Mariah Carey has some thoughts about how she’s been treated by the Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the Grammy Awards.
Believe it or not, the 55-year-old chanteuse has only received five awards at the ceremony over the years.
During a recent interview, she opened up about the relatively minimal recognition that she’s received considering her lengthy and historic career. She also said that her “best album” was overlooked.
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While on the Las Culturistas podcast, Mariah was told that she didn’t “have enough” wins at the ceremony.
“They scaaaaammed me,” she agreed, via EW, adding, “They toy with me.”
Mariah also referred to her 1997 album Butterfly as being “probably [her] best album.” She noted that it got “zero accolades.” At the Grammys that year, her singles “Honey” and “Butterfly” were both nominated but did not win.
What Grammys has she won?
Mariah won her first two Grammys at the 1991 ceremony, where she was named Best New Artist and was awarded Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for “Vision of Love.” Her next and final wins came in 2006 for her album The Emancipation of Mimi (Best Contemporary R&B Album) and her song “We Belong Together” (Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance).
Her last nomination at the Grammys was in 2009, when she snatched a nod in the Best Gospel Performance category for her song “I Understand.”
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