"Nilsson song. I thought the Mariah Carey [cover] was a joke. She was missing the point. He meant it. She didn't."" Carey herself would state of ""Without You"" in 2008: ""That song did a lot for me but it's not really representative of me as an artist."" Worldwide CD single European maxi-CD single #1 European maxi-CD single #2 Weekly charts Decade-end charts Year-end charts Certifications and sales Notable versions of ""Without You"" have also been recorded by: Nilsson's version of ""Without You"" was used as the opening tune to the 1979 feature film ""Porridge"". In the film ""Casino"", the Nilsson"
"her fourth chart-topper in Canada and first in the Netherlands. With the release of Carey's third studio album, ""Music Box"" (1993), the singer's international popularity surged upon release of ""Hero"" and the album's third single, her cover of Harry Nilsson's ""Without You"", which became the singer's first number-one single in several countries across Europe. Carey's holiday album ""Merry Christmas"" (1994) produced the singer's perennial yule-tide classic ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"". With its continual expanding legacy, the song remains her highest seller and one of the best-selling singles of all time, with global sales of over 14 million"
"become established as a Christmas standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season. The song was commercially successful, topping the charts in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden while reaching number two in Australia, Austria, Japan, and the United Kingdom, and the top 10 in several other countries. With global sales of over 16 million copies, the song remains Carey's biggest international success and is the 11th best-selling single of all time. As of 2017, the song was reported to have earned $60 million in royalties. Following the success of the singer's 1993"
"Ross's ""Endless Love"". Carey's album ""Merry Christmas"" was released on November 1, 1994, on the same day that the album's first single, ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"", was released. The album eventually became the best-selling Christmas album of all time, with global sales reaching over 15 million copies. Upon its release, ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"" was critically praised, and is considered ""one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon."" ""Rolling Stone"" described it as a ""holiday standard and ranked it fourth on its Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs list. Commercially, it"
"43 during the week on April 20, 1996. The song peaked at number 27, spending one week at the position and five weeks in the chart overall. ""Always Be My Baby"" entered the singles chart in Sweden at number 58 during the week of May 3, 1996. After peaking at number 38 and spending a total of five weeks in the chart, the song fell off the Swedish Singles Chart. The music video for ""Always Be My Baby"" was the second video Carey's directed. In it, she is the seemingly happy narrator of a tale of young love, as a"
"Lisa Nilsson Lisa Nilsson (born August 13, 1970 in Tyresö) is a Swedish singer. She was discovered by the producer William (Billy) Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, ""Himlen runt hörnet"", written by Mauro Scocco and Johan Ekelund. It was released in English in 1995, titled ""Ticket to Heaven"". She has released four subsequent albums, ""Till Morelia"" in 1995, ""Viva"" in 2000, ""Små rum"" in 2002 and ""Hotel Vermont 609"" in 2006, all in Swedish. A greatest hits compilation, ""Samlade sånger"" followed in 2003 and contained two new songs. Prior to ""Himlen runt"
"at number four, becoming Carey's highest charting single there since ""Without You"" (1993), which peaked at number two. The song charted for twenty-five weeks, and was certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), denoting shipments of over 400,000 units. In Germany, ""Heartbreaker"" peaked at number nine, spending twenty weeks inside the singles chart. On October 2, 1999, it entered the Dutch Single Top 100 at number sixteen, eventually peaking at number seven, and spending a total of eighteen weeks in the chart. In Norway, the song's success was limited, only peaking at number fourteen and spending only"
"chart on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (peaking at No. 83 in January 2000). The song topped the ""Billboard"" Hot Digital Songs chart in December 2005, but it was unable to attain a new peak on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart because it was considered a recurrent single and was thus ineligible for chart re-entry.<ref name=billboardall> All I Want for Christmas Is You ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"" is a Christmas song performed by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. She wrote and produced the song alongside Walter Afanasieff. Columbia Records released it on November 1, 1994, as the"
