--- description: The iconic vocalist performed her newest hit onstage title: Billboard Music Awards 2015: Mariah Carey Infinity/Vision of Love image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Mariah Carey Perform Her New Single 'Infinity' at the Billboard Music Awards  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 1:18 AM CUT  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 1:18 AM CUT Mariah Carey’s aiming for her 19th number-one hit, and she made the case for “Infinity” at the Billboard Music Awards. The songstress is promoting her new greatest-hits collection, _#1 to Infinity_, which contains all of her chart-toppers as well as the new track she performed in Las Vegas. “Infinity,” an apparent kiss-off track occasioned by the end of Carey’s marriage to Nick Cannon, is full of Carey’s trademark askew wit, with references to Fritos and “tea” (slang for gossip); it’s a song she sold through sheer force of will, giving her all to a song whose high notes might seem to provide a challenge to a singer whose recent live track record has been somewhat shaky. (She opened her set with a performance of her early hit “Vision of Love,” performed live and with evident confidence, albeit in a lower register than the song was first recorded.) Whether or not “Infinity” hits the top spot on the chart, Carey provided a strong argument for herself as a voice that still deserves to be heard. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3854249/mariah-carey-billboard-music-awards-infinity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3854249/mariah-carey-billboard-music-awards-infinity/"},"headline":"Watch Mariah Carey Perform Her New Single 'Infinity' at the Billboard Music Awards","datePublished":"2015-05-18T01:18:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:06:06.459Z","description":"The iconic vocalist performed her newest hit onstage","url":"https://time.com/3854249/mariah-carey-billboard-music-awards-infinity/","keywords":["Music","Mariah Carey","Billboard Music Awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3854249/mariah-carey-billboard-music-awards-infinity/","name":"Watch Mariah Carey Perform Her New Single 'Infinity' at the Billboard Music Awards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Taylor Swift Steals the Show at the Billboard Music Awards 2015","description":"Highlights from the Billboard Music Awards 2015 in Las Vegas.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qLXVgKJ8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-18T06:19:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qLXVgKJ8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3854249/mariah-carey-billboard-music-awards-infinity/","duration":"PT1M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3854249/mariah-carey-billboard-music-awards-infinity/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```