VISION OF LOVE ~ BY MARIAH CAREY

"Vision of Love" is a pop/R&B song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey (1990). The ballad was released as the album's first single in the second quarter of 1990 in the United States and the third quarter of 1990 elsewhere. The song topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. he song's protagonist describes having a "vision of love" and of being eternally grateful not to a lover, but to God; the lyrics are also related to the realisation of Carey's dreams as a singer. Carey told Ebony magazine that the song "represents everything in my life" and "is a song from the heart." According to her, its lyrics are based on personal struggles she experienced when was younger, including her parents' divorce, moving frequently and the attitudes of the people in her neighborhoods to her ethnicity. The song was nominated for three 1991 Grammy Awards: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (which it won), Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song received the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female and a Songwriter Award at the BMI Pop Awards.

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