Mariah Carey on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nod: ‘Trying Not to Get Too Excited’

• Mariah Carey is nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• She said in an interview that she doesn’t know if she’s going to win, so she doesn’t “want to get too excited about it”
• The star was nominated in 2024 as well

Mariah Carey is not getting ahead of herself when it comes to her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.

The music superstar is set to find out later this month whether she’ll be inducted into the prestigious Rock Hall — and says in a new interview that her nomination took her by surprise.

“That’s a huge honor. I don’t know if I’m going to win it, so I don’t want to get too excited about it,” she told the Associated Press. “So, I just want to say that, again, it’s a huge honor and I guess I didn’t expect it. I wasn’t really thinking about it. And here we here.”

Carey, 56, was nominated in 2024, but was not selected. In February, it was announced that she was on the slate of nominees once again, alongside stars like Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol, Joe Cocker, Chubby Checker, OutKast and Oasis.