The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s Class of 2026 are in – and the list includes Phil Collins, Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, Oasis, Pink, the Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Melissa Etheridge, Billy Idol, INXS, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, New Edition, Sade, Shakira, Luther Vandross, and the Wu-Tang Clan.
The inductees will be announced in April alongside the acts receiving the Musical Influence Award, the Musical Excellence Award, and the Ahmet Ertegun Non-Performer Award. The annual ceremony will take place in the fall.
“This diverse list of talented nominees recognizes the ever-evolving faces and sounds of Rock & Roll and its continued impact on youth culture,” says John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “Induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is music’s highest honor and we look forward to celebrating the Class of 2026 this fall.”
To qualify for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to have been released in 2001 or earlier. Ten of the 17 nominees (Buckley, Collins, Etheridge, Hill, INXS, New Edition, Pink, Shakira, Vandross, Wu-Tang Clan) are on the ballot for the first time. They’re all been eligible in prior years.
This is the third nomination for Carey, Iron Maiden, and Joy Division/New Order, and the second for the Black Crowes, Oasis, Sade, and Idol.
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2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
Mariah Carey performed “Volare (Nel Blu, dipinto di Blu)” and “Nothing Is Impossible” at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Opening Ceremony. I’ve added over 700 photos from the event to our photo gallery! Sorry that this update was a little delayed. I had an injury and am still healing.
Mariah Carey’s MusiCares Tribute Lineup Includes Foo Fighters, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Laufey, Adam Lambert and More
MusiCares has announced a lineup of artists set to perform the music of Mariah Carey at the org’s Person of the Year gala benefit this month, with a diverse cast that runs from fellow pop-R&B veterans John Legend and Jennifer Hudson to the possibly most surprising choice, Foo Fighters.
Other luminaries announced Tuesday to be on the all-star bill for the Jan. 30 benefit include Teddy Swims, Adam Lambert, Laufey, Maggie Rogers, Charlie Puth, Kesha, Taylor Momsen and Billy Porter.
Jermaine Dupri will also add to the night’s music with a special DJ set. Additional artists will be announced in the run-up to the event. Daniel Moore II will serve as musical director. Lewis & Clark, aka broadcast veterans Joe Lewis and R.A. Clark, will produce.
“I’m deeply honored to have these extraordinary artists come together for this evening,” Carey said in a statement. “Their generosity, their presence, and their commitment to this moment mean more to me than I can express. Being part of this celebration in benefit of MusiCares and the support they provide to those in the music community makes this night even more special. I’ve always believed that music heals, and it’s meant to be shared.”
The event takes place at the L.A. Convention Center two nights before the Grammy Awards, as almost always, and consists of a live auction and cocktail reception preceding a dinner, running up to an extravagant musical salute on two different stages within the grand ballroom.
“Mariah Carey’s music has touched the hearts of millions and inspired countless artists,” said Theresa Wolters, executive director of MusiCares, in a statement. “It will be thrilling to hear these performers bring their own voices to her landmark songs, offering fresh interpretations that celebrate her artistry in new ways — a reminder of the power of music to connect us all. Person of the Year is more than a tribute: it’s a moment for our community to come together and give back to the humans behind the music. The support raised through this gala allows us to stand with music professionals in ways that truly matter, caring for their mental and physical health, addressing unexpected challenges, and helping them build the foundation for sustainable, fulfilling careers.”
Source – Variety.com
Mariah Carey Named 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year: ‘Her Voice Has Shaped the Sound of Our Times’
Mariah Carey will be honored as the 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year at the organization’s annual fundraiser. The event will be held on Friday, Jan. 30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two days before the 68th annual Grammy Awards at the adjacent Crypto.com Arena.
Carey will become the youngest person of the year honoree since Sting received the honor in 2004. She will become the youngest woman to receive the honor since Gloria Estefan, who was just 36 when she received the honor in 1994.
“We are honored to recognize Mariah Carey as this year’s MusiCares Person of the Year, a true creative force and once-in-a-generation talent,” Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares, said in a statement. “Her artistry and her voice have helped shape the sound of our times. We look forward to celebrating her remarkable career on this very special night.”
This will be MusiCares’ 35th benefit gala. (The event wasn’t held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.) The gala has raised millions of dollars to support MusiCares’ programs, including health and wellness services, addiction recovery, preventive care, disaster relief, and emergency support for music professionals.
