Mariah Carey Recognized for her signature career 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
The 56-year-old singer Video Pioneer Award On Sunday, September 7, a ceremony was held at UBS Arena in New York.
She said after receiving the presenter’s trophy: “Thanks to MTV for giving me the Vanguard Award.” Ariana Grande. “I can’t believe I got my first VMA tonight. I only have one question. What are you waiting for in Sam Mountain? I’m kidding. I love your MTV. I love you so much.”
Before the speech, Carey performed her hits including “Fantasy,” “Heartbreak,” “Obsession,” and “That”. Twenty years later, she returned to the VMA stage for the first time since her song performance on her tenth album in 2005. The liberation of the breast.
Carey continued in her speech: “I learned about the development of music, the video has evolved, but it’s fun? It’s timeless.” “Thanks to MTV for playing my videos and fans, I really love you. By the way, my new album All of this Go out in two weeks. ”
Carey has been nominated for nine VMAs throughout her career. The Video Pioneer Award marks her second moon statue. She won the best R&B in her pre-show earlier Sunday to “Type Danger.”

Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images of MTV“People think she’s a heroine…but she’s very serious about what she does, she’s very attentive and knows where she should do it.” Jermaine Dupri Exclusively tell US Weekly On the VMA red carpet. “I think sometimes the heroine’s exterior wall looks like she’s like, airy and not really paying attention, but she’s very intact with what’s going on. She’s actually like a rapper, and if you ask me, she won’t show that part.”
Outside of VMA, Carey is ready to release Her first album in seven years,,,,, All of thisSeptember 26. The album’s lead single “Type Dangest” debuted in June.
“Maria is very pleased with the positive reception of her new song ‘Type Dangerous’,” a music insider told US Weekly Later that month. “She has Her upcoming album Gao Hopejust like her team. ”
Although Carey’s Christmas music has dominated the conversation in recent years, she is ready to return to the non-seasonal spotlight.
“Of course, she was surprised by the success of everything I want for Christmas every year, but she wanted to remind the world that she is not just the queen of Christmas,” the source said. “It has been a while since Mariah took a new blow, but everyone around her believed it would be the most fruitful and successful era of her decade.”
According to insiders, “Entrepreneurship and release of this new music really ignited a fire.
Carey explained in July why fans had to wait for her 16th album.
“I’m just together,” she explained. Jimmy Kimmel live broadcast! then. “I would do four songs and then it was like, ‘We can start making an album now’ and then I would never do it. Then, I started using 10 songs and we basically had an album ready.”

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