--- title: Teyana Taylor, Mariah Carey Patti LaBelle: VH1 Diva Special description: Teyana Taylor will be lending her triple threat prowess to VH1's holiday special, "Unsilent Night" alongside Mariah Carey and Patti LaBelle. canonical: https://time.com/4570321/teyana-taylor-mariah-carey-vh1-diva-holiday-special/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-14T20:58:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:40.670Z og:title: Teyana Taylor Joins Mariah Carey for a Diva Holiday Special og:description: Welcome to "Unsilent Night" og:url: https://time.com/4570321/teyana-taylor-mariah-carey-vh1-diva-holiday-special/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta97bf24024a3e014/6988ae6f196cf4355a03df85/teyana-taylor-vh1-diva-special.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2016 Soul Train Music Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Teyana Taylor Joins Mariah Carey for a Diva Holiday Special twitter:description: Welcome to "Unsilent Night" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta97bf24024a3e014/6988ae6f196cf4355a03df85/teyana-taylor-vh1-diva-special.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Teyana Taylor Joins Mariah Carey and Patti LaBelle for the Diva Holiday Special of Your Dreams > Sponsored content. 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Paras Griffin—Getty Images for BET  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 14, 2016 8:58 PM UTC [Teyana Taylor](http://time.com/4504715/teyana-taylor-fade-boot-camp/) will be lending her triple threat prowess to VH1’s upcoming _Divas Holiday_ special, _Unsilent Night_ — and she’ll be doing it in good company. The star of [Kanye West’s steamy “Fade” video](http://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/) will be appearing alongside [legendary divas Mariah Carey](http://time.com/4340106/mariah-carey-jennifer-lopez-nicki-minaj/) and [Patti LaBelle](http://time.com/money/4119247/patti-labelle-sweet-potato-pie-ebay-black-market/) for the holiday show, which is being resurrected by [VH1 after a four-year hiatus](https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWOKEcBwVh/). The festive special will be Taylor’s first appearance as a part of _VH1 Divas_, but it’s not the first time that Taylor’s taken her talents to the network’s stage; this summer, she gave a stunning tribute performance to Lil’ Kim at the _VH1 Hip Hop Honors_ show. 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