Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey

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“Always Be My Baby” is the third single from Mariah Carey’s fifth studio album Daydream The song became Carey’s 11th chart topper on Billboard Hot 100, tying her with Whitney Houston and Madonna for the most No. 1 singles by a female pop artist at that time. The song received universal acclaim from critics, who praised its instrumentation and “relaxed swing.” The song’s producer, Jermaine Dupri, said that Carey initially wanted Daydream to have more of a hip-hop sound than her previous releases, I remember the first track we tried to do, she wanted to sing over Wu-Tang’s ‘C.R.E.A.M.,’ and I was like, ‘What?’