Butterfly debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with 236,000 copies sold in its first week; it remained there for one week, in the top twenty for twenty-one weeks and on the chart for fifty-five weeks (making one re-entry). The album sold more in both its fourteenth week and fifteenth week of release than in its opening week, peaking at 283,000 copies in its fifteenth (when it was at number 8). It has been certified 5x platinum by the RIAA and produced two number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Honey" and "My All." "Honey" became the sixth single (and the third by Carey) to debut at number 1 on the Hot 100. The album also yielded the airplay-only singles "Butterfly" and "Breakdown." "The Roof (Back in Time)" and "Whenever You Call" received limited release in some countries.
Rolling Stone described Butterfly as "a transitional album" for Carey, who placed herself firmly in the "milieu of modern hip-hop-inflected R&B," while Allmusic stated that "it is one of her best albums, illustrating that Carey continues to improve and refine her music which makes her a rarity among her '90s peers."
"Honey" was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, while "Butterfly" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The album won a Japan Gold Disc Award in category International Pop Album of the Year. For Butterfly, Carey won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist in 1998. The album also helped her win the BMI Pop Awards for "Songwriter of the Year" and the "Songwriter" awards for "Honey," "Butterfly" and "My All." Additionally, Carey won the Top Female Artist Blockbuster Entertainment Award.
Butterfly was selected as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
The album received platinum certification in Europe.

1995年Mariah的个人第六张专辑Daydream在全球隆重登场，迅速地在入榜首周即夺下全美专辑排行榜后座，且蝉连宝座６周，并在发行两年内创下直破８百万张的全美销售纪录，使得她成为乐坛史上首位拥有三张录音室专辑销售皆突破８百万张的女性艺人，如今此辑亦已在美国获得10白金的销售认证。其中与Boyz II Men所合作的One Sweet Day打破了Billboard有史以来蝉连最久冠军周数的纪录。单曲Fantasy上榜首周即顺利登上Billboard单曲榜榜首之位，平了Michael Jackson的You're Not Alone一曲甫于两周前才创下的排行纪录，除了在流行榜蝉连榜首８周外，同时亦是R&B节奏蓝调榜上的６周冠军得主，稍后更成为拥有２百万销售纪录的双白金单曲唱片。此外值得一提的是此曲的音乐录像带亦是由Mariah自己所执导演出，专此辑共录有12首全新作品，除邀来Walter afanasieff、Davehall、Babyface、Boyz ll Men等超级制作人、词曲作家及歌者团体，与Mariah共同制作、填词谱曲或合唱，创造出各具流行、灵魂舞曲与Mariah拿手的抒情曲等多元化的风格外，Mariah更重新诠译了Journey的抒情摇滚经典名作Open arms，曲曲精彩，再次掀起一阵的流行热潮
Daydream is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. Released on October 3, 1995 by Columbia Records, the album leaned towards the hip hop and Contemporary R&B genres in comparison to her previous albums, Music Box (1993) and Merry Christmas (1994). Throughout the project, Carey collaborated with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote and produced most of her two previous albums. With Daydream, Carey took more control over the musical direction as well as the album's composition. Carey said she considered Daydream the beginning of her musical and vocal transformation, a change that became more obvious in her 1997 release, Butterfly. During the album's production, Carey endured many creative differences with her label, Columbia Records and husband, Tommy Mottola.
On Daydream, Carey collaborated with Jermaine Dupri for the first time, and co-wrote and produced a song with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, with whom she had collaborated on Music Box. It was also the first time she had worked with Boyz II Men, an R&B group consisting of four male vocalists. Together, they wrote the concept and lyrics for "One Sweet Day", a song that Carey co-produced with Afanasieff. With his assistance and the addition of a few contemporary producers, she was able to make a subtle transition into the R&B market. Daydream was nominated for six Grammy Awards at the 38th annual ceremony, during which Carey performed live. Due to the album's critical and commercial success, critics believed Carey would be one of the nights big winners. However, to her dismay, she was completely shut out, causing the subject to become very public and controversial.
Six singles were released from the album. "Fantasy", the album's lead single, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks, and became the second best-selling single of 1995 in the United States. The song topped the charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and became a top-five hit in Finland, France and the United Kingdom. "One Sweet Day" was the second single released from Daydream. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for sixteen weeks and became the longest-running number one single in US history, a record it still holds. It also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and peaked within the top five in Australia, France, Ireland and The Netherlands. Jointly the singles from Daydream spent a combined six months at the top of the Hot 100. To promote Daydream, Carey embarked on the short but successful, Daydream World Tour, visiting Japan and Europe.
Daydream became Carey's highest reviewed album at the time. Critics universally praised her matured lyrics and songwriting, as well as her musical direction. Alongside very favorable ratings, the album became a large worldwide commercial success. Daydream debuted at number one in over eight different countries, and in the top five in almost every major music market. The album became Carey's second album to be certified ten-times platinum (diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of over ten million copies in the United States. Aside from its success in the US, the album became the third best-selling album in Japan by a non-Asian artist, with over 2.1 million copies sold. Daydream remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, with sales of over 25 million copies worldwide.

