Butterfly

Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 10, 1997, by Columbia Records. The album continued the transition that began with her previous album, Daydream, which pushed her further into the R&B and hip hop market and away from the pop background of her previous work. Throughout the project, Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had written and produced most of the material from her previous albums. She also worked with many famed hip-hop producers and rappers, such as Sean "Puffy" Combs, Q-Tip, Missy Elliott and the Trackmasters. The album contains both hip-hop and urban adult contemporary sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies. With the latter acts producing most of the album, Butterfly deviated from the adult contemporary sound of Carey's previous albums. Carey was able to reflect her creative maturity and evolution in the album's writing and recording. Five singles were released from the album; two worldwide commercial singles and three limited-release singles. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterf...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)