Mariah Carey may reign in music history books as one of the best-selling and most revered artists of all time, but – much to her chagrin and that of her dedicated fans (affectionately called #Lambs) – her track record with the Recording Academy doesn’t exactly bespeak of that reverence.
The owner of only 6 GRAMMYs and 34 nominations over her 35-year career, Carey’s losses at the award show (namely its 1996 iteration where she lost six times in one night) are nothing short of historic.
In recent trips down memory lane, Mariah – in no uncertain terms – waxed honest about her feelings on her headline-grabbing losing streaks.
Look inside to see what she said.
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Carey, hot on the promo trail in support of her latest single ‘Sugar Sweet‘ and its September-due parent album ‘Here for It All,’ recently dropped by our friends at ‘Pitchfork’ to play the ‘Over/Under’ game in which she weighed in on hot topics to grade them as “overrated” or “underrated.”
When quizzed about her thoughts on the golden gramophone and its associated annual ceremony, the Songbird Supreme quickly ranked music’s biggest night as the former.
“I think the GRAMMYs are overrated,” she relayed before clarifying she meant the award show and the trophy itself.
The sentiment is one she’s shared as recently as last year when she dropped by the ‘Las Culturistas‘ podcast.
“They scammed me,” Carey said at the time while reflecting on her shocking 6-time loss at the show’s 1996 edition. “They toy with me.”
Carey won her first two competitive GRAMMYs in 1991, but didn’t nab another golden gramophone until 2006 when she collected a trio of trophies for her ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ album.
In 2024, Carey was bestowed an honorary GRAMMY in the form of the Recording Academy’s Global Impact Award.
And while her new album’s September arrival will cause it to miss the ceremony’s deadline for 2026 nominations, it could still garner a few nods in 2027 and potentially improve Mimi’s winning streak.
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MC’s label should have bribed them, especially with the hits she had.
Calling them overrated won’t win them over
She is throwing shades at Bey….
RIP, Grandmariah !!!
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She sat there mad as hell, next to husband-and-label-boss Tommy Mottola, watching Celine & Alanis Morissette sweep the award show. I have reason to believe she asked for divorce THAT NIGHT LOL. That aside, she and Boyz II Men were robbed that night for “One Sweet Day”!
It’s really crazy because she sold more than the majority of ppl that ever touched a mic and her talent speaks for it self. She should have way more Grammys. Her shelf should like Alicia Keys.
all that means nothing if your peers (THE ACADEMY) don’t f*** with u and honestly they didn’t like her because she f***** her way to the top. they didn’t like tommy matolla either…..
And you know this how, oh because you were there watching while she f***** her way to the top. B**** stop with the negative comments about things you have no clue you dumb ass s***!!!
cry about it🤷
Mariah should have the same amount of Grammys That Beyoncé, Adele, Alicia Keys, Gaga , Taylor and Rihanna have! They did her WRONG! I blame Tommy mottola because he was one of the Grammy voters at that time cause of him being the president of Sony music when they were married, I’m sure he had them snub her on purpose because she took creative control over her sound , music, image , and he was mad cause he couldn’t control her anymore. Cause why do y’all think it took so long before she won more Grammys again and performed on the show?
Nope ! That grape juice is trash ! And always reports its news from its own agenda.
Mariah has 5 grammy’s ! Actually 🤔 look it up
Fat cow is mad coz Queen B took all the Grammys💅🏼
“We love everybody” is the passive agressive ultimate shade.
Taylor and Beyondho have that payola to get them grammys dahling