Best American Roots Song

Allison Russell – The Returner

Billy Strings Featuring Willie Nelson – California Sober

Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet – WINNER

The War and Treaty – Blank Page

 

Best American Roots Performance 

Allison Russell – Eve Was Black – WINNER

Blind Boys of Alabama – Heaven Help Us All

Jon Batiste – Butterfly

Madison Cunningham – Inventing the Wheel

Rhiannon Giddens – You Louisiana Man

 

 Best Americana Performance

Allison Russell – The Returner

Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship

Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity – WINNER

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma

Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night

 

Best Americana Album

Allison Russell – The Returner

Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes – WINNER

Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions

Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One

 

Best Bluegrass Album

Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad

Michael Cleveland – Lovin’ of the Game

Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold – WINNER

Sam Bush – Radio John: Songs of John Hartford

Willie Nelson – Bluegrass

 

Best Traditional Blues Album

Bobby Rush – All My Love for You – WINNER

Eric Bibb – Ridin’

John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa’s Lounge

Mr. Sipp – The Soul Side of Sipp

Tracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody

 

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Bettye LaVette – LaVette!

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London

Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony – WINNER

Ruthie Foster – Healing Time

Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues

 

Best Folk Album

Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire

Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) – WINNER

The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon

Nickel Creek – Celebrants

Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee

Paul Simon – Psalms

Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy

 

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – New Beginnings – WINNER (TIE)

Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater Nola – WINNER (TIE)

New Breed Bass Band – Made in New Orleans

New Orleans Nightcrawlers – Too Much to Hold

The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Live at the Maple Leaf

 

Best Reggae Album

Buju Banton – Born for Greatness

Beenie Man – Simma

Burning Spear – No Destroyer

Collie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023

Julian Marley & Antaeus – Colors of Royal – WINNER

 

Best Global Music Performance

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto – WINNER

Burna Boy – Alone

Davido – Feel

Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance in Millets

Ibrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Silvana Estrada – Milagro y Disastre

 

Best African Music Performance

Asake & Olamide – Amapiano

Ayra Starr – Rush

Burna Boy – City Boys

Davido Featuring Musa Keys – Unavailable

Tyla – Water – WINNER

 

Best Global Music Album

Bokanté – History

Burna Boy – I Told Them…

Davido – Timeless

Shakti – This Moment – WINNER

Susana Baca- Epifanías

 

Best Children’s Music Album

Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh!

DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for Kids!

Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – Ancestars

Uncle Jumbo – Taste the Sky

123 Andrés – We Grow Together Preschool Songs – WINNER

 

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Meryl Streep – Big Tree

Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times – WINNER

Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder

 

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Aja Monet – When the Poems Do What They Do

J. Ivy – The Light Inside – WINNER

Kevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My Mother

Prentice Powell and Shawn William – For Your Consideration ’24

Queen Sheba – A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited

 

Best Comedy Album

Chris Rock – Selective Outrage

Dave Chappelle – What’s in a Name? -WINNER

Sarah Silverman – Someone You Love

Trevor Noah – I Wish You Would

Wanda Sykes – I’m An Entertainer

 

Best Musical Theater Album

Kimberly Akimbo

Parade

Shucked

Some Like It Hot – WINNER

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

 

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Daisy Jones & the Six – Aurora

Various Artists – Barbie The Album – WINNER

Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By

Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3

“Weird Al” Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

John Williams – The Fabelmans

John Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 

Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer – WINNER

Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – Barbie

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök

Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory – Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea” – Hogwarts Legacy

Sarah Schachner – Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare II

Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – WINNER

 

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”] – WINNER

Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]

Rihanna – Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By)

Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken [From “Barbie the Album”]

 

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera – I Remember Mingus

Just 6 – Angels We Have Heard on High

Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music

The String Revolution Featuring Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison Blues – WINNER

Wednesday Addams – Paint It Black

 

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Cécile McLorin Salvant – Fenestra

Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live)

Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – April in Paris

Säje Featuring Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – WINNER

Samara Joy – Lush Life

 

Best Recording Package

The Arcs – Eletrophonic Chronic

Brad Breeck – Gravity Falls

Caroline Rose – The Art of Forgetting

Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork – WINNER

Ensemble Cadenza 21’ – Cadenza 21’

Leaf Yeh – Migration

 

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Bo Burnham – Inside: Deluxe Box Set

Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition

Neutral Milk Hotel – The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel

Ngọt – Gieo

Various Artists – For the Birds: The Birdsong Project – WINNER

 

