Mariah Carey received the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards, marking her first-ever BET Award. During Monday's (June 9) awards show, Carey was handed her prize after an emotional and lengthy speech from Busta Rhymes,

Mariah Carey, along with Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin are recipients of the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday, June 9. "Be a diva, be a boss, be anything you wanna be. But be iconic while you're doing it,

It’s Carey’s first solo, non-Christmas song in six years. In 2019, she released “In The Mix,” an original theme song for ABC’s Mixed-ish. Before that, her last studio album was 2018’s Caution. She also released an album for her Apple TV+ Christmas special and a handful of special anniversary editions of her previous albums in the interim.

Mariah Carey proved she's the ultimate icon, dazzling audiences at the 2025 BET Awards with a stunning performance and heartfelt acceptance speech. The Always Be My Baby singer was

The BET Awards delivered a night of major star power and poignant moments Monday night, marking the ceremony's 25th anniversary with a mix of comedy, emotion and calls for justice. The night delivered a stirring mix of purpose and entertainment from Doechii 's powerful speech,