{"id":2443649,"date":"2019-05-01T20:32:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=829966"},"modified":"2019-05-01T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:32:39","slug":"billboard-music-awards-2019-mariah-carey-performs-career-spanning-set-accepts-icon-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/billboard-music-awards-2019-mariah-carey-performs-career-spanning-set-accepts-icon-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard Music Awards 2019: Mariah Carey Performs Career-Spanning Set, Accepts Icon Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mariah Carey<\/a>, the 2019 Billboard Music Awards<\/a> Icon honoree, performed a career-spanning set during Wednesday\u2019s event. For the performance, the 14-time BBMA winner delivered 2018 single \u201cA No No,\u201d 1995\u2019s \u201cAlways Be My Baby,\u201d 1991\u2019s \u201cEmotions,\u201d 2005\u2019s \u201cWe Belong Together\u201d and ended with 1993\u2019s \u201cHero.\u201d<\/p>\n

The performance, while seeming to have a bit of a monitor and pitch issue at times, showcased her astounding range during her elegant set. She was backed by dancers in tux garb, gospel singers and an orchestra.<\/p>\n

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Watch @MariahCarey<\/a> perform a medley of her biggest hits at the 2019 #BBMAs<\/a>! pic.twitter.com\/VzycMEFS7k<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 billboard (@billboard) May 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition to her career-spanning medley, Carey was also honored with the BBMA Icon award for her many charts achievements, including most weeks spent atop the Hot 100 and most Number One singles for a solo artist.<\/p>\n

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From the Queen of Christmas to the ultimate chart-topper, @MariahCarey<\/a> is the DEFINITION of icon! #BBMAs<\/a> streaming live now on @9Now<\/a>: https:\/\/t.co\/GurIk3T6bU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XYXItnYPwF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 9Now (@9Now) May 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jennifer Hudson presented the Icon award to Carey, who was humble during her acceptance speech. She thanked Billboard <\/em>for letting her grow up on the charts, but also acknowledged her climb was not an easy one. While the award is named \u201cIcon,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t think of myself that way. I started making music out of necessity to survive,\u201d adding that it was something she needed to do in order to feel worthy of existing. She acknowledged that she has had ups and downs in her career and made mistakes like everyone, and often felt like an outsider as a \u201clost, interracial child.\u201d However, dedicating her life to music was her saving grace.<\/p>\n

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Seriously though, thank you @billboard<\/a> @BBMAs<\/a> for the attention to detail, the impeccable selection of contributors, for actually giving a *bleep* (choose expletive of choice), for all the hard work putting this together and for truly getting me! \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) April 27, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Carey released Caution<\/em><\/a>, her best album in a decade, in October 2018. The LP featured the hit single \u201cA No No<\/a>,\u201d which spawned a series of remixes<\/a>. Carey\u2019s 1994 seasonal classic \u201cAll I Want for Christmas\u201d also broke the one-day record<\/a> for most streamed song on December 24th, 2018.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mariah Carey, the 2019 Billboard Music Awards Icon honoree, performed a career-spanning set during Wednesday\u2019s event. For the performance, the 14-time BBMA winner delivered 2018 single \u201cA No No,\u201d 1995\u2019s \u201cAlways Be My Baby,\u201d 1991\u2019s \u201cEmotions,\u201d 2005\u2019s \u201cWe Belong Together\u201d and ended with 1993\u2019s \u201cHero.\u201d The performance, while seeming to have a bit of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2443649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 09:50:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}