"""Emotions"". Following her marriage to Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey became the label's highest-selling act with the follow-up albums ""Music Box"" (1993), ""Merry Christmas"" (1994), and ""Daydream"" (1995). These albums spawned some of Carey's most successful singles, including ""Hero"", ""Without You"", ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"", and ""One Sweet Day""; the latter became the longest-running U.S. number-one single in history, with a total of 16 weeks. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with the release of ""Butterfly"" (1997). ""Billboard"" named her the most successful"
"the duo's most successful single release, reaching #3 on the Swedish charts. Although not a Gemini recording per se, the 1994 release of ""Chess In Concert"" (a musical by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus) showcased their combined voices and distinctive harmonies; Anders playing the role of The American and Karin playing Florence. Karin and Anders returned to the studio together in 2005 to record 'Den som sa det var det' (Those Who Said That Was That) - a new Swedish version of ""Too Much Love Is Wasted"" - and added a new backing track to 'When I Close"
"go with it, something that people could watch and hear and enjoy every year. I'm into it. I'm all about the holiday season."" Notes Credits adapted from AllMusic. Musicians Technical !scope=""row""|Worldwide Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and original material. Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material. The"
"February 2007 she gave birth to a daughter. Lisa Nilsson Lisa Nilsson (born August 13, 1970 in Tyresö) is a Swedish singer. She was discovered by the producer William (Billy) Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, ""Himlen runt hörnet"", written by Mauro Scocco and Johan Ekelund. It was released in English in 1995, titled ""Ticket to Heaven"". She has released four subsequent albums, ""Till Morelia"" in 1995, ""Viva"" in 2000, ""Små rum"" in 2002 and ""Hotel Vermont 609"" in 2006, all in Swedish. A greatest hits compilation, ""Samlade sånger"" followed in 2003 and"
"Palace in Las Vegas in September 1992. Worldwide Single EP (Portugal) Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Personnel According to the 1971 LP credits: American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey's version, based on Harry Nilsson's version rather than the Badfinger original, was released as the third single off ""Music Box"" in the first quarter of 1994, its U.S. release date of 24 January 1994 falling just over a week after Nilsson had died following a heart attack on 15 January 1994. In the U.S. ""Without You"" was promoted as a double A-side with ""Never Forget You"". While she had heard Nilsson's"
"on February 20, 1991: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, winning the latter. Additionally, the song received the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female and a Song of the Year Award at the BMI Pop Awards. Devon Powers from Popmatters has stated during the release of Carey's ""Greatest Hits"" album that ""Mariah's Greatest Hits moves chronologically through that remarkable career, beginning with “Vision of Love”, the 1990 single that introduced the singer to instant stardom. Still, after so many years and songs, it’s by far among her best, if"
"and a feel"", and the notorious ""You're breakin' my heart / You're tearin' it apart / So fuck you"" (a reference to his ongoing divorce), Nilsson had traveled far afield from his earlier work. The album nevertheless reached #12 on the ""Billboard"" 200, and the single ""Spaceman"" was a Top 40 hit in October 1972. The follow-up single ""Remember (Christmas)"", however, stalled at #53. A third single, the tongue-in-cheek C&W send up ""Joy"", was issued on RCA's country imprint Green and credited to Buck Earle, but it failed to chart. Nilsson's disregard for commercialism in favor of artistic satisfaction showed"
"one hit in New Zealand: certified platinum in Australia by ARIA, ""Without You"" was also certified gold in New Zealand by RIANZ. David Browne of ""Entertainment Weekly"" called Carey's ""Without You"" a ""by-the-numbers remake of Nilsson's melodramatic 1972 hit."" Stephen Holden of ""Rolling Stone"" called this song ""likeliest contender"" for ballads like ""I Will Always Love You"" praising how ""Carey dips into her lower register and is accompanied by backup singers (including herself) magnified to sound like a mighty gospel chorus."" Singer Chris De Burgh, who remade ""Without You"" for his 2008 covers album ""Footsteps"", would state: ""I loved the"
"Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and original material. Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material. The album contains a contemporary holiday theme, and featured ""authentic, gospel flavored background vocals"". Three singles were released from the album, of which ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"" went on"
