Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mariah Carey’s blockbuster Music Box album with the digital release of Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition and a collectible limited edition cassette of the original album.

The digital configuration of Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition and the limited collector’s cassette edition of Music Box are available now. Please visit HERE

Deluxe physical configurations (3CD and 4LP) of Mariah Carey’s Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition are slated for release early next year and may be pre-ordered now. Please visit HERE

The cover art for digital and physical configurations of Mariah Carey’s Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition presents the previously unpublished full-frame un-cropped version of Mariah’s iconic cover photo.

First released on Columbia Records on August 31, 1993, Mariah Carey’s eagerly-anticipated third studio album Music Box built on the already extraordinary musical and commercial achievements of her debut (Mariah Carey, 1990) and its successor (Emotions, 1991) to give the world a transcendent hit-filled masterpiece while securing the singer/songwriter/performer/artist’s international status as an iconic pop culture superstar and musical visionary.

Mariah Carey’s third studio album, Music Box featured five singles with the first three–“Dreamlover,””Hero” and “Without You”–topping charts around the world. Mariah was nominated for the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Dreamlover”at the 1994 Grammy Awards while “Hero” and Mariah were nominated in the same category at the 1995 Grammy Awards. Music Box reached #1 in 15 countries including Australia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Music Box Diamond status as of November 5, 1997, for shipments of ten million copies across the United States. Most recently, the RIAA certified “Hero” as 3x platinum. With more than 30 million copies sold worldwide since its release, Music Box is Mariah Carey’s top-selling album and one of the best-selling albums of all time.