Mariah Carey's Christmas album Merry Christmas was released in 1994. Columbia Records issued the album internationally on October 28, 1994, with the United States release following on November 1.
Merry Christmas was Carey’s fourth studio album and her first holiday album. It arrived between Music Box, released in 1993, and Daydream, released in 1995, during one of the most commercially successful periods of her career. The project mixed traditional Christmas standards with original songs written by Carey and producer Walter Afanasieff.
Its best-known track, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” became a modern holiday standard and helped make the album one of the most successful Christmas records ever released. Other notable selections include Carey’s versions of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” “Silent Night,” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”
The exact release date differed by market, which can cause confusion, but the album’s release year is consistently 1994.