List of awards and nominations received by Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey has accumulated numerous awards since her career began in 1990.

1990

• BMI Songwriters Award
  • Best Song- "Vision of Love"
  • Best Song- "Love Takes Time"

• Soul Train Music Awards
  • R&B Urban Contemporary New Artist
  • R&B Urban Contemporary Single, Female for "Vision of Love"
  • R&B Urban Contemporary Album, Female for Mariah Carey

Total-5 awards

1991

• Billboard Music Award
  • Top Adult Contemporary Artist
  • Top Pop Artist
  • Top Album Artist
  • Top Pop Album Artist
  • Top Single Artist
  • Top Female Singles Artist
  • Top Female Album Artist

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Love Takes Time" (Song Of The Year)
  • for "Vision of Love"
  • for "Someday"
  • for "I Don't Wanna Cry"

• Grammy Award
  • Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Vision of Love"
  • Best New Artist

• New York City Music Award
  • Best Female Pop Vocalist

• Rolling Stone Award
  • Best New Female Singer

• Soul Train Music Awards
  • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist
  • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female
  • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the year, Female.

Total-18 awards

1992

• American Music Award
  • Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
• Billboard Music Award
  • Top Female Album Artist for Emotions
  • Top Female Single Artist
  • Hot 100 Singles Female Artist

• BMI Pop Award
  • Songwriter of the Year

Total-5 awards

1993

• American Music Award
  • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
  • Favorite Adult Contemporary Album- ("MTV Unplugged")

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Emotions"
  • for "Can't Let Go"
  • for "Make It Happen"

Total-5 awards

1994

• Australian Recording Industry Association Music Award
  • Most Popular Album for Music Box
  • Best Chart Album Performance for Music Box
  • Most Popular International Solo Singer

• Billboard Music Award
  • Female Artist of the Year

• Bravo Magazine Award
  • Gold Otto for Best Female Artist

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Dreamlover"

• MTV Europe Music Award
  • Best Female

• Rockefeller Center Award
  • for over twenty million sales: "Music Box"
  • for sales of fifty-five million records worldwide since 1990

• Smash Hits Award (UK)
  • Best Female Solo Singer

Total-10 awards

1995

• American Music Award
  • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist

• Archer Awards
  • Best Artist
  • Best Album with Daydream
  • Best Single with "Fantasy"
  • Best Female singer

• Blockbuster Entertainment Award
  • Top Pop Female

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Anytime You Need a Friend"
  • for "Hero"
  • for "Dreamlover" (second award)

• Echo Preis Awards
  • Best Artist International

• Smash Hits Award (UK)
  • Best Female Solo Singer

• Top 10 Magazine Awards (Australia)
  • Supertip Singer

• World Music Award
  • World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year
  • Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year
  • World's Overall Best Selling Performing Artist of the Year

Total-15 awards

1996

• American Music Awards
  • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
  • Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

• Billboard Music Award
  • Hot 100 Single Artist Of The Year
  • Special Award for the record sixteen weeks at number one with "One Sweet Day"
  • Hot 100 Airplay for "Always Be My Baby"
  • Hot Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year

• Blockbuster Entertainment Award
  • Favorite Single for "Fantasy"
  • Favorite Adult Contemporary Single Female for "One Sweet Day"

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Anytime You Need a Friend" (second award)

• Gold Disc Awards (Japan)
  • International Artist of the Year
  • International Pop Album of the Year (Daydream)

• IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
  • "Merry Christmas"
  • "Daydream" (three awards)

• National Dance Music Award
  • Dance Artist of the Year
  • Dance Record of the Year for "Fantasy"

• TMF Awards (Holland)
  • Best International Female Singer

• Winter Music Conference National Dance Music Awards
  • Favorite Single ("Fantasy")
  • Favorite Female Contemporary Single ("One Sweet Day")
  • Dance Artist of the Year
  • Dance Record of the Year ("Fantasy")

• World Music Award
  • World's Best Selling R&B Female Artist of the Year
  • World's Best Selling Overall Recording Female Artist
  • World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year
  • World's Best Selling American Female Artist of the Year

Total-24 awards

1997

• ASCAP Pop Award
  • for "One Sweet Day"
  • for "Fantasy"
  • for "Forever"
  • for "Always Be My Baby"

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Always Be My Baby"
  • for "Fantasy"
  • for "One Sweet Day"
  • for "Forever"

• Blockbuster Entertainment Award
  • Top Female Artist for Butterfly

• IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
  • for "Butterfly"

• VH1 Award
  • Artist of the Year

Total-11 awards

1998

• American Music Award
  • Favorite Soul/R&B female artist

• Billboard Music Awards
  • Special Billboard Hot 100 Award for the most number-one singles ever by a female solo artist

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Always Be My Baby" (second award)

