Award Shows August 21, 2025
Mariah Carey to Receive Video Vanguard Award at the 2025 MTV VMAs
Ethan James Green
The MTV VMAs are giving Mariah Carey her flowers!
The award show is honoring the singer with the Video Vanguard Award.
Along with accepting her award, Mariah will also perform a medley of her hit songs.
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View StoryThis marks Carey’s first time back on the VMAs stage in 20 years, after she performed a medley back in 2005.
She is in good company. Past Michael Jackson Vanguard Award winners include Katy Perry, Shakira, Beyoncé, Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, and others.
The MTV VMAs will take place at New York’s UBS Arena and air live Sunday, September 7, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS, MTV, and Paramount+. Fan voting is now available. For details visit vote.mtv.com.
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View StoryThe appearance comes weeks before Mariah is set to drop her new album, “Here for It All” on September 26.