"Natalie (Ola song) Natalie is a Swedish English language song written by Tony Nilsson which he released in 2006 under the name Tony. It was also included in the compilation ""Absolute Summerhits 2006"". Ola Svensson released a hugely successful cover version under the name Ola. The song served as the lead single off his second album ""Good Enough"" and became a big summer hit in 2007, topping the Swedish Singles Chart for 6 weeks, namely charts dated 28 June and 5 July 2007 (first run), 26 July and 5 August 2007 (second run) and 16 and 23 August 2007 (third"
"popularized by Mariah Carey's song ""Vision of Love"", which was released and topped the charts at number one in 1990, and went on to be certified gold. As late as 2007, melismatic singers such as Leona Lewis were still scoring big hits, but around 2008–2009, this trend reverted to how it was prior to Carey and Houston's success – singers with less showy styles such as Kesha and Cheryl Cole began to outsell new releases by Carey and Christina Aguilera, ending nearly two decades of the style's dominance of pop-music vocals. The French carol tune ""Gloria"" arranged by Edward Shippen"
"mixed review, comparing it to the work of Aretha Franklin, but called it ""translates into such excesses as the falsetto whoops."" ""If It's Over"" only managed to chart at number 80 in the Netherlands, lasting five weeks in the chart. Netherlands/European CD single European CD maxi-single Japanese CD single Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Emotions"". If It's Over ""If It's Over"" is a song written by American singers and songwriters Mariah Carey and Carole King, with the former and Walter Afanasieff helming its production. It was originally released on September 17, 1991 on Carey's second studio album, ""Emotions""."
"All I Want for Christmas Is You ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"" is a Christmas song performed by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. She wrote and produced the song alongside Walter Afanasieff. Columbia Records released it on November 1, 1994, as the lead single from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, ""Merry Christmas"" (1994). The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, heavy back-up vocals, and synthesizers. It is also considered the best-selling modern day Christmas song. Two music videos were commissioned for the song: the song's primary music video features grainy"
"Josefin Nilsson Monica Emma Josefin Nilsson, registered as ""Monica Emma Josefina Nilsson"" (22 March 1969 – 29 February 2016) was a Swedish singer and actress. Born in När, Gotland, Josefin Nilsson was the daughter of revue artist and songwriter Allan Nilsson. Her older sister Marie Nilsson Lind is also a singer and a member of Ainbusk. Her debut album titled ""Shapes"" was released on 23 March 1993. The music and lyrics were written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Benny Andersson was also the producer of the album. In 2005 she competed at the Melodifestivalen (Swedish national selection process for"
"released as the third single ""Mariah Carey"" as a CD single in the United Kingdom on November 15, 1990, and as a maxi single in the United States on December 13, 1990. Included on the maxi single are the 'New 7"" Jackswing,' the 'New 7"" Straight,' the 'New 12"" Jackswing' and the 'Pianopercapella – New' mix, all of which were produced by Shep Pettibone, while ""Alone in Love"" was included as the B-side. ""Alone in Love"" was also written by Carey and Margulies, and produced by Rhett Lawrence. ""Someday"" has been included on many of Carey's compilation albums and greatest"
"4th biggest selling album of 2000. The album was preceded by a duet with Mariah Carey singing the Phil Collins' classic ""Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"" and the original song ""My Love"" (their second Record of the Year award). Both singles reached No. 1 on the UK charts. With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record of the most consecutive number-one singles in the UK, having their first seven singles debut at the top and became the fastest number one music act beating Elvis Presley's previous record of three years versus 23 months of Westlife getting each"
"including by BMI, the performing rights organization. However, Nilsson biographer Alyn Shipton notes that the song was copyrighted by Nilsson alone on March 30, 1966. It is one of three songs credited jointly to Nilsson and Spector, the other two being ""Here I Sit"" and ""Paradise"". Shipton describes the lyrics as expressing ""the heady mixture of hope, desire, and fear experienced when a couple who have been dating for a while are on the point of finally conquering their inhibitions and making love for the first time."" Wilson deemed it one of Nilsson's very best compositions and one of Spector's"