Best Album Notes

Howdy Glenn – I Can Almost See Houston

Iftin Band – Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions

John Coltrane – Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live)

Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971

Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – WINNER

 

Best Historical Album

Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17

Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition

Various Artists – The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922

Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971

Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – WINNER

 

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

Justin Tranter

Shane McAnally

Theron Thomas – WINNER

 

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Bokanté – History

Boygenius – The Record

Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Feist – Multitudes

Victoria Monét – Jaguar II – WINNER

 

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Daniel Nigro

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Hit-Boy

Jack Antonoff – WINNER

Metro Boomin

 

Best Remixed Recording

Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) – WINNER

Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown – New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)

Lane 8 – Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)

Mariah Carey – Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)

Turnstile & BadBadNotGood Featuring Blood Orange – Alien Love Call

 

Best Immersive Audio Album

Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys – WINNER

Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)

George Strait – Blue Clear Sky

Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs

Ryan Ylyate – Act 3 (Immersive Edition)

 

Best Instrumental Composition

 Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – Motion

John Williams – Helena’s Theme – WINNER

Lakecia Benjamin Feuringat Angela Davis – Amerikkan Skin

Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music

Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Cutey and the Dragon

 

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Fandango

Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry – Sanlikol: A Gentleman of Istanbul – Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor

Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American Composers – WINNER

Shara Nova & A Far Cry – The Blue Hour

 

Producer of the Year, Classical

Brian Pidgeon

David Frost

Dmitriy Lipay

Elaine Martone – WINNER

Morten Lindberg

 

Best Orchestral Performance

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of Ecstasy

Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante – WINNER

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Pieces

The Philadelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

 

Best Opera Recording

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Champion – WINNER

Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Corigliano: The Lord of Cries

The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet – Little: Black Lodge

 

Best Choral Performance

The Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

The Crossing – Carols After a Plague

Miró Quartet; Conspirare – The House of Belonging

San Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ligeti: Lux Aeterna

Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Reconnaissance – WINNER

 

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet – American Stories

Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker

Roomful of Teeth – Rough Magic – WINNER

Third Coast Percussion – Between Breaths

Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ and Op. 1, No. 3

 

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Andy Akiho – Akiho: Cylinders

Curtis Stewart – Of Love

Louisville Orchestra – The American Project – WINNER

Robert Black – Adams, John Luther: Darkness and Scattered Light

Seth Parker Woods – Difficult Grace

 

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist – Because

Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking in the Dark – WINNER

Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist – Broken Branches

Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist – 40@40

Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist – Rising

 

Best Classical Compendium

Aaron Diehl & The Knights – Zodiac Suite

Andy Akiho, Omaha Symphony & Ankush Kumar Bahl – Sculptures

Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna – Sardinia

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers & Gustavo Castillo – Fandango

Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic & Tim Weiss – Missy Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright

Various Artists – Passion for Bach and Coltrane – WINNER

Wild Up & Christopher Rountree – Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You’re so Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?

 

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony – Akiho: In That Space, at That Time

Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful of Teeth – Montgomery: Rounds – WINNER

Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante

Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright

Roomful of Teeth – Brittelle: Psychedelics

 

Mariah Carey wore a head-turning outfit on Thursday, as she lead stars at the third annual Recording Academy Honors in Los Angeles.

The We Belong Together hitmaker, 54, slipped her hourglass curves into a bizarre racy ensemble that featured a cream corset wrapped around with a sheer caramel tulle booty bustle. 

The eye-popping outfit boasted a plunging neckline that showed off her ample cleavage, and completely transparent bottom that put her toned legs on display. 

The pop diva wore her golden tresses tumbling down in polished curls, and sparkled with a number of diamond accents. 

The event — presented by The Black Music Collective at Fairmont Century Plaza — is one of a number taking place during Grammy Week. Mariah will be awarded with the Global Impact Award, alongside Lenny Kravitz. 

The pop icon added height to her 5′ 9″ frame with a pair of heels.

As for glam, she looked picture-perfect as always in smokey eye makeup, blush and nude lipstick.

The Global Impact Award is a CEO Merit Award that recognizes Black music creators whose ‘dedication to the art form has greatly influenced the industry,’ the Recording Academy stated in a press release. 

The Honorees are recognized for their ‘inspirational legacy of service and celebrated for the myriad ways recipients’ leadership and passion has empowered others to embrace authenticity and contribute to positive change.’

