On Wednesday night, Mariah Carey—the women, the myth, the legend—received the Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards. To cap the whole thing off, not only did Carey perform a medley of her greatest hits, she also gave a breathtaking speech that left the audience moved. Here's the transcript of Mariah Carey's Billboards speech, because you know you wanted to read it in full:
We are all Taylor Swift in this moment, am I right?
Taylor Swift loves Mariah Carey as much as all of us love Mariah Carey. #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/ps3BBquWP5May 2, 2019
Here's the full video of Mariah's speech. Watch, enjoy, sob a little (just me?).
I will ALWAYS love you #IconMariah @MariahCarey #BBMA I think that tissue she tossed was to her haters. DISMISSED! pic.twitter.com/J6ZbPhb8TDMay 2, 2019
#IconMariah began trending during the speech, with much of Twitter raving about her performance and speech.
I will ALWAYS love you #IconMariah @MariahCarey #BBMA I think that tissue she tossed was to her haters. DISMISSED! pic.twitter.com/J6ZbPhb8TDMay 2, 2019
Ly always, Mariah.
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