"due to the song's popularity in Europe, it was included in the album's international edition. ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"", the lead single from Carey's holiday album ""Merry Christmas"" also made the international track listing. The song became one of the best-selling singles by a non–Asian female, and the best-selling Japanese single of 1994, selling 1.1 million copies. Additionally, ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"" was called ""one of the essential musical hallmarks of the holiday season"", and is the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-platinum status in the US. Occupying three of the thirteen"
"For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson, released on 9 May 1995 by Musicmasters, is a tribute album to Harry Nilsson released after his death. Proceeds went to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Shortly before Nilsson's 1993 heart attack, he was visited by Al Kooper of Blood, Sweat & Tears, who had previously recorded versions of Nilsson's ""Without Her"" and ""Mournin’ Glory Story"". Kooper learned of Nilsson's financial troubles and later met with producer Danny Kapilian with the idea of persuading Nilsson's friends and colleagues to record a tribute album"
"When Christmas Comes ""When Christmas Comes"" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, ""Merry Christmas II You"" (2010). Carey wrote and produced the song in collaboration with James Poyser. A soul song with an influence of R&B, the lyrics are about giving the gift of love. In November 2011, Carey re-recorded the song as duet with John Legend, which was later released as a single. Both versions of the track were a hit in South Korea, with the duet debuting at number one with sales in excess of 80,000 copies."
"and the United Kingdom, propelling the sales of ""Music Box"" throughout the world. Carey brought the song renewed popularity, through her highly successful adaptation. It became one of the ""fifty most-played songs of the year"" and even outsold Harry Nilsson's version, receiving many awards and recognition. ""Anytime You Need a Friend"", the album's final single, experienced success on the charts, reaching the top-ten in many countries, as well as peaking at number twelve in the United States. It became the second single in ""Music Box"" to perform better throughout Europe than in the U.S. ""Music Box"" received negative to mixed"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the ballad ""En dag"" (""One day"") and placed fourth. He has also made several Swedish hits in Sweden; ""Allt som jag känner"" (""Everything that I feel"") (a duet with Tone Norum) in 1987, ""Öppna din dörr"" (""Open your door"") in 1994, ""Dina färger var blå"" (""Your colours were blue"") in 1996, and ""Amelia"" in 2005. In 1988, he was given an award for best Swedish male artist and in 1990 received a gold disc for his album ""Follow the Road"". In 1997, Nilsson co-starred with Mary Wilson of the Supremes in ""Supreme Soul"", the story"
"""You're Breaking My Heart"". (""Joy"" became a minor hit.) The song was covered by the American band The Roches on the 1995 tribute album """". Spaceman (Harry Nilsson song) ""Spaceman"" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released on his 1972 album, ""Son of Schmilsson"". One of the highlights on ""Son of Schmilsson"", with its dramatic opening fanfare and a cross between folk with a heavy R&B rhythm, the song explains the desire and downfall of the narrator, who wished to be a spaceman and now wants to go back to Earth but is stuck"
"Hot 100 for six weeks, remaining in the top 40 for 21 weeks and on the chart for 23. It reached number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and ""Radio & Records"" pop charts (ending Carey's streak of consecutive number ones on the latter chart; all ten of her previous singles had gone to the top), and number three on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. It was certified gold by the RIAA and sold 600,000 copies domestically. It was ranked 16 on the Hot 100 1994 year-end charts. ""Without You"" remains Carey's biggest hit across Europe. In the"
"became Carey's fourteenth number-one hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and topped the charts in Canada, New Zealand, France and Spain. ""Thank God I Found You,"" featuring Joe and 98 Degrees, also topped the Hot 100, but achieved moderate international charting. The next two singles, ""Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) and ""Crybaby"" featuring Snoop Dogg, were released as a double A-side. The songs were at the center of a public feud in between Carey and Sony due to Sony's alleged weak promotion of the singles. Carey's cover of Phil Collins' ""Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"""