Last year, the award was presented to Missy Elliott, Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, and Epic Records CEO Sylvia Rhone.

Though Mariah is not nominated at the main event this year, she has won five Grammy Awards, including best new artist in 1991 and best female vocal performance, over the course of her career. 

Tori Kelly, 31, was also in attendance on Thursday, and opted for a stylish business chic look in a grey vest and pants over a white button up.

She completed the look with a black tie, and wore her brunette tresses in voluminous curls.

The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey, 23, looked angelic in a sleeveless white gown that clung to her enviable physique.

The singer and actress, who gave birth to son Halo at the end of last year, accessorized with a silver.

She was joined by rapper boyfriend DDG, 26, who sported an all-black look. 

Charlotte Lawrence, 23, wowed in a semi-sheer deep purple gown that contrasted her platinum blonde tresses. 

Rhea Ghosh also opted for a plum color, looking marvelous in a rich pleated gown. 

Andra Day, 39, looked vibrant in a busty Barbie pink bustier romper, and matching pink coat. 

She completed the look with strappy heels. 

Niecy Nash Betts, 53, was joined by wife Jessica Betts, 41. She thrilled in a plunging busty black gown.

Jessica coordinated with her in a shiny black suit.

Jordin Sparks, 34, was the epitome of glam in a black velvet turtleneck gown with a sizzling thigh-high slit.

She teamed the look with a luxe feathery coat and pointed-toe black heels.

While on the red carpet she also accessorized with a pair of black sunglasses.

Candiace Dillard, 37, had all eyes on her in a sexy red sequin mini dress, which she paired with long black gloves and black heels. 

Sierra Lever wore a plunging ombre white and purple gown, while Gia Peppers sizzled in a busty white suit with a sheer midriff panel. 

Lenny Kravitz, 59, was every inch the cool rockstar in a black leather jacket, matching pants, and a white shirt he left partially unbuttoned. 

Miss Diddy put on a very busty display in a brown leather dress that highlighted her cleavage. 

Babyface, 64, was handsome as ever in a light grey suit, under which he went shirtless, opting to wear just a stylish chain. 

Rico Love, 41, showed off his unique style in a flowing white coat and blue-rimmed sunglasses. 

Rapper Flava Flav, 64, was cool as ever in a black suit paired with one of his signature clock chains.

He added further bling to the look with rhinestone embellished sunglasses.

Valeisha Butterfield, 46, rocked a chic black dress which she accessorized with a chunky black necklace. 

The 66th Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 4 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. 

Kim Kardashian turned heads in a yellow oversized coat as she left Nobu in Malibu with friend Mariah Carey on Sunday evening.

The SKIMS founder, 43, and the Grammy Award-winning singer, 54, appeared in good spirits after enjoying a sumptuous meal with their children.

Kim dressed in a striking Adidas jacket that she tied at the waist with a matching belt.

She donned a pair of matching black wide-leg track pants under the number and wore a pair of black pointed-toe boots.

Meanwhile, Mariah cut a demure figure in stylish dark sunglasses and a black outfit.

Before parting ways with their children, the reality star and the singer were spotted chatting outside the restaurant.

Kim is mum to North, 10, Saint, seven, Chicago, five, and Psalm, four, with former husband Kanye West.

Mariah was joined by twins Monroe and Moroccan, 12, who she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon.

Kim later took to Instagram to share a mirror selfie with her 364 million followers as she pouted and held up a peace sign as she posed in the daring outfit.

As the reality star headed home, she also took a half-face selfie showing off her glam makeup.

The outing comes after Kim took her girls, North and Chicago, to Mariah's Christmas concert at the Hollywood Bowl last month.

She was joined by mother Kris Jenner, 68, sister Khloe Kardashian, 39, as well as Khoe's daughter True Thompson, five, and brother Rob's daughter Dream Kardashian, seven.

The young girls even met Mariah herself and took a backstage selfie of the entire group with the All I Want For Christmas Is You hitmaker.

The girls also received Mariah Carey Barbie dolls from Kim and Kholé and Kris, who expressed their gratitude on Instagram.

Kim shared a plethora of videos from the musical evening on her Instagram Stories, which featured holiday standards as well as some of Mariah's biggest hits.

The TV personality kept her presence low-key, wearing a black top and pulling her dark locks back into a low bun.

During the show, Mariah bought out her daughter Monroe to perform on stage with her.

In February last year, Kim and Mariah joined in on the TikTok fun when they brought their daughters together in a viral video.

