Mariah Carey was honored with the Video Vanguard Award at tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards, the place she additionally carried out a career-spanning medley. She started with a brand new tune, “Sugar Candy,” earlier than diving into classics like “Fantasy,” “Heartbreaker,” and “Obsessed.” She continued with “It’s Like That” and “We Belong Collectively” (with a string ensemble). Watch the efficiency under.
Carey was offered with the award by Ariana Grande. “I can’t consider I’m getting my first VMA tonight,” Carey—tonight’s winner of Greatest R&B for “Type Dangerous”—mentioned in her speech. “I simply have one query: What within the Sam Hill have been you ready for?” She continued with a mirrored image on her profession and historical past with the VMAs. See the speech under.
Although she’d by no means taken house a trophy earlier than tonight, Carey has been a VMAs fixture for many years. She first carried out on the present in 1991, then once more in 2005 off the again of The Emancipation of Mimi, which noticed a 20th anniversary reissue earlier this 12 months. Carey’s new album, Here for It All, is out September 26; the 11-track venture consists of the singles “Sort Harmful” and “Sugar Candy.”
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