Daydream was proven to be one of the best-selling and most acclaimed albums of 1995. When the Grammy Award nominees were announced and Daydream was nominated for six different awards, critics began raving how it would be "cleaning up" that year. The 38th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Carey, being a multiple award nominee, was one of the headlining performers. Together with Boyz II Men, she sang a live rendition of "One Sweet Day," to a very positive response. However, as the award winners were announced one by one, Carey watched as her name was not called up even once. Daydream had lost all of its six nominations, shocking most critics who branded it the "album of the year". With every passing loss, the television cameras continued to zoom on Carey's face, who was finding it more difficult to retain her smile. By the end of the night, Carey had not won a single award. The disappointment on her face was painfully obvious. Reportedly, after the awards ceremony, Carey and Mottola entered a heated argument over the nights outcome, further tearing the couple apart
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What can you do? Let me put it this way. I will never be disappointed again. After sitting through that whole show and not winning once, I can handle anything. But-and I know everyone always says this-I wasn't expecting to win.
—Carey, on her disappointment with the 1996 Grammy award outcome.
POP MUSIC; Mariah Carey Glides Into New Territory
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: October 8, 1995
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VOLUPTUOUSLY ROMANTIC MAKE-OUT music is rarely taken seriously unless there is a cynical message buried inside it. That's why it would be easy to dismiss Mariah Carey's subtly innovative new album, "Daydream" (Columbia), whose best cuts bring pop candymaking to a new peak of textural refinement. At the same time, Ms. Carey's songwriting has taken a leap forward, becoming more relaxed, sexier and less reliant on thudding cliches.
With "Fantasy," Ms. Carey glides confidently into the territory where gospel-flavored pop-soul meets light hip-hop and recorded some of the most gorgeously spun choral music to be found on a contemporary album. On "One Sweet Day," the singer joins forces with Boyz II Men, those masters of pleading post-doo-wop vocal harmonies, for a tender eulogy that suggests that the singers have been personally touched by the AIDS crisis.
The song is a dialogue between lovers, one of whom has died, leaving the other full of regrets for things left unsaid. The uplifting chorus looks forward to a reunion that involves more than just two people: "And I know you're shining down on me from heaven/ Like so many friends we've lost along the way," it begins. Corny, perhaps, but touching in its faith and fervor.
In "Melt Away," a collaboration by Ms. Carey with the popmeister Babyface, their two voices wind around each other like bolts of chiffon in a lyric that describes exactly what their multitracked voices are doing: melting into each other with repeated avowals of love in a state of sweet surrender.
"Underneath the Stars," in which all the voices are Ms. Carey's, achieves the same dissolving synergy between a lyric and entwining vocal lines as she sings: "Beautifully and bittersweetly/ You were fading into me."
The album's fourth gem, its title song, is a hypnotic, playfully sexy dance tune that samples from the Tom Tom Club's 1982 hit, "Genius of Love." With its light, saucy vocal and instrumental squeaks and squeals, it feels like swinging jauntily on a star.
The rest of the album is more conventional. The songs include a sobbing remake of Journey's "Open Arms"; a big pop-gospel blowout, "I Am Free," and a 50's-style rock-and-roll ballad, "Forever." If Ms. Carey's voice is magnificent, she still has an occasional tendency to overdo the melismatic gymnastics.
In the last song, "Looking In," the singer paints a picture of herself as a lonely, misunderstood diva who "harbors adolescent fears" and "wades in insecurity." If this slow piano-and-voice ballad drags a bit, it finds Ms. Carey, who is still only 25, struggling to develop a more personal lyrical voice. Whether or not she succeeds almost doesn't matter so long as she continues to make pop music as deliciously enticing as the best moments of "Fantasy."
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Mariah Carey was battling fatigue and had a bad cold when we spoke. That day, she was also working on a new album, taping a series of TV spots and accepting major music awards from Sweden and Germany. But she came alive when she began to talk about the kids who have made such an impact on her life.
"About a year ago, I had the idea to start a summer camp to try to make a difference in the lives of city kids," she said. "Then, when I looked into it, I heard about the Fresh Air Fund. They've been around since 1877, and they were doing exactly what I wanted to do."
Every year, the fund gives 10,000 youngsters from urban neighborhoods the chance to discover a kind of life they have never seen. In five summer camps in Fishkill- and in the homes of volunteer families in 13 states, from Maine to Virginia, and in Canada- young people aged 6 to 18 learn about nature, the outdoors and their own potential. "For kids who are stuck at home and don't have the money to go to an expensive camp, this is an incredible opportunity," Carey said.
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Although the Fresh Air Fund sponsors 10,000 children, it actually places 7000 of them in private homes with families who serve as hosts for two weeks- and frequently become important parts of their lives year-round. "Two of my backup singers, Kelly and Shanrae Price, were Fresh Air Fund kids," Carey said. "Kelly told me that she didn't know if she'd be the same person she is today if it weren't for the fund and her host family. She might have gotten into trouble or just have been hanging out on the street." Kelly Price recently had a reunion with members of her host family, and she plans to keep in touch with them.
Carey's latest album, Merry Christmas, climbed to the Top 10 shortly after it was released last November. A few weeks later, she and her backup singers gave the Fresh Air Fund a yuletide gift- a sold-out benefit concert at New York City's Cathedral of St. John The Divine, which raised $700,000.
This summer, Carey plans to return to The Fresh Air Fund's camps and to bring many of her colleagues from the music industry along with her. "I want to teach the kids about the recording business and show them they can be singers, engineers, record company presidents or secretaries."
Last fall, the fund's directors made an announcement. They had renamed the year-old Career Awareness Camp at Fishkill "Camp Mariah." This summer, a ceremony will be held to officially rename it. "It's amazingly flattering to me, of course," Carey said, "but it dictates to me that I should do even more."
This is my favorite song and performance from Mariah of all time Forever is so beautiful and underrated. Something about the waltz-like tempo makes the song so sweet. It's her IWALY remake but also totally Mariah, with the Daydream vocals and the sentiment of ABMB instead of being just another breakup power ballad.
this album is jsut perfect. I can't choose between ha and BUTTERFLY 
and Looking In is so touching 
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