Mariah Carey takes the stage to simply accept her award on the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at Dolby Theatre on Monday (March 17) in Hollywood.
The “Feelings” singer and songwriter was honored with the Icon Award – she’s solely the sixth entertainer to obtain this award, following Bon Jovi, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Pink and Cher.
Previous to her accepting the award, host LL Cool J shared some phrases to honor her, whereas Muni Lengthy and Tori Kelly additionally carried out “We Belong Collectively” and “At all times Be My Child,” respectively.
Mariah kicked off her acceptance speech by jokingly asking if the lighting was good. She additionally took the time to thank those that helped her all through her profession, and he or she additionally honored her late mom Patricia.
Preserve studying to see what she mentioned…
“I simply wish to ask you a query—is the lighting OK? As a result of I don’t like unhealthy lighting,” she requested, with LL assuring her it was good. “Do you just like the ensemble?” she added.
“As a child, I used to hearken to hearken to my favourite artist on the radio, and dreamed of being on the airwaves myself,” she mentioned. “For these of you who could not know what airwaves are, consider it because the non-WiFi model of streaming. Even now, I nonetheless get excited after I hear one among my songs enjoying on the radio. It by no means stops being magical.”
She then thanked the President of iHeartRadio, John Sykes, who she famous was really her first supervisor early on in her profession. “Some folks suppose it was this different man, but it surely wasn’t him, it was John.”
“I recognize you all greater than you already know. And to my followers, my Lambily, you’ve been with me by each step of this journey. Your love and loyalty are the best reward, and I’m endlessly grateful for every one among you,” Mariah continued, earlier than closing out her speech. “And on this St. Patrick’s day, I wish to honor my mom, Patricia Carey, for giving me the reward of music. Thanks a lot. Love you, love you, love you!”
