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inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfahrv8l00053b5zry5cslnn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThank you, MTV for giving me the Vanguard Award. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m getting my first VMA tonight,\u201d Carey said. \u201cI just have one question. What in the Sam Hill were you waiting for?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/youtube\/instances\/cmfai31li000e3b5zsoudll8p@published\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-component-name=\"youtube\">\n<aside class=\"youtube__aspect-ratio-container\">\n<div id=\"3ArHYNHY\" data-video-id=\"JkVNvQY5y5I\" class=\"youtube__content player\">\n\t\t<span class=\"youtube__video-title\">Mariah Carey Accepts Vanguard Award | 2025 Video Music Awards<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfahyl1a00093b5zvym7sl5s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Carey had a point. Following her first No. 1 single, \u201cVision of Love,\u201d in 1990, she went on to release 18 other songs that rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 &#8211; more than any other solo artist in history.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfaieci3000o3b5zf5m52aap@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prior to her acceptance speech, Carey performed a mix of some of those familiar songs, including \u201cDreamlover,\u201d \u201cHeartbreaker,\u201d \u201cObsessed,\u201d \u201cLike That\u201d and \u201cWe Belong Together.\u201d Lit in glowy soft light and dressed in a gold sequins body suit and boots, surrounded by mostly male dancers, Carey delivered her diva best.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfain9dp000r3b5z6ys7a960@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBeing here brings back amazing memories,\u201d Carey said, before recalling a moment at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=am-2w66Nmqw\" target=\"_blank\">1998 MTV VMAs<\/a>. \u201cWhitney Houston and I opened the show with a faux standoff.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/youtube\/instances\/cmfaj1iib001f3b5zohectzl9@published\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-component-name=\"youtube\">\n<aside class=\"youtube__aspect-ratio-container\">\n<div id=\"QSBAUc2f\" data-video-id=\"nT96RK0ZVqA\" class=\"youtube__content player\">\n\t\t<span class=\"youtube__video-title\">Mariah Carey Performs Vanguard Medley | 2025 Video Music Awards<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"youtube__video-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nT96RK0ZVqA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Video Mariah Carey Performs Vanguard Medley | 2025 Video Music Awards\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfait2ya000w3b5z860n05o7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was a moment,\u201d Carey said with a laugh. \u201cAfter all this time, I\u2019ve learned that music evolves, videos evolve but the fun, that is eternal.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfaip5af000u3b5zijfg1ac3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Carey\u2019s upcoming 16th studio album, \u201cHere for It All,\u201d is set for release on Sept. 26.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source edition.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Tweet Email Link She\u2019s been belting out hits and cinematic music videos for 35 years, but Mariah Carey had never won an MTV Video Music Award until Sunday. 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