merry christmas merry christmas second christmas album thirteenth studio album american singer songwriter mariah carey released november recording began april continued carey pregnant executive producer merry christmas worked record producers including redone album features carey mother guest vocalist come faithful chorus album composed original songs covers ballads uptempo tracks incorporates soul house music composition album received mixed reviews music critics complimented relaxed lively contemporary feel felt predictable places debuted number album chart reached number chart later certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america riaa denoting shipments exceeding copies album failed impact reaching thirty australia hungary austria italy missed united_kingdom position peaking albums chart album produced singles including adult contemporary record breaking song santa reached number second week quickest ascent history chart song singles included new year anthem single release version christmas comes christmas time air support album carey promotional appearances ellen degeneres hosted television special called mariah carey merry christmas background production mariah carey twelfth studio album memoirs imperfect angel released produced billboard hot platinum certified track obsessed subsequent single releases failed replicate success want know love peaking number hot reaching number chart carey revealed intended release memoirs imperfect angel remix album early titled consist remixes standard songs new featured artists including pain release date february slated pushed march pushed march angels cry face memoirs imperfect angel released remixes featuring confirmed march production halted project shelved indefinitely carey record label stated singer instead working new project new surprises metro revealed carey recording new studio album possibly christmas album interview rap april said carey begun working new songs stating song decade crew lab day new shit april said shot album artwork fake snow wooden confirming project christmas album confirmed carey early stages production album involved project hoped release single end year revealed information album june saying mariah christmas album said lush lots strings hip hop lot said live feature new version christmas single want christmas reported august carey enlisted broadway composer work untitled album magazine described pairing unusual noted outcome september rap exclusively revealed title album merry christmas released november original songs covers represents sequel carey christmas album merry christmas composition opening track santa coming town second introduction produced carey santa tempo song new original compositions written produced carey cox instrumentation consists bells bells hand piano melody backed school yard chant beat lyrically carey makes plea asking bring baby time christmas singing santa gon come christmas houston_chronicle noted 1960s girl group swing feel track album medley titled little town little drummer boy rolling_stone described straightforward sweet performance christmas time air sung ballad backed string section embellished bells village_voice writer felt christmas time air song merry christmas matched magic want christmas describing exquisite track interlude medley titled born king section soulful tempo song consists carey delivering piano voice epilogue backed drum machine born king piece pure baby making magic according christmas comes soul song elements instrumental consists horns including trumpet performed brass instruments include flute lyrically song giving gift love carey sings gon holiday don need celebrate gon kiss worries cares away wait christmas time gon nice better baby special treasure seventh track album comes form medley time called comes santa right santa lane celebration noted carey adds club bounce comes santa right santa lane slant_magazine thought medley beat christmas charlie brown christmas variation charlie brown christmas animated musical television special piece nostalgia described makes use traditional religious fourth medley titled come faithful chorus features carey mother performs opera section according bill_lamb mariah carey best threatens far tones high notes force holds fashion track live recording holy night carey south central los_angeles makes use singer deeper tones octave scaling high notes followed child written carey retelling birth jesus encompasses range genres including christmas adult contemporary urban contemporary religious music want christmas extra recording original makes use extra production bell rings added kick drum new vocals final track rewrite scottish poet lyricist written published produced carey titled new year anthem house track instrumental singles santa released lead single premiered october received positive response music critics praising composition style record breaking entry songs chart debuted number rose number following week song reach peak weeks chart finished number adult contemporary year end chart reached number holiday chart number hot new year anthem released second single form piece remix december garnered negative response critics disapproved carey composed traditional poem burns house music song peaked number holiday songs chart christmas comes released single newly recorded duet song sent urban contemporary radio available digital download november released united_kingdom november scott shelter thought duet superior original award stars accompanying music video directed christmas comes filmed carey los_angeles home features carey legend throwing celebratory christmas house party includes cameo features footage film charlie brown christmas duet reached number seventy chart number chart debuted number south korea international download singles chart november sales christmas time air released fourth single december positively received critics compared high quality caliber want christmas reached number singles chart release promotion october carey appeared interviewed album previewed tracks including born king little town little drummer boy come faithful chorus featuring mother recording christmas album carey said lot people look making christmas album like thing real album timeless pieces work year year year want able listen november appeared interview ellen degeneres discuss album merry christmas released canada united_states digital download november special edition containing die cut holiday cards released exclusively day collector edition containing golden gift box page hardcover photo album tag sheet butterfly released november following day carey appeared november carey taped performance santa aired later month december carey performed santa want christmas christmas day parade special featured carey surrounded dancers including ended fireworks end performance pre recorded abc television special called mariah carey merry christmas aired december included performances santa come faithful accompanied mother want christmas filmed los_angeles november produced carey accompanied gospel choir carey performed child come faithful christmas washington event performance aired december tnt critical reception metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics merry christmas received average score based reviews indicates mixed average reviews writer bill_lamb praised album writing relaxed comfortable engaging wrote original compositions solid placing emphasis santa child christmas comes felt christmas time overshadowed heavy orchestration concluded writing mariah carey know way christmas albums houston chronicle echoed lamb sentiments adding album ought boost carey career complimentary overall feel writing manages capture magic previous christmas album original songs fit christmas classics finished review sweet spirit holidays merry musical bright stephen allmusic noted new original compositions gave lively modern feel highlighted santa christmas comes examples continued write covers charlie brown christmas sound stiff album complete body work cheerful engaging worthy successor carey previous christmas album bbc_music thought album necessarily clever big santa league want christmas perfect filler rolling_stone writer disliked original ballads christmas time child describing thick orchestration praised santa christmas comes uptempo melodies confused recording want christmas saying hard figure extra far easier determine wrong awkward dance beat concluded warm heart right place slant_magazine gave album half stars writing carey sequel retrospect safe merry christmas desperate predictable continued label incredibly album wrote remarkably listen felt merry christmas sequel remake attempt time carey village_voice critical merry christmas described child retelling santa trying hard difficult sing want christmas extra desperate attempt carey recording song near desperation listeners sake merry christmas gift fans claims course pay fascinating career long saga self obsession commercial performance united_states merry christmas debuted number billboard album chart week sales copies sixteenth album placed women entries madonna nineteen thirty peaked number chart holiday albums chart second following merry christmas album peaked number seven chart certified gold denoting shipments exceeding copies recording_industry_association_of_america riaa january march sold copies united_states canada album peaked number fourteen outside united_states album failed achieve similar success reached thirty australia hungary peaking number seven number thirty respectively peaked number italy number austria peaked number albums_chart november track listing charts certifications sales
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