• Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album from pop and R&B singer Mariah Carey.

• 1. Genre: Holiday
  2. Release date: November 1, 1994
  3. Re-release date: October 25, 2005
  4. Labels: Columbia Records, Island Records
  5. Producers: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Robert Clivillés and David Cole
  6. Peak chart position: The Billboard 200 #1
  7. Singles: "All I Want for Christmas Is You," "Miss You Most," "Joy to the World," "Jesus Born on This Day," "O Holy Night"
  8. As of December 2007, certified five-times platinum

• Track Listing

  1. "Silent Night"
  2. "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
  3. "O Holy Night"
  4. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
  5. "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)"
  6. "Joy To The World"
  7. "Jesus Born On This Day"
  8. "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"
  9. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
  10. "Jesus What A Wonderful Child"
  11. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

• Reviews

  "It's rare that a mainstream Christmas album captures the true meaning of the season. This one does, beautifully. Merry Christmas delivers wholesome lyrics and fun, upbeat melodies perfectly suited to Carey's trademark, 4-octave vocal calisthenics. It's one gift worth unwrapping early . . . and playing all year 'round!"--Plugged InPlugged In: Merry Christmas Review

  "Pretensions to high opera on "O Holy Night" and a horrid dance club take on "Joy to the World." On the positive side, her co-penned (one of three) "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a well-crafted Phil Spector tribute, with Beach Boys-style harmonies, jangling bells, and a sleigh-ride pace, injecting one of the few bits of exuberant fun in this otherwise vanilla set."--allmusicallmusic: Merry Christmas Review

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