{"id":260991,"date":"2026-01-31T12:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/260991\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:42:07","slug":"mariah-carey-kicks-off-grammy-season-with-major-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/260991\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey kicks off Grammy season with major honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/648217_8837697_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Mariah Carey kicks off Grammy season with major honour\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mariah Carey kicks off Grammy season with major honour<\/p>\n<p>Mariah Carey has been named Person of the Year at the pre-Grammys gala hosted by MusiCares.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by the Recording Academy, MusiCares is a non-profit organisation which hosts an annual ceremony ahead of the Grammys.<\/p>\n<p>Carey was celebrated at the latest gala for her \u201cextraordinary creative achievements and dedication to philanthropic causes, while raising vital funds to support the health and well-being of the music community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The institution has previously recognised other musical maestros like\u00a0Dolly Parton, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving to the gala, the five-time Grammy winner was seen on the red carpet in a sheer black gown, which she accessorised with sparkling diamond jewellery.<\/p>\n<p>In a recently published cover story for Billboard, the pop star reflected on her legendary status, admitting that she doesn\u2019t quite see herself as that just yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody has their own little meanings for what things they say,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t call myself a legend. I\u2019m just still working, still trying hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the music world prepares for the annual Grammy Awards, set to take place February 1, Mariah Carey is expected to be seen again.<\/p>\n<p>The remix for her 2005 hit Don\u2019t Forget About Us, performed by Carey and rapper Kaytranada, is currently up for a Grammy in the Best Remixed Recording category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey kicks off Grammy season with major honour Mariah Carey has been named Person of the Year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-260991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}