The TV personality and Grammy winner made a surprise entrance as North and Monroe near the end of the clip showcased a dance routine to the trending remix of Carey's 2009 hit, It's A Wrap.

In another role, the stars' daughters recreated a clip from Rihanna's Super Bowl performance in honor of the Umbrella hitmaker's 35th birthday.

The first clip showed North and Monroe standing next to each other in a spacious hallway at the SKIMS founder's home, where the majority of their TikToks were filmed.

The talented pair showed off their coordinated moves to the sped-up lyrics of, “When it's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone / You're all wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong / So scoo- do-do, scoo-do-do…'

Suddenly, Kim and Mariah stepped into the frame on either side of the camera to continue with the caption, “Baby, it's a wrap!”

The stars hilariously held hairbrushes in their hands that they pretended to use as microphones as they lip-synced to the sound.

By Amy Lamare for Dailymail.Com

Published: 10:39 PM EST, December 30, 2023 | Updated: 10:39 PM EST, December 30, 2023

By Amy Lamare for Dailymail.Com

Published: 8:12 PM EST, December 29, 2023 | Updated: 9:49 PM EST, December 30, 2023

Mary Carey may be the Queen of Christmas, but that doesn’t mean her kids don’t get tired of hearing her iconic Christmas songs.

The singer, 54, took over Instagram on Sunday, December 24, to share a video of her twins, Monroe and Moroccan, making fun of her hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

In the clip, Monroe and Moroccan, 12, asked if they should be with Carey “every time” she performed the classic holiday song.

“It’s just festive. It’s not every…,” Carey replied before bursting into song, causing her children to disappear from view. She captioned the staged video: “I had to do it. Merry Christmas Eve!! .”

Carey’s reign as the “Queen of Christmas” initially began in 1994 after “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released as a single from her first holiday album, Merry christmas. Carey has since discussed what her children know about her career, as her music remains a seasonal staple.

“They are aware of the success, the records and this new diamond certification. They see these things and they see it on a list of songs from, for example, the most current artists. Then they see it at No. 1 and they’re like, ‘What in the world,'” she said during an exclusive interview with We weekly in December 2021 before joking, “Because of course everyone knows I wasn’t born. I was just here, here I am. And I’m not even a real person. I’m just an animated character.”

While discussing her approach to parenting, Carey shared Us“I’ll have to quote Mean girls and say, ‘I’m not an ordinary mother. I’m a cool mom.’ There are no rules in this house.”

She added: “No, there are rules in this house, that’s the difference. That’s how I want to be. I don’t like being the bad guy, I have to say. I really don’t hate it, I hate that more than anything. So, you know, I kind of want to say, “I’m not really a mom, I’m a cool mom.” But you’re never a cool mom, you just never are.”

Carey also talked about her efforts to make the holidays special while keeping her children informed about their blessings.

“Everything is exaggerated, but you know what? I feel like I want them to know that that’s a big deal, that not everyone has that,” she explained. “But I also didn’t grow up with…sometimes it was a wrapped orange that I got. So it’s like I didn’t grow up with all the gifts in the country. I love making their vacation great.”

The performer became a mother when she welcomed Monroe and Moroccan in 2011 with her now ex-husband Nick Cannon. Carey and Cannon, 43, called it quits in 2014 after six years of marriage. They finalized their divorce two years later and remained focused on co-parenting their children.

“She’s got a high frequency, man. She always asks me, ‘Are you okay? You good? Everthing okay? Are you handling it all?’” Cannon opened up on “The Jason Lee Show” podcast in May while sharing Carey’s reaction to having multiple children with six different women since their divorce. “She says, ‘As long as you don’t bring any of those bulls to Carey’s mansion.’ Like, she lives in her own world, nothing can infiltrate that stuff. When we talk daily, she just controls my mind.

De iconische feesthit van Mariah Carey, All I Want For Christmas Is You, heeft miljoenen fans over de hele wereld gewonnen met zijn feelgood-teksten en videoclip.

Het nummer uit 1994 schiet elke kerst naar de top van de hitlijsten – waarbij Carey zichzelf trots ‘de Koningin van Kerstmis’ noemt en elk jaar naar schatting $ 3 miljoen buiten de hitlijsten haalt.

Het beladen achtergrondverhaal van het nummer betekent echter dat het een vleugje van zijn feestelijke sprankeling heeft verloren – aangezien Carey in december 2022 werd bekritiseerd door de co-schrijver van het nummer, Walter Afanasieff, omdat hij naar verluidt ‘een sterk verhaal had verteld’ over het componeren van het nummer als kind op een toetsenbord.