The first Person of the Year gala (honoring David Crosby) was held in 1991, two days before the 33rd annual Grammy Awards ceremony at which Carey won her first two Grammys – best new artist and best pop vocal performance, female for breakthrough smash, “Vision of Love.”
Carey joins a distinguished list of MusiCares honorees. The last five recipients of the award are Aerosmith, Joni Mitchell, Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson, Jon Bon Jovi and Grateful Dead.
Carey’s philanthropic works include providing relief for communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina and the COVID-19 pandemic. She founded Camp Mariah in partnership with the Fresh Air Fund to support underserved youth and has championed initiatives advancing health, education and social welfare.
“Mariah Carey’s influence extends far beyond her remarkable artistry,” Theresa Wolters, executive director of MusiCares, said in a statement. “She has used her platform consistently to provide tangible support to communities, whether through disaster relief, youth empowerment, or programs that help those facing barriers to opportunity. Her work exemplifies the values at the heart of MusiCares: creating systems of care that lift people up and ensure music professionals and communities can thrive. Honoring her as Person of the Year celebrates both her incredible musical legacy and her dedication to making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.”
Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, and Ravyn Lenae Talk Longevity, Songwriting, and TikTok in Three Generations
Mariah Carey is challenging Ravyn Lenae to chase her dreams. “You’re going to have to get after these things. C’mon, girl,” she says with a giggle, after Lenae shares admiration for women who have created a legacy, like Carey and Kelly Rowland, in the music industry.
Carey, Rowland, and Lenae met up at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills for Three Generations of R&B, ELLE’s new series that brings women together for cross-generational conversations. Carey, who is a true legend in the genre, is fresh off the release of her new album Here for It All. Former Destiny’s Child member and music industry veteran Rowland is hitting the road on The Boy Is Mine Tour with Brandy and Monica. Lenae, a breakthrough in the industry with her hit song “Love Me Not,” is about to join Sabrina Carpenter on her Short n’ Sweet Tour. The three powerhouses are at different stages in their lives, but they’ve had shared experiences, similar challenges, and, of course, many hits between them.
On the impact of Mariah Carey
Kelly Rowland: I actually was you. Dancing in the fields to “Dream lover,” holding flowers to my face and whipping my hair. I was like, “I am Mariah.” I had the shorts like Mariah. I had the tops like Mariah. I decided to get into butterflies like Mariah. Somebody was like, “For God’s sake, like dragonflies!” I was like, “No, it’s about the butterfly.”
Ravyn Lenae: Leading up to today, I was thinking about my first moments with your music. It’s so vivid in my brain of the summers with my little sister and my little cousins in the basement, putting on your album and making up dances to the whole thing, top to bottom…but also, seeing women of color float so effortlessly, between R&B and pop, and whatever she wanted to be, was so divine and important for me.
KR: The first time I met you, it was with [Destiny’s Child]. I remember we were so stoked. I was like, we’re going to look crazy when she turns around and sees us…we were so happy any time there was an encounter with you, period. You were always very warm and very cool.
On Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not”
Mariah Carey: Ravyn, I’m just getting to know your music. But I really do like “Love Me Not.” It’s really good. It has something about it that takes you back to childhood.
RL: Thank you. I think the most interesting thing people say is that is that it feels like it could be from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s.
KR: I remember thinking, “Oh, she likes to break the rules,” in the best way. Not putting you in a box, I think that’s the best thing about listening to all your records, because coming up…people like to put you in a box.
On songwriting
MC: I always loved writing songs, even as a little girl. Being a little kid and just drawing, writing, you know, little things like that. That’s how I grew up to become a songwriter.
KR: Do you remember what [the] first song you wrote was?
MC: There’s so many [that are] a little bit older. I’m trying to think of when I’m little, but I had this song “I’ll Get Back at You.” That’s a reveal for the first time. No one’s ever heard that.
RL: Somebody made you mad. I wrote my first song when I was 15. I remember I was working with a producer from Chicago at the time. There was a studio literally right around my high school, and I was a freshman. I was doing a summer program for kids where you would go, you would do music all day, and they would give you a stipend for it at the end of the summer. So I used my $300 to book that studio session and I recorded that song and the studio, he said, “You don’t ever have to pay for studio time ever again.” And I was like, “Good. ‘Cause I ain’t got no more money.”
