Crave Records

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| founded = 1997

| founder = Mariah Carey

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Crave Records was a record label founded by Mariah Carey in February 1997,{{cite web |last1=McIntyre |first1=Hugh |title=Mariah Carey's History As A Record Label Owner |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/04/24/mariah-careys-history-as-a-record-label-owner/?sh=ed48e3e77a1e |website=Forbes |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}} as an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment. It was shut down in July of the following year.{{cite magazine |title=Mariah Closes Record Label |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mariah-closes-record-label-92486/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=20 May 2021 |date=1998-07-16 |archive-date=2022-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905191052/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mariah-closes-record-label-92486/ |url-status=dead }} The name "Crave" originates from "Demented", a song Carey wrote for the 1995 alternative rock album Someone's Ugly Daughter.{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2020 |title=Chick-Someone's Ugly Daughter |url=https://www.mariahrecords.com/projects/2020/9/27/chick-someones-ugly-daughter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224043551/https://www.mariahrecords.com/projects/2020/9/27/chick-someones-ugly-daughter |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=Mariah Records}}{{Citation | last = Bronson | first = Fred | title = The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits | publisher = Billboard Books | location = New York | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-8230-7677-6 | author-link = Fred Bronson|p=845 }} This was kept a secret until it was revealed in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

Acts signed to the label included DJ Company, female R&B quartet Allure, who released a self-titled album in 1997 featuring the hit singles "Head Over Heels", "All Cried Out", and "Last Chance", as well as male R&B quartet 7 Mile, who released a self-titled album in 1998.