In 2018 onthulde Afanasieff ook dat het paar in 1998 ruzie had gehad en vervolgens al twintig jaar niet meer had gesproken.

Het paar werkte medio 1994 voor het eerst samen om nummers te componeren voor een kerstalbum – dat later Carey’s compilatie Merry Christmas zou worden – waarbij Afanasieff in 2014 tegen de NYP zei: ‘Toen had je niet veel artiesten. met kerstalbums.

‘Het was toen helemaal geen bekende wetenschap en er was niemand die nieuwe, grote kerstliederen maakte.

‘Dus we gingen het uitbrengen als een soort alledaags: ‘Hé, weet je, we brengen een kerstalbum uit. Geen probleem.’

Carey en Afanasieff namen All I Want for Christmas Is You op in augustus 1994, waarbij Carey haar huis versierde met kerstversieringen om in de sfeer van de feestdagen te komen.

Zowel Afanasieff als Carey worden in gelijke mate gecrediteerd voor All I Want For Christmas Is You, zonder andere schrijvers of producenten.

Vorig jaar hekelde Afanasieff Carey omdat ze beweerde dat ze het nummer als kind op haar Casio-toetsenbord had geschreven

Spreken met de Hot-takes en diepe duiken podcast beweert Afanasieff dat hij en Carey het nummer samen hebben gemaakt kort nadat ze hadden samengewerkt aan haar blockbusteralbum Music Box uit 1993.

‘We zaten allebei op dezelfde lijn over hoe we All I Want For Christmas Is You schreven, er was nooit een alternatief verhaal tot waarschijnlijk tien jaar geleden’, zei hij.

‘Toen ze begon te hinten op het feit: “Oh, ik schreef dat liedje toen ik een klein meisje was!” Maar waarom zei je dat twaalf, dertien of vijftien jaar daarvoor niet? Dus het ontwikkelde zich gewoon in haar hoofd,’ vervolgde hij.

‘Ze speelt niets, ze speelt geen keyboard of piano. Ze begrijpt geen muziek, ze kent geen akkoordwisselingen en muziektheorie of iets dergelijks. Ze kent geen verminderd akkoord van een klein septiemakkoord tot een majeur septiemakkoord.

‘Dus om te beweren dat ze als klein meisje een heel ingewikkeld liedje met akkoordstructuur schreef met haar vinger op een Casio-toetsenbord, is nogal een sterk verhaal.’

Toen Afanasieff werd gevraagd om uit te leggen hoe het nummer werkelijk tot stand kwam, zei hij dat hij en de diva het samen hadden bedacht terwijl ze aan drie originele nummers werkten voor haar toen aanstaande kerstalbum, Merry Christmas.

Het tweetal werkte eerder samen aan een aantal van haar studioalbums, waaronder Emotions en Music Box.

‘We zaten opgesloten in dit prachtige huis dat ze huurden, en het was zomer en er stond een piano’, zei hij.

‘Dus het schrijven van All I Want For Christmas is dat ik een boogiewoogie begon te spelen, een soort rock,’ vervolgde hij, voordat hij het geluid van de baslijn van het nummer nabootste.

Afanasieff zei dat hij aan de piano zat te spelen, toen Mariah tussenbeide kwam en begon te zingen: ‘Ik wil niet veel voor Kerstmis.’

‘Zo ging het maar door, en het leek wel een spelletje pingpong. Ik sloeg de bal naar haar en zij sloeg hem terug naar mij.’

Afanasieff zei dat de diva grotendeels verantwoordelijk was voor de melodieën en teksten, terwijl hij de muziek en de akkoorden deed.

‘Ik heb muziek gestudeerd, ik heb een diploma in muziek. Ik ben een ervaren orkestrator en arrangeur. Ik geef muziekles. Ik ben geen sukkel. Ik speel niet op gehoor’, voegde hij eraan toe.

Hij won in 1999 de Grammy Award in de categorie Record of the Year voor de productie van ‘My Heart Will Go On’ van Celine Dion.

Mariah vertelde in 2017 aan Billboard magazine dat ze All I Want For Christmas bedacht toen ze ‘een kind’ was, en vertelde de publicatie: ‘Ik ben trots op dit nummer dat ik eigenlijk als kind schreef op mijn kleine Casio-toetsenbord.’