• Entertainer of the Year Award
  • For Distinguished Achievement in Music

• International Achievement in Arts Award
  • Entertainer of the Year

• Japan Gold Disc Awards
  • Best International Pop Album of the Year (Butterfly)

• Long Island Music Award
  • Best Female Singer

• Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
  • Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year

• World Music Award
  • World's Best Selling Female R&B Artist
  • Legend Award for World's Best Selling Recording Artist of the 90s

Total-10 awards

1999

• Billboard Music Award
  • Artist of the Decade

• Blockbuster Entertainment Award
  • Favorite Pop Female for #1's

• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
  • Best Film song for "When You Believe"

• BMI Pop Award
  • Pop Songwriter Of The Year
  • for "Butterfly"
  • for "My All"
  • for "Honey"

• Congressional Award Foundation
  • Howard Humanitarian Award
  • Horizon Award

• IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
  • Rainbow

• NAACP Image Award
  • Outstanding Duo or Group "When You Believe" (duet with Whitney Houston)

• NABOB Awards
  • Entertainer of the Year

• Oscar Academy Award
  • Best Original Song "When You Believe" (Duet With Whitney Houston)

Total-11 awards

2000

• American Music Award
  • Special Award in recognition of extraordinary, rare, and, distinguished achievements
    • Michael Jackson and Prince are the only other awardees

• NRJ Music Award
  • Best International Female Artist

• Blockbuster Entertainment Award
  • Favorite Female R&B Artist

• DMX Music Award
  • Ultimate Diva

• VH1 Awards
  • Artist of the Year

• World Music Award
  • World's Best Selling Female R&B Artist
  • Special Award for World's Best-Selling Female Artist of the Millennium

Total-7 awards

2001

• BMI Urban Songwriter Award
  • for "Thank God I Found You"

• Make-A-Wish Foundation's 2000 Chris Grecius Award for Celebrity Wish Granter of the Year

• Radio Music Award
  • Most Requested Artist (1993-2001)

• One of People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001".

Total-4 awards

2002

• Billboard Music Award
  • Top R&B/Hip-Hop single — Sales for "Loverboy"

• Mariah Carey ranked nineteenth on VH1 sexiest artists of all time.

Total-2 awards

2003

• Recording Industry Association of America commemorative award ("Blue Diamond Award") for more than 100 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum certifications throughout her professional career

• Special NRJ Radio Award (Sweden)
  • Most Played Artist (1993–2003)

• MTV TRL Award
  • Free Ride Award

• "Wild Writings" Online-Magazine, Wild Awards
  • Best Unreleased Album Track — 'My Saving Grace'

• IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
  • for #1s (two awards/first award was given in 1998)

• Voted as having the greatest voice on MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music

• Soul Train Music Awards
  • Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements in the Field of Entertainment (female)

• Z100 Achievement in New York Music Award

• The Fresh Air Fund's Salute to American Heroes Awards
  • American Heroes Award for ongoing contribution to the Fresh Air Fund

• World Music Award
  • Chopard Diamond Award
    • first female ever to receive the award

• Cove Magazine
  • placed No. 2 on 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists chart

• Worf Music Awards
  • Golden Awards

Total-12 awards

2004

• Female First Poll
  • Best Dressed Celebrity of 2004

• Groovevolt Music Award
  • Best Album Female for Charmbracelet
  • Best Pop Song Performance — Female ("Through the Rain")
  • Best Pop Deep Cut (unreleased album track) for "My Saving Grace"
  • Best Hip-Hop Collaboration for "I Know What You Want" with Busta Rhymes

• MTV Asia Award
  • Lifetime Achievement Award

Total-6 awards

2005

• 2005 Recording Academy Honors
  • Outstanding achievements

• American Heroes Award for ongoing contribution to the Fresh Air Fund

• American Music Awards
  • Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

• Billboard Music Awards
  • Billboard 200 album artist of the year —Female
  • R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the year —Female
  • Rhythmic Top 40 Title of the Year: "We Belong Together"
  • Hot 100 song of the Year for "We Belong Together"
  • Hot 100 Airplay of the Year for "We Belong Together"

• BAMBI
  • Best Pop International Artist

• Shangay Music Awards (España)
  • International Artist Of The Year

• Capital FM Awards
  • London's Outstanding Contribution to Music (Biggest-Selling Female Artist of All Time)

• Groovevolt Music Awards
  • Best Song Collaboration Duo or Group for "U Make Me Wanna" with Jadakiss

• KISS 100
  • Best Female Artist

• MTV India Award
  • Best International Female Pop Act

• MTV Video Music Awards Japan
  • International Video Icon

• Radio Music Awards
  • Artist of the Year/Urban and Rhythmic Radio
  • Song of the Year/Mainstream Hit Radio: "We Belong Together"
  • Song of the Year/Urban and Rhythmic Radio: "We Belong Together"
  • Radio Legend Award

• Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
  • Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo for "We Belong Together"
  • Best R&B/Soul Album, Solo for The Emancipation of Mimi

• Teen Choice Awards
  • Choice Music R&B Artist
  • Choice Love Song for "We Belong Together"

• Teen People Awards
  • Artist of the Year

• The Reign Award
  • Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Shared with Christina Milian and Eric West

• Vibe Awards
  • Artist of the Year
  • Album of the Year for The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Best R&B Song for "We Belong Together"
  • R&B Voice of the Year

• World Music Awards
  • World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist
  • World's Best-Selling R&B Artist
  • World's Most-played Single for "We Belong Together"
  • Female Entertainer Of The Year
    • made sixteen lifetime WMAs, the most for any artist.
• IFPI Platinum Europe Award

for The Emancipation Of Mimi

• Worf Music Awards
  • Artist of the year
  • Female Act of the year
  • Best Album
  • Best Song
  • Best R&B Video

• XM Nation Music Award
  • Comeback of the Year

Total-40 awards

2006

• ASCAP Awards
  • "Song of the Year" for "We Belong Together" (tied with "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day)

• Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
  • Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album: Mariah Carey, "The Emancipation Of Mimi" (Island/IDJMG)
  • Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist: Mariah Carey (Island/IDJMG)
  • Top R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist: Mariah Carey (Island/DJMG)
  • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist: Mariah Carey (Island/IDJMG)
  • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artist: Mariah Carey (Island/IDJMG)

• BMI Urban Awards
  • Song of the Year: "We Belong Together"
  • Songwriter of the Year
  • Songwriter of the Year for placing three songs on the 'most-performed' list: "Don't Forget About Us," "Shake It Off" and "We Belong Together".
  • Number-one Billboard song: "We Belong Together"

• CHV Thailand Video Music Awards
  • Best International Female Artist

• Gillette Venus Awards
  • Celebrity Legs of A Goddess

• Grammy Award
  • Best Contemporary R&B Album: The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Best R&B Song: "We Belong Together"
  • Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "We Belong Together"

• WPGC Music Awards
  • Best Female Vocal
  • Best Slow Song (We Belong Together)
  • Best Album (The Emancipation Of Mimi)
  • Best Song (We Belong Together)

• Groovevolt Music Awards
  • Album of the Year: The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Song of the Year: "We Belong Together"
  • Best Pop Female Album: The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Best Pop Female Song Performance: "We Belong Together"
  • Best Pop Unreleased Album Track: "Circles"
  • Best R&B/Soul Female Song Performance: "We Belong Together"

• NAACP Image Award
  • Outstanding Album: The Emancipation of Mimi

• TRL Awards
  • First Lady of TRL.
  • Retired Videos Award for "We Belong Together", "Shake It Off", & "Don't Forget About Us".

• Soul Train Music Awards
  • Best R&B/Soul Album; Female for The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Best R&B/Soul Single; Female for "We Belong Together.

• Make-a-Wish Foundation Award
  • Wish Icon Award for her "extraordinary generosity and her many wish granting achievements".

• Worf Music Awards
  • Best R&B Video

Total-31 awards

2007

• BMI Pop Award
  • for "Shake It Off"
  • for "Don't Forget About Us"
• VH1 Awards
  • Award for her Contribution to VH1 Save The Music Foundation
• Operation Smile Award
  • 2007 Smile Ambassador
• Hollywood Walk Of Fame Awards
  • Recording Stars

Total-5 awards

2008

• American Music Awards
  • Honorary Achievement Award for her record-breaking accomplishments of 18 #1 singles and most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 World Music Awards – Special Achievement Award for most # 1 singles (18) achieved by any female solo recording artist
• Basenotes Award
  • Best Celebrity Women's Fragrance for M by Mariah Carey
• Choice FM Awards
  • Hall of Fame award
• MTV Video Music Awards Japan
  • Video Vanguard
• Bet Awards
  • Beautiful Healthy Smile
• Inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame
• World Music Awards
  • Special Achievement Award for most # 1 singles (18) achieved by any female solo recording artist
• Worf Music Awards
  • Video of the year for "Bye Bye"
  • Album of the year for "E=MC2"
  • Song of the year for "Bye Bye"
  • Oustanding Songwritter of all time (Pop Category)
  • Oustanding Songwritter of all time (R&B Category)
• UK ChoiceFM Awards
  • ChoiceFM Hall of Fame

Total-59 awards

2009

• THE FEMALE ICON AWARDS
  • Music Album of the year for "E=MC²"
  • Music Songwritter of the year for "Bye Bye"
  • Essence Icon Awards For Charity Works in "Just Stand Up!"

Total-3 awards

See also

• Grammy Nominations for Mariah Carey
• American Music Awards nominations for Mariah Carey

References

• Mariah Carey Awards
• American Music Awards History