Mariah Carey: Pop Icon's Triumphant 2025 VMAs, Vegas & Album Comeback at 56

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Mariah Carey is enjoying a career-defining spotlight this week as MTV has chosen her to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, set for September 7 in New York according to multiple major outlets including AOL and Billboard. At 56, Carey is the oldest and eighth consecutive female recipient of this legendary honor, joining a list that boasts Madonna, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Missy Elliott. The buzz is feverish—her return to the VMA stage marks her first performance there in twenty years and she’s expected to deliver a show-stopping medley of hits, from Honey and Heartbreaker to Obsessed and #Beautiful says E News. This milestone arrives as the Emancipation of Mimi album celebrates its 20th anniversary, a nod to Carey's enduring influence as the best-selling female artist of all time with 220 million albums sold and 19 Billboard Hot 100 number ones—eighteen self-penned, more than any solo artist in history. According to Parade, Carey presented the very same Vanguard Award to LL Cool J back in 1997 and now he’ll host her moment in the spotlight.

While the VMA news has taken over major headlines—#MariahCarey trended on Instagram and entertainment accounts posted congratulatory tributes—Carey isn’t pausing her business ambitions. She’s also fueling anticipation for her sixteenth studio album, Here For It All, which drops September 26. Its lead single Type Dangerous is currently in the running for Best R&B at the VMAs, facing off with heavyweights like SZA and Chris Brown as confirmed by That Grape Juice and E News. Carey’s Las Vegas residency, The Celebration of Mimi Live, got new January and February 2025 dates—presale tickets rolled out this week through SiriusXM, according to IMDb and SiriusXM’s announcement. On top of that, she was announced as a headliner for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 19 and 20 reports iHeartRadio.

On social media, fans and outlets alike are calling this “her flowers” moment. Harper’s Bazaar’s Instagram put it succinctly: Mariah is set to receive the award that cements her legacy. Amid minor social media jabs about her age, there’s widespread awe at her longevity, vocal prowess, and ability to command the pop culture conversation decades into her career. Public focus is currently on her upcoming career-spanning VMA performance, imminent album release, and the Las Vegas shows. There are no credible reports of controversy or personal drama—just a well-deserved spotlight on one of music history’s most iconic women.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mariah Carey is enjoying a career defining spotlight this week,
as MTV has chosen her to receive the Michael Jackson
Video Vanguard Award at the twenty twenty five MTV Video
Music Awards, set for September seventh in New York. According
to multiple major outlets, including AOL and Billboard, at fifty six,
Carrie is the oldest and eighth consecutive female recipient of

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this legendary honour, joining a list that boasts Madonna, Beyonce, Rihanna,
and Missy Elliott. The buzz is feverish. Her return to
the VMA stage marks her first performance there in twenty years,
and she's expected to deliver a show stopping medley of
hits from Honey and Heartbreaker to Obsess and Number Beautiful,

(00:43):
says E News. This milestone arrives as the Emancipation of
Mini album celebrates its twentieth anniversary, a nod to Carrie's
enduring influence as the best selling female artist of all time,
with two hundred twenty million albums sold and nineteen Billboard
Hot one hundred number one eighteen self penned, more than
any solo artist in history. According to parade. Carrie presented

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the very same Vanguard Award to Ello Cool Jay back
in nineteen ninety seven, and now he'll host her moment
in the Spotlight. While the VMA News has taken over
major headlines, Mariah Carey trended on Instagram and entertainment accounts
posted congratulatory tributes. Carrie isn't pausing her business ambitions. She's
also fueling anticipation for her sixteenth studio album, Here for

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It All, which drops September twenty sixth. Its lead single,
type Dangerous, is currently in the running for Best R
and B at the VMAs, facing off with heavyweights like
Sissa and Chris Brown. As confirmed by That Great Juice
in E News, Carrie's last Vegas residency, the celebration of
Mini Live, got new January and February twenty twenty five dates.

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Pre sell tickets rolled out this week through Serious XM,
according to IMDb and Serious XM's announcement. On top of that,
she was announced as a headliner for the twenty twenty
five I Heart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas on
September nineteenth and twentieth, reports iHeartRadio. On social media, fans
and outlets alike are calling this her Flowers moment. Harper's

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Bizarre's Instagram put it succinctly. Mariah is set to receive
the award that cements her legacy, amid minor social media
jabs about her age. There's widespread awe at her longevity,
vocal prowess, an ability to command the pop culture conversation
decades into her career. Public focus is currently on her
upcoming career spanning vm A performance, imminent album release, and

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the Las Vegas shows. There are no credible reports of
controversy or personal drama, just a well deserved spotlight on
one of music history's most iconic women. And that is
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