Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 4, 2001 by Columbia Records.
 It is a greatest hits double album: CD 1 is primarily a collection of Carey's hits from 1990 to 1995, while CD 2 is primarily a collection of hits from 1996 to 2000.
 In 2011, the album was re-issued outside the US with the same track listing, under the title of "The Essential Mariah Carey".
 In 2012, "The Essential Mariah Carey" was released in North America with a slightly different track listing, replacing some hits with their extended club mixes, and others being completely removed in favor of tracks that had not been released as singles.
 Much of the artwork inside the album booklet is very similar to that of the "Greatest Hits" release.
Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey.
 Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and original material.
 Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material.
 The album contains a contemporary holiday theme, and featured "authentic, gospel flavored background vocals".
 Three singles were released from the album, of which "All I Want for Christmas Is You" went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time.
"Underneath the Stars" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey.
 The romance song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, for her fifth studio album, "Daydream" (1995).
 It was released on April 5, 1996 through Columbia Records, as the sixth and final single from the album, and as a B-side to "Forever" in Australia.
 The R&B-influenced song, which has been considered by Carey as one of her personal favorites, features a soft melody and retro-style melody, and had music critics drawing comparisons to earlier works from one of her vocal inspirations, Minnie Riperton.
Mariah Carey is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on June 12, 1990 by Columbia Records.
 Its music incorporates a range of contemporary genres with a mix of slow ballads and dance tracks.
 Originally, Carey wrote four songs with Ben Margulies, which solely constituted her demo tape.
 While altered and partially re-sung after being signed to Columbia, all four songs made the final cut for the album.
 Aside from Margulies, Carey worked with a range of professional writers and producers, all of whom were hired by Columbia CEO, Tommy Mottola.
 "Mariah Carey" featured production and writing from Rhett Lawrence, Ric Wake and Narada Michael Walden, all of whom were top record producers at the time.
 Together with Carey, they conceived the album and reconstructed her original demo tape.
Daydream is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on October 3, 1995, by Columbia Records.
 The follow-up to her internationally successful album "Music Box" (1993) and holiday album "Merry Christmas" (1994), "Daydream" differed from the two by leaning increasingly towards hip hop and urban music.
 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 apparent in her sixth album "Butterfly" (1997).
 During the album's production, Carey endured many creative differences with her label and husband Tommy Mottola.
"Christmas Time is in the Air Again" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010).
 It was written and produced by Carey in collaboration with Broadway composer Marc Shaiman.
 Lyrically, it is about finding love during the Christmas season.
 The track garnered positive reviews from critics, with one describing it as an outstanding performance and the only song on the album that could compare to one of Carey's previous Christmas singles, "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
 It was released as a single in December 2012.
 An accompanying lyric video was released, and Carey has performed "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" live on NBC's "Christmas in Rockefeller Centre" event and during her December 2014 Beacon Theatre residency called All I Want For Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy & Festivity.
"Fantasy" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fifth studio album "Daydream" (1995), released in September 12, 1995 by Columbia Records as the lead single from "Daydream".
 The song was written by Carey and Dave Hall, both serving as primary producers alongside Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.
 The song heavily samples Tom Tom Club's 1981 song "Genius of Love" and incorporates various other beats and grooves arranged by the former.
 The song's lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a man, and how every time she sees him she starts fantasizing about an impossible relationship with him.
 The remix for the song features rap verses from Ol' Dirty Bastard, something Carey arranged to assist in her crossover into the hip-hop market.
The Essential Mariah Carey is the third greatest hits album by American singer Mariah Carey.
 The album was released in June 2011 in the UK and Ireland as a repackage of her previous album "Greatest Hits".
 In the US, it was released on September 3, 2011 as an entirely new greatest hits album as part of Sony's The Essential series, and contains songs released during Mariah's time at Columbia Records.
 It replaces some songs (featured on the original 2001 "Greatest Hits" release) with their extended club mixes, and others being completely removed in favor of tracks that had not been released as singles.
 Much of the artwork inside the album booklet is very similar to that of the "Greatest Hits" release.
"When Christmas Comes" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010).
 Carey wrote and produced the song in collaboration with James Poyser.
 A soul song with an influence of R&B, the lyrics are about giving the gift of love.
 In November 2011, Carey re-recorded the song as duet with John Legend, which was later released as a single.
 Both versions of the track were a hit in South Korea, with the duet debuting at number one with sales in excess of 80,000 copies.
 The song's accompanying music video features Carey and Legend at a hosting a Christmas house party.
 It has been performed by Carey at her ABC 2010 Christmas special and during her 2014 Beacon Theatre residency All I Want for Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy and Festivity in December 2014.
American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey has released fourteen studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, three compilation albums, three greatest hits albums, one extended play, and one remix album.
 Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, having sold over 200 million records globally.
 She was presented with the Millennium Award at the 2000 World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of the millennium.
 According to the RIAA, she is the third best-selling female artist and sixteenth overall recording artist with shipments of 64 million albums in the US.
 She is also ranked as the best-selling female artist of the US Nielsen SoundScan era (from 1991) with album sales of 54 million.
 Her albums "Mariah Carey", "Music Box", "Daydream" and "The Emancipation of Mimi" are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA.

Question: The album Daydream followed up Mariah Carey's Christmas album, which was released by Columbia Records on what date?
Answer: November 1, 1994