Emotions
Mariah Carey
1991
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: 1991
Release: 1991Source checked
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 selected original recording is documented on Emotions (1991). Year precision does not substitute a later single, video, remaster or annual-list date.
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.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1991.html, 1994.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Emotions - official original album and track list
The official product description gives the original 1991 album release and lists Emotions and Make It Happen. The latter's 1992 single/annual year is later.
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.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1994: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The overwhelming feelings of new love
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1991.html, song-list position 21
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
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 1991 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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