She’s been belting out hits and cinematic music movies for 35 years, however Mariah Carey had by no means gained an MTV Video Music Award till Sunday.
With air kisses and a deep bow, Ariana Grande introduced the singer with MTV’s profession achievement recognition, the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
“Thank you, MTV for giving me the Vanguard Award. I can’t believe I’m getting my first VMA tonight,” Carey mentioned. “I just have one question. What in the Sam Hill were you waiting for?”
Carey had some extent. Following her first No. 1 single, “Vision of Love,” in 1990, she went on to launch 18 different songs that rose to the prime of the Billboard Hot 100 – greater than every other solo artist in historical past.
Prior to her acceptance speech, Carey carried out a mixture of a few of these acquainted songs, together with “Dreamlover,” “Heartbreaker,” “Obsessed,” “Like That” and “We Belong Together.” Lit in glowy delicate gentle and dressed in a gold sequins physique go well with and boots, surrounded by largely male dancers, Carey delivered her diva greatest.
“Being here brings back amazing memories,” Carey mentioned, earlier than recalling a second at the 1998 MTV VMAs. “Whitney Houston and I opened the show with a faux standoff.”
“It was a moment,” Carey mentioned with amusing. “After all this time, I’ve learned that music evolves, videos evolve but the fun, that is eternal.”
Carey’s upcoming sixteenth studio album, “Here for It All,” is about for launch on Sept. 26.