Twee jaar later vertelde ze een meer gedetailleerde versie van het verhaal aan het tijdschrift Cosmopolitan, maar zei niet dat ze een kind was toen ze het schreef.

‘Ik ging gewoon zitten, versierde een boompje en zette It’s A Wonderful Life op en probeerde in die stemming te komen’, mijmerde ze.

‘Toen zat ik in een kleine kamer met een toetsenbord en begon kleine melodietjes en zo te doen. Ik bekeek alle dingen waar ik met Kerstmis aan denk en waar ik blij van word, en hoe ik het kan omdraaien en er een liefdeslied van kan maken.’

Dit verhaal herhaalde ze in de Amazon Music-documentaire ‘Mariah Carey is Christmas: The Story of ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ in 2019.

‘Ik woonde in dit huis, in de staat New York. Eigenlijk heb ik beneden It’s a Wonderful Life opgezet. Je kon het door het hele huis horen’, vertelde ze.

‘En ik ging een kleine kamer binnen en daar zat een klein toetsenbord. En ik begon te spelen. En ik ben een vreselijke pianist, toch? Soms zal het een gelukkig ongeluk zijn.’

Vervolgens noemde ze Walter, hoewel haar versie van de gebeurtenissen verschilt van de zijne, aangezien ze zei dat ze toen ‘met hem de studio inging’, wat impliceert dat ze in haar eentje zonder hem aan het nummer was begonnen, terwijl hij beweert dat ze met hem kwamen. samen in huis terwijl ze samen aan haar kerstalbum werkten.

‘Toen ik met Walter A de studio instapte, kwamen we met veel verschillende ideeën om het als een klassieker te laten voelen’, zei ze.

Afanasieff heeft zich in de loop der jaren meerdere keren publiekelijk verzet tegen Carey’s versie, en als gevolg daarvan beweert hij dat de fans van de diva hem en zijn vrouw op sociale media hebben belaagd.

‘Mariah is heel geweldig, positief en een natuurkracht geweest. Zij is degene die het nummer tot een hit heeft gemaakt en ze is geweldig’, vertelde hij in 2019 aan Variety.

‘Maar ze deelt zeker niet de eer waar de eer toekomt. Als gevolg hiervan heeft het mijn reputatie ernstig geschaad, en als gevolg daarvan heb ik een bitterzoete smaak in mijn mond gekregen.’ hij ging verder.

‘Omdat het hier is, zo’n prachtige, grote gebeurtenis voor mij, en toch wordt mijn leven bedreigd op internet, omdat Mariah-fans mij ervan beschuldigen van haar te stelen.’

In 2018 onthulde hij dat het paar ruzie had gehad en ‘al twintig jaar niet had gesproken’, en zei: ‘De reden dat we stopten met samenwerken was in de eerste plaats omdat zij en haar man, die de voorzitter was van Sony Music, gingen scheiden. En ik had een exclusief contract met hem. Dus verliet ze het gebouw, ze stond niet eens meer op het label, maar ik kon niet met haar gaan werken omdat hij me dat niet toestond. Ze vond het dus een beetje een klap in het gezicht

‘Zangers als Mariah, Celine, Whitney [Houston]Barbra [Streisand]het zijn allemaal erg onzekere wezens.”

“Als je met een andere zanger aan een nummer gaat werken, komt de jaloezie naar boven. Het zijn heel, heel jaloerse mensen. Dus ik was bezig om eten op tafel te zetten. Ik kan niet alleen met Mariah werken, ik moet met andere mensen werken, en ik denk dat dat een beetje een probleem was, omdat ik op dat moment met Celine werkte. [Dion], en er was ook een meisje genaamd Lara Fabian. Dus ik weet het niet, we zijn net uit elkaar gegaan.

‘Ze houdt er niet van om andere mensen te erkennen. Het lijkt een probleem te zijn met zangers. Als je een zanger ziet praten over iets dat hij heeft geschreven, zal hij waarschijnlijk zeggen dat ik het nummer schreef toen ik twaalf jaar oud was, of: hier is nog een nummer dat ik heb geschreven.

‘Het maakt niet uit hoeveel interviews ze heeft gedaan of wanneer ze op het podium staat, ze zal nooit zeggen: “hier is het nummer dat ik met Walter heb geschreven”. Ze heeft er haar modus operandi van gemaakt [to neglect to mention his name when discussing the song]. We hebben het nummer samen geschreven, mijn naam is 50%, haar naam is 50%, we hebben gelijke aandelen.’

