Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Following Music Box, Carey dekọrọ duet ya na Luther Vandross; ihe mkpuchi nke Lionel Richie na Diana Ross "Endless Love", wee malite ịrụ ọrụ na-amaghị ama n'oge okpomọkụ nke 1994. N'ọnwa Ọktoba, Billboard kwupụtara na ọ ga-ewepụta album ezumike na afọ ahụ. A tọhapụrụ album Merry Christmas nke Carey na Nọvemba 1, 1994 ma mesịa bụrụ otu n'ime album ekeresimesi kacha ere ahịa n'oge niile, na-ere ihe karịrị nde iri na ise n'ụwa niile. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya, abụ mbụ nke album ahụ, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", ka a kọwara dị ka "ụkpụrụ ezumike" ma were ya dị ka "otu n'ime ole na ole kwesịrị ekwesị nke oge a na-agbakwunye na ezumike ezumike". N'ahịa, ọ ghọrọ nke iri kachasị ere ere n'ụwa site na Disemba 2018, na ahịa zuru ụwa ọnụ karịrị nde 16. Ka ọ na-erule ngwụcha oge ezumike nke 1994, Carey na Afanasieff amalitelarị ide ihe maka ọba egwu ya ọzọ nke a ga-ewepụta na ngwụcha afọ na-esote. A tọhapụrụ ya na Ọktọba 3, 1995, Daydream jikọtara mmetụta pop nke Music Box na mmetụta R&B na hip hop. N'ụzọ dị oke egwu, a na-akpọsa album ahụ dị ka nke kachasị mma nke Carey ruo ugbu a; The New York Times kpọrọ ya otu n'ime albums kachasị mma nke 1995, wee dee, "mgbatị kachasị mma na-eweta R&B candy-making na ọkwa ọhụrụ nke textural refinement [...] Ihe odide abụ Carey emeela ka ọ na-aga n'ihu ma na-enwekwu ahụ iru ala, na-adọrọ adọrọ ma na-adabereghị na clichés na-akụda mmụọ. " Single nke abụọ nke album ahụ, "One Sweet Day", na mmekorita ya na otu R&B Boyz II Men, nọgidere n'elu Billboard Hot 100 maka izu iri na isii na-agbasochi, na-aghọ abụ nke kachasị ogologo na akụkọ ihe mere eme. Daydream ghọrọ album ya kacha ere ahịa na United States, wee bụrụ album nke abụọ nke RIAA kwadoro Diamond, na-esote Music Box. A na-ere album ahụ nde 2.2 na Japan naanị ma mesịa rute ahịa zuru ụwa ọnụ nke ihe karịrị nde 25. N'ihi ihe ịga nke ọma nke album ahụ, Daydream na ndị otu ya ahọpụtara na ngalaba isii na Grammy Awards nke 38. Carey, tinyere Boyz II...  Ajụjụ: kedu ihe ghọrọ album Carey kacha ere ahịa na US?
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