Playlist: The Very Best of Mariah Carey

Playlist: The Very Best of Mariah Carey is a compilation album by American R&B singer Mariah Carey. The album features some of Carey's released and unreleased songs (as singles) over the course of her career.
The album was released on January 26, 2010 as part of the Playlist music album series issued by Legacy Recordings, simultaneously with similarly unsanctioned best-of collections of the bands and solo artists Suicidal Tendencies, Blue Öyster Cult, Joe Satriani, Omarion, Steve Vai, 311, R. Kelly, KRS-One and the Backstreet Boys.
The album was released in Australia on January 21, 2011, almost a year after its official release date internationally. (On this date, Greatest Hits was re-released in Australia under the title The Essential Mariah Carey, and Carey's DVD MTV Unplugged +3 was finally released as well.) Under two weeks later, Sony Music Australia announced that they would re-release the album as The Collection on February 11, 2011.
General information
The album contains some of Mariah Carey's hits and singles, and also some songs from her previous albums from her time at Columbia Records. It does not feature any new material or include songs recorded with her current label, Island Records, or her previous label, Virgin Records. It is a part of Sony Legacy's Playlist compilation albums series. Playlist: The Very Best of Mariah Carey is a compilation of remastered original recordings by Mariah. The playlist includes select greatest hits and some of Carey's favorite tracks that were not released as singles. The CD comes in eco-friendly packaging made of recyclable materials. A PDF file included on the CD contains the song credits, photographs, and full liner notes.<ref name="Playlist: The Very Best"/> The difference in between Carey's previous greatest hits compilations and Playlist is that her previous ones had her most successful hits; Playlist had songs that in her opinion, were hits, meaning there were some non-singles included such as "Underneath the Stars" from Daydream, which she said was one of her favorite songs by herself in the booklet of her 2009 album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Even "Outside" and "Babydoll" from Butterfly were included.
Track listing
# "Dreamlover" - 3:53
# "Bliss" - 5:44
# "Melt Away" - 4:00
# "Breakdown" (featuring Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone) - 4:44
# "Make It Happen" - 5:07
# "Outside" - 4:47
# "Vanishing" - 4:12
# "Looking In" - 3:35
# "Emotions" - 4:09
# "Babydoll" - 5:07
# "I Am Free" - 3:09
# "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard) - 4:54
# "Underneath the Stars" - 3:33
# "" - 1:47<ref name="Playlist: The Very Best"/>

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