Het nummer uit 1994 stond negen weken op nummer één in de Hot 100 en werd het eerste nummer dat op vier verschillende tijdstippen op nummer één stond.

Het pakkende deuntje stond oorspronkelijk bovenaan de Hot 100 in 2019, vervolgens opnieuw in 2020, voordat het opnieuw terugkeerde in 2021, en was weer terug in 2022.

Het feestelijke nummer heeft ook de langste periode, van de eerste week van een nummer op nummer één in de Hot 100 tot drie jaar, van december 2019 tot december 2022.

De nieuwe toppositie bleef records breken en breidde ook Mariah’s record uit voor de langste periode van een artiestenranglijst op nummer één in de hitlijst – meer dan 32 jaar – vanaf haar eerste week in 1990 met haar debuutsingle Vision of Love.

De hit – waarin Mariah’s verlangen wordt besproken om tijdens de vakantie bij een geliefde te zijn – brak ook het record van het vakantielied.

Over het geliefde nummer in 2020 gesproken, gaf Mariah toe dat het ‘een soort ongeluk’ was.

Ze vertelde de LA Times: ‘Toen ik dat eerste kerstalbum, ‘Merry Christmas’, maakte, was het vrij vroeg in mijn carrière.’

‘Maar in dit geval zat ik daar gewoon deze melodie te bedenken, in een donker huis met een kerstboom.’

Mariah Carey gave no indication of her personal troubles as she stepped into Chanel during her annual Christmas trip to Aspen on Friday.

This week it emerged she had split from her boyfriend of seven years Bryan Tanaka, 40, who started out as one of her backup dancers.

Although Bryan has been a mainstay of Mariah’s previous Aspen trips, he was nowhere to be seen during her vacation there this week.

His absence fueled the already growing breakup rumors – which were subsequently confirmed when a source was informed Page six that they went their separate ways because he wants to have children and she doesn’t.

However, Mariah, 54, betrayed no trace of fear as she showed up in Aspen on Friday, beaming with Christmas spirit as she walked down the sidewalk.

Not far behind her was hairstylist to the stars Johnny Stuntz, who worked on several of her looks this holiday season.

With a Chanel hat on her head, she was the picture of showbiz glitz in a fur wrap, a set of sparkling leggings and a black leather pair of sky-high stiletto Louboutins.

Mariah and Bryan were under a cloud of breakup rumors before an insider broke the news to Page Six on Wednesday.

Noting that there is a fourteen-year age difference between the longtime couple, the source explained, “He wants to start a family. That’s not where she is.’

Although Bryan does not have any children yet, Mariah is already a mother of two and has 12-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with her ex Nick Cannon.

Bryan and Mariah haven’t been seen together since March, when he posted an Instagram photo of the two to wish her a happy birthday.

Meanwhile, Bryan has not been seen on Mariah’s Instagram page for almost a whole year – his most recent appearance there dates back to Boxing Day 2022.

Mariah is currently in Aspen, indulging in a little relaxation after one of her extensive Christmas concert tours, which have become a holiday tradition.

During a concert earlier this month at Madison Square Garden, she went viral for bringing both Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson on stage.

Eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice that Bryan was also not seen with Mariah as she traveled around for her Christmas tour this year.

In years past, fans could see Bryan dancing on stage during Mariah’s Christmas shows, but this holiday season he wasn’t part of the program.

Bryan and Mariah have known each other since 2006, when he worked as one of the backup dancers on her Adventures Of Mimi tour.

Over the next decade, Mariah married and divorced steamy comedian Nick Cannon, with whom she shares Monroe and Moroccan.

After her divorce from Nick, Mariah embarked on a whirlwind engagement to Australian billionaire James Packer, which broke up in 2016.

She started dating Bryan later in 2016, and with the exception of a brief breakup in 2017, they remained together ever since until this year’s rumored breakup.

Although they rarely discussed their relationship in public, Bryan did open up about their connection E! News in 2016, shortly after they first got together.

“There used to be something connected between us and just a mutual admiration,” the stage performer said.

‘She saw something in me that I didn’t recognize at first, but from that moment on it was over. It was a given in history that we would be connected in one way or another.’

After seven years together, that superstar was mentioned this week Mary Carey54, had called it quits with her dancer boyfriend Bryan Tanaka, 40.

