{"id":268914,"date":"2026-02-01T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/268914\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:14:07","slug":"mariah-carey-honored-as-musicares-person-of-the-year-ahead-of-2026-grammys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/268914\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey honored as MusiCares Person of the Year ahead of 2026 Grammys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; Mariah Carey was honored as <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musicares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MusiCares Person of the Year<\/a> on Friday during the organization&#8217;s annual charity gala, held two days ahead of the Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The event is MusiCares&#8217; largest fundraiser of the year, supporting year-round programs that provide disaster relief and essential services to music professionals in need, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ahead of the gala, Carey shared her excitement on social media, posting on Jan. 21, &#8220;So excited for next week&#8217;s gala @musicares and deeply honored by these incredible performers bringing their artistry to my music. What a dream, thank you all!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The evening featured a wide range of performances honoring Carey&#8217;s catalog. Foo Fighters took the stage with Taylor Momsen on lead vocals for &#8220;Someone&#8217;s Ugly Daughter,&#8221; a song from Carey&#8217;s previously undisclosed 1995 grunge project recorded under the name Chick. The band followed with &#8220;Love Is a Scam,&#8221; while Carey sang along from her table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Carey publicly revealed her involvement in the project in her 2020 memoir, explaining that she sang background vocals while her friend Clarissa Dane handled lead vocals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Additional performers included Jennifer Hudson, who opened with &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Wanna Cry&#8221; and transitioned into &#8220;Vision of Love,&#8221; Billy Porter with &#8220;Always Be My Baby,&#8221; and Teddy Swims, who performed &#8220;Without You,&#8221; the Harry Nilsson ballad Carey took to No. 1 in 1994.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Other performers throughout the night included Adam Lambert, Charlie Puth, Kesha, Maggie Rogers, Laufey and Jermaine Dupri, with notable attendees such as SZA, Rita Wilson, Gayle King and Richard Marx.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8212; Mariah Carey was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday during the organization&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[140279,4799,146,85,46,853],"class_list":{"0":"post-268914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-140279","9":"tag-abc-news","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}