When You Believe
Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
1999
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1998
Release: 1998Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original Babyface-produced duet single was released in 1998. The animated film cast performance and later live duets are different recordings.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
When You Believe - official original duet catalog and personnel
The original 1998 Babyface-produced single is explicitly credited in the personnel to a duet with Mariah Carey; it is distinct from the animated film cast's performance. The page also documents original vocal single/album editions.
My Love Is Your Love - official original album catalog
Original November 1998 album includes It's Not Right but It's Okay, Heartbreak Hotel, My Love Is Your Love and When You Believe.
About Mariah Carey
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Mariah Carey is a singer, songwriter and producer whose self-titled debut appeared in 1990. Her catalog places expansive ballads alongside rhythmic pop and R&B, with collaborations involving Boyz II Men, Jay-Z, Whitney Houston and Miguel. Merry Christmas introduced All I Want for Christmas Is You in 1994. Daydream and Butterfly document the mid-1990s repertoire, while The Emancipation of Mimi and Caution provide later starting points. The original 2025 single Type Dangerous extends this collection into her more recent recording work.
Artist background sources
Mariah Carey original album years - Columbia/Legacy and UMG catalog announcement
The label explicitly separates original album years in parentheses from 2020-2021 reissue dates: debut 1990, Emotions 1991, Unplugged 1992, Music Box 1993, Merry Christmas 1994, Daydream 1995, Butterfly 1997, Rainbow 1999, Charmbracelet 2002, Mimi 2005, E=MC2 2008 and Caution 2018. It also expressly places All I Want for Christmas Is You on the original 1994 holiday album. Recording-session years on The Rarities and new reissue dates are not used for selected-song dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Daydream - official original album track list
The original program lists the solo Fantasy, Always Be My Baby and One Sweet Day with Boyz II Men; the dub interlude is a separate item. The original 1995 album year is independent of the storefront shipping date. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Butterfly - official original album and credited track list
Documents the original 1997 album and full original track list including Honey, Butterfly, My All and Breakdown featuring Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone. Later live versions and guest rerecordings are not the selected tracks. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Rainbow - Sony Music original album and guest-version distinction
The label explicitly identifies Rainbow as the original 1999 album and distinguishes Heartbreaker featuring Jay-Z from Heartbreaker (Remix) featuring Da Brat and Missy Elliott. Later anniversary bonus recordings and live tracks are separate. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
When You Believe - official original duet personnel
The original 1998 recording's personnel explicitly identify Whitney Houston's duet with Mariah Carey. This supports the reviewed shared annual-credit ID mapping to Mariah's solo collection/profile, without renaming that joint ID or adding another selection of the duet here. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
#Beautiful - contemporaneous Island Def Jam original single announcement
The May 6, 2013 label announcement explicitly makes the original recording featuring Miguel available to stream and buy that day, before the parent album. It identifies Mariah and Miguel as writers/producers; no later remix guests are substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Here for It All - official album recording and artist context
Lists Type Dangerous in the parent album, with other guest appearances separately credited, and describes Mariah's singer/songwriter/producer roles. The original Type Dangerous single date comes from its standalone release metadata. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Type Dangerous - MARIAH/gamma. original single metadata
The standalone original solo single is dated June 6, 2025. Later guest remixes, video publication and the parent album are not used as the first release. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
About Whitney Houston
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Whitney Houston grew up in a musical family in Newark, New Jersey, with gospel as an early influence. Her self-titled 1985 debut and 1987 album Whitney established a repertoire of ballads and dance records. She also became a film performer, starring in The Bodyguard in 1992 and contributing its recordings of I Will Always Love You and I Have Nothing. Later projects, including My Love Is Your Love and I Look to You, place her voice in contrasting R&B and pop settings.
Artist background sources
Whitney Houston - official biography
Musical family and Newark background, gospel influence, early albums, film debut and The Bodyguard recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
My Love Is Your Love - official original album catalog
Original November 1998 album includes It's Not Right but It's Okay, Heartbreak Hotel, My Love Is Your Love and When You Believe. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
I Look to You - official original album catalog
The original August 2009 studio album includes Million Dollar Bill and the solo title recording. Later music-video and compilation dates are separate. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Count on Me - Arista/Apple Music original soundtrack metadata
The original 1995 Waiting to Exhale item credits both Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans; this is the studio duet, not their separate live performances. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Heartbreak Hotel - official original release and guest credits
Identifies Faith Evans and Kelly Price on the original Houston recording and the December 1998 single, after the November album. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
When You Believe - official original duet catalog and personnel
The original 1998 Babyface-produced single is explicitly credited in the personnel to a duet with Mariah Carey; it is distinct from the animated film cast's performance. The page also documents original vocal single/album editions. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
When You Believe by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey appears at number 99 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1999. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1999 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1999 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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