It came after weeks of rumors stemming from Bryan’s absence from Mariah Christmas tour shows – with fans calling her out for looking ‘depressed’ on stage.

Neither has publicly confirmed the breakup, but there are signs that the romance is doomed from the start.

From their 14-year age difference to Bryan’s “desire for a family,” DailyMail.com will explore the reasons why Mariah and Bryan’s relationship didn’t last.

FROM HIS BOSS TO HIS BOO

Bryan and Mariah began their professional relationship when he joined her as a backup dancer on her Adventures of Mimi tour in 2006.

The arena tour was in support of the singer’s tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi, and it was a huge opportunity for the then 23-year-old Bryan, who began pursuing a dancing career just five years earlier.

Meanwhile, Mariah, then 37, was already at the top of her game after breaking onto the music scene in 1990.

“There used to be something connected between us and just a mutual admiration,” Bryan said E! News back in 2016.

‘She saw something in me that I didn’t recognize at first, but from that moment on it was over. It was a given in history that we would be connected in some way.”

Although they wouldn’t date until 2016, they spent the first ten years getting to know each other as employers and employees.

Power dynamics – such as financial inequality and level of influence – can pose major problems for couples.

REBOUND ROMANCE

In October 2016, Mariah ended her engagement to Australian billionaire James Packer and quickly started a new relationship with Bryan.

It turned out to be an ugly breakup, leading to Packer awarding Mariah a multi-million dollar settlement and omitting all details of the engagement from her memoir.

Mariah confirmed that she had moved out of Packer when she was spotted being affectionate with Bryan on the beach over Thanksgiving weekend that year.

She previously confessed that her relationship with Packer was “never physical,” so a hot and heavy rebound may have been just what she needed.

THE FIRST SPLIT

Just months after their Thanksgiving getaway, Mariah and Bryan would split for the first time in April 2017.

AND reported that the couple’s romance had been “waning” for a while, but it really fell apart after a February dinner in LA.

The outlet’s source claimed that Bryan was “extremely jealous” of Mariah’s ex-husband Nick Cannon, with whom she shares 12-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan, and was angry when he caught Mariah talking about Cannon to the wait staff at the restaurant.

They also claimed that Bryan retaliated by “ordering a lot of food and drinks and putting it on Mariah’s bill.”

ET’s insider even went so far as to accuse Bryan of being a “freeloader” and only using Mariah for her “fame and money.”

Despite the alleged February blowup, Bryan went on vacation with Mariah in March to celebrate her 47th birthday.

Although he tried to make the relationship look ‘nice’ on social media by sharing cheerful photos from the holiday, TMZ confirmed the split in April.

The outlet also cited Bryan’s “jealousy” of Nick as the main reason for the split.

But later that year they were back together.

MARY’S WORLD

Bryan appeared alongside Mariah on the E! documentary series Mariah’s World, which premiered in December 2016 – less than a month after their romance went public.

The show was recorded earlier that year and documents the road – personal and professional – to Mariah’s The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour

It gave fans their first glimpse of the budding romance, with Bryan admitting on national television that he was “getting hard feelings” for the then-engaged singer.

On the show, Bryan opens up about how “bad” it was to see Mariah with Packer and how he felt he and Mariah were “meant to be together.”

“I feel like our chemistry isn’t just professional,” he told another dancer.

“There’s great chemistry professionally, but when we talk it feels like there’s a connection that’s more than just what we’ve had over the past decade.”

Before the finale, fans cheered as Bryan and Mariah launched their relationship hard by sharing a passionate kiss in front of cameras.

AGE DIFFERENCE

While there may be “great chemistry” between them, there is also a fourteen-year age gap.

While people like Leonardo DiCaprio, 49 – who has a habit of only dating women under 25 – are praised for their young dating pool, women often face “a disproportionate amount of judgement” when dating younger men, according to the BBC.

Speaking to Cosmopolitan in 2019, Mariah was asked if she has a ‘preference for younger men’ – despite having only one other age-gap romance with Nick Cannon, who is 11 years her junior.

“I haven’t had that many, but there has been a varied pack,” she replied.

“I’ve only been with five people in my life, so I’m honestly quite squeamish compared to most others in the field.”

FAMILY MAN

After the split news surfaced, Page six reported that Mariah and Bryan called off their seven-year romance due to his desire to start a family of his own.

The outlet’s insider explained, “He wants to start a family. That’s not where she is.’

At the age of 54, Carey shares 12-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-husband Cannon.