KR: I enjoy songwriting when it’s with a whole bunch of people. I don’t actually think I’ve ever sat down to write a song by myself, to be honest. I should actually really try that.
MC: It releases. Even if you have someone just playing on the keys and you’re telling them which way to go.
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Mariah Carey’s ‘Here for It All’ Tops 4 Billboard Album Charts
Mariah Carey’s new studio album Here for It All crowns four Billboard album charts (dated Oct. 11), including Top Album Sales, and gives the diva her 19th top 10 on the overall Billboard 200 as it arrives at No. 7.
Here for It All launches with nearly 47,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Oct. 2, according to Luminate, with traditional album sales comprising 39,000 of that sum. In addition to its No. 1 bow on Top Album Sales, the set also leads Top Current Album Sales, Top R&B Albums and Independent Albums. Here for It All (released via Mariah/gamma.) is Carey’s first independently released project after a career within the major system. It’s also her 16th studio album and first studio set since 2018’s Caution.
On the Billboard 200, Carey achieves her 19th top 10 as Here for It All enters at No. 7. Carey becomes only the third woman with at least one new top 10-charted album in the 1990s, 2000s, ‘10s and ‘20s, following Madonna and Shania Twain. Carey made her debut in 1990 with her self-titled release, and it was the first of her nine top 10s in the ‘90s. She then logged six top 10s in the 2000s, three in the ‘10s and now Here for It All in the ‘20s.
Title, Peak Position, Peak Year
- Mariah Carey, No. 1 (11 weeks at No. 1), 1991
- Emotions, No. 4, 1991
- MTV Unplugged EP, No. 3, 1992
- Music Box, No. 1 (eight weeks at No. 1), 1993
- Merry Christmas, No. 3, 1994
- Daydream, No. 1 (six weeks), 1995
- Butterfly, No. 1 (one week), 1997
- #1’s, No. 4, 1998
- Rainbow, No. 2, 1999
- Glitter (Soundtrack), No. 7, 2001
- Charmbracelet, No. 3, 2002
- The Emancipation of Mimi, No. 1 (two weeks), 2005
- E=MC², No. 1 (two weeks), 2008
- The Ballads, No. 10, 2009
- Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, No. 3, 2009
- Merry Christmas II You, No. 4, 2010
- Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, No. 3, 2014
- Caution, No. 5, 2018
- Here for It All, No. 7, 2025
Over on the latest Hot R&B Songs tally, three songs from Here for It All dot the ranking: “Play This Song” (featuring Anderson .Paak) debuts at No. 11, “Sugar Sweet” (featuring Shenseea and Kehlani) rises 19-17 and the album’s first single, “Type Dangerous,” reenters at No. 24. Meanwhile, Carey collects her first entry on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, as the Here for It All cut “Jesus I Do” (featuring The Clark Sisters), enters at No. 5.
Source – Billboard
Mariah Carey to Receive the 2025 MTV VMAs Video Vanguard Award
Congratulations MC!!! No one deserves this more than you! Can’t wait to watch!
MTV has announced that Mariah Carey will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2025 Video Music Awards. Unlike many Video Vanguard winners—like Katy Perry, Shakira, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott, Jennifer Lopez, P!nk, and Rihanna—Carey has never actually won a VMA, despite numerous nominations. She’s nominated this year, too, in the Best R&B category, for “Type Dangerous.”
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards take place on Sunday, September 7, at Long Island’s UBS Arena—a fitting venue for the coronation of Huntington, New York, native Mariah Carey. The show is being hosted by another native Long Islander, Bay Shore’s LL Cool J—a fitting host because Carey presented the Video Vanguard Award to him in 1997.
Carey will release the new album Here for It All on September 26. The long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s Caution will include the singles “Type Dangerous” and “Sugar Sweet.”
Source – Pitchfork.com
#MC16 Announcement Tomorrow!
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— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) July 20, 2025
Mariah Carey Honored With Ultimate Icon Award at 2025 BET Awards — Her First BET Award Ever
Mariah Carey received the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards, marking her first-ever BET Award.
During Monday’s (June 9) awards show, Carey was handed her prize after an emotional and lengthy speech from Busta Rhymes, who called the singer “timeless” while listing all of her accolades. She also acknowledged it was her first BET Award ever.
