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| Released | December 4, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–2000 | |||
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| Length | 122:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| The Essential Mariah Carey | ||||
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Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on December 4, 2001, by Columbia Records. Released after her departure from Columbia, the album includes most of Carey's singles from 1990 to 2000, spanning her tenure at the label. It features her then fifteen US number-one singles, along with the UK number-one hits "Without You" and "Against All Odds".
Following criticism from both reviewers and Carey herself regarding her first greatest hits album, #1's (1998), which was focused on her US number-one singles, Greatest Hits was developed as a more comprehensive, double-disc collection of songs covering a broader selection of Carey’s work. It also included two additional songs that reached number-one after the release of #1's. The album peaked at number fifty-two on the US Billboard 200 and number seven on the UK Albums Chart, and achieved platinum certifications in various countries, including double-platinum in the US and triple-platinum in the UK and Australia.
The album was re-released internationally as The Essential Mariah Carey on January 10, 2011, as part of Legacy Recordings's Essential series, featuring the same track listing. The US edition, released on April 24, 2012, featured extended mix versions and additional non-single tracks, personally selected by Carey.
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