USA Today Music — Grammy-winning superstar Mariah Carey will receive the Icon Award and perform at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, NBC announced Thursday.             more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The longest continually running music festival in the world, Quebec City Summer Festival's 2019 lineup includes Blink-182, Mariah Carey, Slipknot, Alt-J, Chvrches, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Buddy Guy, U.S. Girls, Connan Mockasin, Leikeli47, Lil Pu... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Canadian festival also promises Imagine Dragons, CHVRCHES, alt-j, Courtney Barnett, The Offspring, and many more. more info

Stereogum — Today is Mariah Carey's birthday. Happy birthday, Mariah Carey! How old is she now? Well, that's where things get tricky. more info

Dlisted — Stanley, the border collie from Perth, Western Australia who would easily win a Peabody Award if Peabody Awards were given in Australia and also had an award for Best Answer Given By An Interview Subject EVER! Mariah Carey’s “I don’t know her,�... more info

Detroit Free Press — Here are the metro Detroit concerts and shows to check out over the next week.             more info

Dlisted — I always knew it must be nice to live in the fantasy land where Mariah Carey’s brain skips, and now we know that it is planted firmly in 2010 when One Direction was getting plucked into fame on The X Factor. Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, known by ... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Activists say her concert is an attempt by the government to polish its image after the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi critic/journalist Jamal Khashoggi. more info

Dlisted — Social media’s “I’m attention-starved and need gratification!” moment du jour is the 10-year challenge. It’s why your news feed is clogged with split-screen photos of people you went to high school with bragging about how great their moistu... more info

Dlisted — Mariah’s house is a fucking mess. And I’m not talking empty champagne bottles strewn about, or half-eaten sandwiches forgetfully placed on bookshelves (shut up, you don’t know my life!). I’m talking about The Help. Did Mariah Carey hire her p... more info