人戏两忘，入戏太深，当一个艺人如是行事，真不知是件好事还是悲剧，张国荣的纵身一跃，让无数人心颤，而Chet Baker1988年从荷兰阿姆斯特丹一家酒店窗台上坠落的那一刻，也是无数爵士乐迷同样感伤的瞬间。
Baker沙哑磁性的嗓音，在50年代完全掩盖了他出众的小号演奏，那些冷漠，臃懒，漫不经心的歌声，却打动了千万歌迷的心，加上酷似叛逆影星詹姆斯·迪恩的脸庞，Baker成为了公众喜爱的超级偶像，这个白人小伙，他的知名曲《My Funny Valentine》，是哪个时代竟相传唱的流行金曲。
可是Baker并不幸福，他总是皱着眉头，偶像的孤独的滋味他比别人要有更深的体会，而个性中的孤傲，迷惘，最终让他不得不在吸毒中找到片刻的自在和超脱，可惜这短暂的自在和超脱，换来的是终身的毒瘾与自毁。
专辑的20首歌曲，选自Baker演唱事业黄金时代，专辑有一个《让我们迷失》，真的，在这些冷冷的懒懒的歌声背后，是一颗找不到归宿的寂寞心灵。

Billie Eilish has announced her highly anticipated sophomore album. The 16-track studio album, titled Happier Than Ever, will be released via Darkroom/Interscope Records on July 30. Continuing the tradition on from her multi-GRAMMY Award, record-breaking debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, Happier Than Ever features no outside songwriters or producers, and was written by 19-year-old Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS who produced the album in Los Angeles. The album includes Top 40 #1 single “Therefore I Am” and “my future.”

Either/Or is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Recorded in several locations mostly in Portland, Oregon while Smith was still in Heatmiser and produced by Smith, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, Either/Or was released on February 25, 1997 through record label Kill Rock Stars following the demise of Heatmiser. Book-ended by the two singles "Speed Trials" and "Ballad of Big Nothing", Either/Or did not chart in the US but was acclaimed by critics.
Following the album's release, Smith would be struck to the forefront of popular culture after performing the song "Miss Misery" at the 1998 Academy Awards, which appeared in the film Good Will Hunting.

"Pay Your Way In Pain" is the first single ahead of St. Vincent's highly anticipated new album Daddy's Home, produced by pop producer and long term collaborator Jack Antonoff. "I was inspired by the classic records of the 70s. Stevie, Sly, Stones, Steely Dan, Chords, Groove. The days when sophisticated harmony and rhythm didn't sound heady - they just sounded, and felt good. Lots of guitar. But warm sounds, not distortion and chaos. Hopefully a turn nobody will see coming" - Annie Clark.

Gregory Alan Isakov 的音乐就是带着悲伤的基调，并不明朗的演唱，在加上缓慢的旋律，组成了这张耐人寻味的专辑。 Gregory Alan Isakov出生于南非的约翰内斯堡市，小时候就和家人一起移民到美国，现在居住在科罗拉多州。从小就喜欢音乐的他，在16岁就有了自己的小乐队，并且开始决定走音乐道路，Gregory Alan Isakov的唱作人音乐生涯也早早就起步开始了。他的音乐总起来是那么的心酸，带给人一种艰难的感觉。还是很值得品味的