Mariah Carey lightly shaded the Grammys because she hasn’t won more career awards.”I really went through a lot with that,” Carey told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.
She lamented not winning more, especially during a year when she “opened the show.”
Mariah Carey has many things: the record for most No. 1 singles by a solo artist, an assistant who brushes her hair on roller coasters, and a penchant for (allegedly) not knowing Jennifer Lopez. And yet, she still doesn’t have enough Grammys, the legendary singer-songwriter suggested in a recent interview for her new album Here for It All.
Appearing Thursday morning on Live With Kelly and Mark, the elusive chanteuse who famously does not acknowledge the passage of time reflected on her history with the Recording Academy that has, to date, only resulted in five competitive Grammys (she also received the special Grammy Global Impact Award in 2024).
“You are, you know, you’re such a Grammy winner,” Kelly Ripa said at the top of the interview — a sentiment at which Carey immediately balked.
Mariah Carey at the 1991 Grammys.
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“Eh, not really. They pushed me out of the…” Carey said, trailing off as the audience applauded. “I mean, I’m not being politically correct about it, because I really went through a lot with that.”
Ripa asked, “So, you should have more?” to which Carey replied, “I was nominated years ago for almost every category, the year we had ‘One Sweet Day’ with Boyz II Men, and ‘Always Be My Baby,’ ‘Fantasy.'”
A shocked Ripa again inquired, “You didn’t win Grammys for those?” with Carey replying, “No! And I was there, we opened the show. Yeah, so we just sat there like, ‘Yay!'”
Still, Mark Consuelos pointed out that Carey just won awards at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video Vanguard Award for career excellence in music videos.
“Let’s just say yay for the Grammys. Yay! Yay Grammys! Woo!” Carey said, clapping after celebrating her VMAs victories. “And we love ’em!”
To date, Carey has amassed 34 Grammy nominations across her three-decade-plus career. She won Best Pop Vocal Performance (“Vision of Love”) and Best New Artist in 1991. In 2006, she took home Best Contemporary R&B Album (The Emancipation of Mimi), and Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “We Belong Together.”
In 1996, she had six nominations, including Album of the Year for Daydream, which yielded the No. 1 hits “Fantasy,” “One Sweet Day,” and “Always Be My Baby.”
Mariah Carey on ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’.
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This is not the first time Carey has shaded he Grammys. During her appearance on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast last year, Rogers, a devoted Lamb, told the singer of her Grammy haul, “You don’t have enough of those, by the way.”
“They scaaaaammed me,” Carey replied. “They toy with me.”
Though she’s released several albums since her last win, Carey hasn’t received a Grammy nomination in 16 years, when she was up for Best Gospel Performance in 2009 for “I Understand,” her collaboration with Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, and Bebe Winans.
Still, Carey remains a viable pop culture force, with her perennial holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” regularly soaring up the charts at the end of every calendar year.
The single, which was originally released in 1994, didn’t reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2019, 25 years after its initial bow.
Carey recently scored another solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with the release of “Type Dangerous,” the lead single for her new album Here for It All, which drops Friday.
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Live With Kelly and Mark airs weekdays in syndication. Check your local listings for showtimes in your area. Carey’s Here for It All is out Friday.