Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)

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Rainbow
Rainbow cover
Studio album by Mariah Carey
Released November 2, 1999 (U.S.)
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 55:49
Label Columbia
CK-63800
Producer Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, James Wright, DJ Clue, Duro, Damizza, David Foster, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, She'kspere, Master P, Craig B
Professional reviews
Mariah Carey chronology
#1's
(1998)		 Rainbow
(1999)		 Valentines
(2000)
Singles from Rainbow
  1. "Heartbreaker"
    Released: September 21, 1999
  2. "Thank God I Found You"
    Released: January 25, 2000
  3. "Crybaby"/"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"
  4. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"

Rainbow is the ninth album and sixth studio album by American pop/R&B singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on November 2, 1999 (see 1999 in music) by Columbia Records.

Contents

[edit] Album information

Rainbow is a collaboration-heavy album on which Carey worked with a wide range of producers and artists that dominated the music scene of the late 1990s; Rolling Stone called the album "a sterling chronicle of accessible hip-hop balladeering at the close of 1999."[1] Guest artists included rappers Jay-Z, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Mystikal and Master P, singers Usher and Joe, and boy band 98 Degrees. The album was the first since Carey's debut to not be co-produced heavily by Walter Afanasieff, her long-time collaborator who co-produced most of her signature ballads. In his place, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were enlisted.

[edit] Chart performance

Rainbow debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with 323,000 copies sold, the highest first-week sales of Carey's career at that time.[2] In its debut week it was kept out of the top spot by Rage Against The Machine's Battle of Los Angeles. The second week Rainbow stayed at #2, this time blocked by Faith Hill's Breathe. The album stayed in the top twenty for ten weeks and on the chart for thirty-five, making one re-entry. The album's weekly sales peaked at 369,000 copies in its eighth week (when it was at number nine), and it was eventually certified three times platinum by the RIAA. Although a commercial success, it was Carey's first studio album since Emotions (1991) not to reach number one in the U.S. and her lowest-peaking since that album's release. Rainbow was a worldwide top ten hit, also hitting number one in France and on the United World Chart (for its two first weeks). As of 2005, the album had sold 4 million copies in the U.S.according to Nielsen SoundScan,[3] with an additional 0.5 million sold at Columbia House outlets and 0.44 million at BMG Music Clubs,[4] and 10 million units worldwide.

Rainbow produced two number-one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100: "Heartbreaker" and "Thank God I Found You". However, both singles were heavily discounted, thus contributing to its #1 position. Neither single would spend much time on the charts. A cover version of the Phil Collins song "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" featuring the Irish boy band Westlife was released in the UK and became Carey's second number-one single there, but the double A-side "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"/"Crybaby" became her first single to miss the U.S. top twenty.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Heartbreaker" performed by Mariah Carey & Jay-Z – 4:46
  2. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" – 4:33
  3. "Bliss" – 5:44
  4. "How Much" performed by Mariah Carey & Usher – 3:31
  5. "After Tonight" – 4:16
  6. "X-Girlfriend" – 3:58
  7. "Heartbreaker" (Remix) performed by Mariah Carey, Da Brat, & Missy Elliott – 4:32
  8. "Vulnerability (Interlude)" – 1:12
  9. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (solo version) – 3:25
  10. "Crybaby" performed by Mariah Carey & Snoop Dogg – 5:20
  11. "Did I Do That?" performed by Mariah Carey, Mystikal, & Master P – 4:16
  12. "Petals" – 4:23
  13. "Rainbow (Interlude)" – 1:32
  14. "Thank God I Found You" performed by Mariah Carey, Joe, & 98 Degrees – 4:17
  15. "Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany)" - 3:47 (French Edition)
Special edition
  1. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" featuring Westlife – 3:25

[edit] Charts, sales and certification

Country Chart[5] Peak
position[5]		 Certification[5] Sales[5]
Worldwide 10,000,000
Australia ARIA 4 Gold 35,000
Austria 4
Canada CRIA 6 3× Platinum 300,000
Belgium IFPI Belgium Gold 25,000
Brazil Hot 100 Brasil 1 Platinum 759,000
Europe IFPI 1 2x Platinum 2,000,000
Finland Top 40 Albums 32 - -
France IFOP 1 Platinum 475,000
Germany IFPI Germany 3 Platinum 300,000
Hungary[6] MAHASZ 34
Italy FIMI 10 Platinum 100,000
Japan RIAJ 2 4× Platinum 1,000,000
Mexico AMPROFON Gold 75,000
Netherlands NVPI 4 Gold 40,000
New Zealand RIANZ 11 Gold 7,500
Norway 11
Philippines Odyssey 5× Platinum 150,000
Singapore RIAS 2× Platinum 30,000
South Korea RIAK Platinum 100,000
Spain EIM 7 Platinum 100,000
Sweden 15
Switzerland Hit Parade 2 Gold 25,000
Taiwan IFPI Taiwan 2× Platinum 100,000
UK BPI 8 Gold 250,000
U.S. RIAA 2 4× Platinum[7] 4,024,0001[8][9]

1 This figure includes only Nielsen SoundScan and BMG record club sales.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Berger, Arion. "Mariah Carey - Rainbow". Rolling Stone. November 25, 1999. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
  2. ^ Jenison, David. "Mariah Massacres 50 Cent". E! Online. April 20, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
  3. ^ Mariah Daily | 2007
  4. ^ U.S. BMG Music Club and Columbia House sales as of February 2005
  5. ^ a b c d MariahJournal.com | Infozone
  6. ^ mahasz.hu Top 40 Albums; archive
  7. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum - May 29, 2008
  8. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/archives/mariahsoundscan123106.html Mariahjournal.com
  9. ^ http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877 Mi2n.com
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