Caution (Mariah Carey album)

Caution
A blue-tinted image of Carey in a dark strapped dress, against a light-pink background.
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
RecordedJanuary–August 2018
Studio
  • Cha Cha (Beverly Hills)
  • Chalice (Los Angeles)
  • Electric Lady (New York City)
  • Murray Soundlab (Kennesaw)
  • Sanctuary (Albany, Bahamas)
  • Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas)
  • Westlake (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length38:26
LabelEpic
Producer
Mariah Carey chronology
#1 to Infinity
(2015)
Caution
(2018)
The Rarities
(2020)
Singles from Caution
  1. "With You"
    Released: October 4, 2018
  2. "A No No"
    Released: March 4, 2019
  3. "Portrait"
    Released: May 24, 2024

Caution is the fifteenth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on November 16, 2018, by Epic Records. Her first studio album in four years, Carey collaborated with Ty Dolla Sign, Slick Rick, Blood Orange, and Gunna on the album's songs and worked with a variety of producers. Musically, Caution is a R&B, pop and hip hop record. The album was supported by the singles "With You" and "A No No", as well as several promotional singles. "Portrait" was released as the album's third single in May 2024 with three remixes of the song.

The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, with 51,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, but performed moderately elsewhere, reaching the top-forty in Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The album received critical acclaim, with many critics calling it Carey's most cohesive work in over a decade, and appeared on several year-end music lists of 2018. Carey embarked on the Caution World Tour in support of the album.

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