits - Album Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.

[USsales-4] Trust, Gary (November 18, 2018). "Ask Billboard: Mariah Carey's Career Sales, Ariana Grande Fun Facts & More". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2019.

[globalsales-5] "Biographie : Mariah Carey". Plurielles. TF1 Group. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.

[ac_Australia_Mariah_Carey-6] "Australiancharts.com – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Austria_Mariah_Carey-7] "Austriancharts.at – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Flanders_Mariah_Carey-8] "Ultratop.be – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Wallonia_Mariah_Carey-9] "Ultratop.be – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Mariah_Carey-10] "Mariah Carey Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Denmark_Mariah_Carey-11] "Danishcharts.dk – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Netherlands_Mariah_Carey-12] "Dutchcharts.nl – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[13] "Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[14] "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Germany4_Mariah_Carey-15] "Offiziellecharts.de – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[16] "irish-charts.com – Discography Mariah Carey". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Italy_Mariah_Carey-17] "Italiancharts.com – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[18] "マライア・キャリーのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_New_Zealand_Mariah_Carey-19] "Charts.nz – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[20] "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20 no. 7. February 9, 2002. p. 15. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 10, 2020 – via American Radio History.

[ac_Scotland_-21] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Sweden_Mariah_Carey-22] "Swedishcharts.com – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Switzerland_Mariah_Carey-23] "Swisscharts.com – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_UK2_-24] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_UKR&B_-25] "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_Billboard200_Mariah_Carey-26] "Mariah Carey Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Mariah_Carey-27] "Mariah Carey Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

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[29] "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 2005". OCC. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[AustraliaMariah_CareyGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-30] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

[BrazilMariah_CareyGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-31] "Brazilian album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

[FranceMariah_CareyGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-32] "French album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

[33] "Les Albums Certifications – Or" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015.

[34] "Gold Awards". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

[IrelandMariah_CareyGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-35] "Irish album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

[36] "RIAJ > The Record > February 2002 > Certified Awards (December 2001)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

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[United_KingdomMariah_CareyGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-38] "British album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 4, 2017. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_StatesMariah_CareyGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-39] "American album certifications – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 4, 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

Mariah Carey
Albums Songs Awards and nominations Singles Videography Performances
Studio albums	Mariah Carey Emotions Music Box Merry Christmas Daydream Butterfly Rainbow Charmbracelet The Emancipation of Mimi E=MC² Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Merry Christmas II You Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse Caution
Live albums	MTV Unplugged
Compilation albums	#1's Greatest Hits The Remixes The Ballads The Essential Mariah Carey #1 to Infinity Japan Best
Soundtrack albums	Glitter
Live releases	MTV Unplugged +3 Here Is Mariah Carey Fantasy: Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden Around the World The Adventures of Mimi
Music video releases	The First Vision #1's
Television	A Christmas Melody Mariah's World
Concert tours	Music Box Tour Daydream World Tour Butterfly World Tour Rainbow World Tour Charmbracelet World Tour The Adventures of Mimi Angels Advocate Tour The Elusive Chanteuse Show The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour All the Hits Tour Mariah Carey: Live in Concert Caution World Tour
Concert residencies	Live at the Pearl All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity #1 to Infinity The Butterfly Returns
Fragrances	M by Mariah Carey Luscious Pink Forever
Companies	Monarc Entertainment
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