“My life and career have been quite the adventure,” Carey said during her acceptance speech. “It took me a while, but I realized life is far too short to live for anyone else’s approval.”She then went on to encourage everyone to be a “diva” while embracing who they are.
Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg were all honored with the BET Ultimate Icon Awards during Monday’s celebration. The award “celebrates their decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy, and community impact.”
Earlier in the night, Stevie Wonder surprised everyone at the 2025 BET Awards when he stepped out to honor his longtime friend Jamie Foxx.
During his own acceptance speech, Foxx thanked all his friends and loved ones for showing up for him while he went through medical complications caused by a stroke in 2023. He added that when he saw the “In Memoriam” segment, it made him reflect on his own health.
“You can’t go through something like that and not testify,” Foxx said. “A career that I could only thank God for.”
Earlier in the night, Carey brought out Rakim to perform her new song “Type Dangerous” alongside Anderson .Paak. Rakim popped up as a surprise appearance to deliver a special rendition of his verse from Eric B. & Rakim‘s 1986 debut single “Eric B. Is President,” which “Type Dangerous” samples.
Source – Billboard
Mariah Carey Signs Multi-Album Deal With Gamma
Around midnight, the day after Halloween, Mariah Carey was sitting in the lavish Bel Air mansion of music producer Antonio “L.A.” Reid. The 56-year-old Carey may be one of the top-selling recording artists of all-time—with five Grammy awards and 19 number-one hits (the most by any solo artist)—but she still solicits the opinion of Reid, a friend of more than 20 years, and the man who shaped the careers of Usher, TLC, Pink and other artists as the chairman of Epic, Arista, and Island Def Jam record labels. Also in the attendance was Larry Jackson, the 44-year-old CEO of the two-year-old music startup, Gamma.
As Carey played tracks from her upcoming 16th album, Jackson, who has been in the business for more than 30 years, was awestruck by the moment. “Why am I in this room?” he recalls thinking. But as Carey told him, “I know who you are. I know what you’ve done. And I think you’re the right person to take me to new heights.”
With the midnight release of Carey’s new single, “Type Dangerous,” the ultimate challenge begins. Among the heights Carey wants to reach is having a 20th number-one single—which would tie her with the Beatles—and then a 21st. It’s the music equivalent of LeBron James breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA all-time scoring record. And Carey is counting on Jackson to put her on top of music’s Mount Olympus
“I think that Larry might be downplaying his popularity,” Reid tells Forbes. “Mariah Carey knows who Larry Jackson is.”
A founding member of Beats Music with Dr. Dre and producer Jimmy Iovine, and one of the masterminds behind Apple Music, Jackson started in the industry at 11, as an intern at KMEL radio station in San Francisco and became music director at 16. “It would be unthinkable today,” he says of the gig. “But these were more unregulated times.” Jackson soon began being mentored by Clive Davis, the legendary founder and CEO of Arista Records, who launched the career of Whitney Houston, among many other artists.
Throughout his career, Jackson produced the late Luther Vandross, once managed Kanye West and produced Houston’s last studio album. He eventually moved to Interscope records to work with Iovine, who later co-founded Beats with Dr. Dre. In 2014, the company sold to Apple for more than $3 billion, which is how Jackson became the creative force behind Apple Music.
“I didn’t graduate high school and didn’t go to college,” Jackson told Billboard about his career trajectory in 2023. “My university was working with Clive. Graduate school was working with Jimmy.”
After seven years at Apple, Jackson did what few executives in Cupertino ever do—he left to start his own venture. He launched Gamma in 2023 with backing from billionaire Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries, the independent film studio A24, and Apple itself. Gamma soon acquired Vydia, the New Jersey-based digital distribution company that serves as its technology platform, signed deals with Usher and Rick Ross, and took a stake in the Death Row records archive, which Snoop Dogg purchased the previous year. Late last year, Gamma also partnered with Snoop and jewelry entrepreneur Carolyn Rafaelian, the founder of Metal Alchemist and Alex and Ani, to launch Snoop’s jewelry brand, Lovechild.
“He’s as a straight shooter as it gets,” Boehly says of Jackson. “And he cares more about the artists and wants them to build their businesses and think differently about what the opportunities are, and not just go down the traditional [label] path. I see entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs in a world that’s becoming more entrepreneurial. And you’ve got great artists like Snoop and Usher and now Mariah Carey coming to Larry because they’re becoming more entrepreneurial.”