Celebrity Diamond Jewelry Spotlight: Mariah Carey
Music icon and Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey has impeccable diamond jewelry style.
Updated: November 24, 2025
Written by: Topher Gauk-Roger
With the holidays in full swing, it’s a time for food, family and just a touch of seasonal glamour. And who better to help us celebrate than the Queen of Christmas herself: Mariah Carey. The beloved singer-songwriter, who has racked up nineteen number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, holds the record for the most number-one singles by a solo artist, a female songwriter and a female producer.
At the height of her early popularity in the ‘90s, the songstress released a Christmas album as only her fourth studio collection up to that point. “Merry Christmas” has gone on to sell 15 million copies worldwide and remains the all-time best-selling Christmas album by a woman. Meanwhile, lead single “All I Want for Christmas Is You” became a holiday standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season nearly two decades later. To sum it up, you can’t properly enjoy the holidays without Mariah Carey, which made us instantly think of her eye-catching diamond jewelry style.
Meet the Expert
- Topher Gauk-Roger is a Senior Producer and Writer at PEOPLE. He has been with the brand since 2020, producing field shoots and video content across all entertainment verticals, as well as writing and reporting for the digital news team.
- The Los Angeles native graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has covered every major entertainment event from the Oscars to the Kids’ Choice Awards.
- He previously worked for outlets such as Entertainment Tonight, CNN, The Cut, and Access Hollywood.
As one of the best-selling music artists of all time, Carey has made countless appearances at every major Hollywood event, always dressed to the nines in an effort to maintain her status as one of the industry’s leading divas.
The “Oh Santa!” hitmaker has worked with numerous stylists over the years, and most recently with Nicolas Bru, in an effort to ensure she always comes correct on a red carpet. Carey is never one to ‘dress down’ and she always loves to arrive dripping in diamonds, whether it’s to the Academy Awards or to run a quick errand.
“She’s very aware of her body and what looks good on her,” Bru told People magazine in 2018. “She usually has a pretty good hunch as to what’s going to work.” And considering her monumental success, it’s hardly surprising that what usually works is an array of flashy diamonds.
Read on for Mariah Carey’s most exceptional diamond looks so far.
Mariah Carey Wore LEVUMA Diamonds to the 2025 MTV VMAs
Queen of all things glamour, Mariah Carey performed during the 2025 MTV VMAs, wearing a gold bedazzled bodysuit and tons of natural diamond jewels. The songstress wore an assortment of diamond bracelets, including a 72.15-carat one from Etho Maria, a butterfly ring, and a hefty diamond “Rosée Éternelle” necklace from LEVUMA. Worth a whopping $10 million, the jewel features 204.38 carats of diamonds and took over 600 hours to handcraft in Antwerp. She also wore magnificent diamond chandelier earrings from LEVUMA as well. Tonight, Carey brought home the 2025 MTV VMAs Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Mariah Carey Wore Pristine Jewelers to the 2022 BET Awards
Mariah Carey may have performed at the 2022 BET Awards, but her diamond jewelry was the main show. The singer wore a Dolce & Gabbana dress along with 300 carats of Pristine Jewelers natural diamonds.
Mariah Carey x Chopard is a Diamond Daydream of a Collection
Mariah Carey’s collaboration with legendary Maison, Chopard is worthy of music royalty, manifesting in an extraordinary high jewelry collection.
The story starts at Christmas in 2020, as Ms. Carey was set to celebrate the diamond disc of her holiday anthem, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and received the book presenting Chopard’s famed Red Carpet Collection. The coincidence and inspiration were too strong for her to resist a conversation with her longtime friend, Chopard Co-President and Artistic Director Caroline Scheufele who turned the Fantasy into a diamond reality.
The butterfly is a symbol shared by both the icon and the iconic brand. The collection features a monumental butterfly-shaped diamond collar and asymmetrical earrings, each ear taking a wing in fair-mined gold and natural diamonds. The larger earring features a cascade of round and heart-shaped diamonds hearkening back to the rainbow emblazoned on another hit album by Ms. Carey.
“It’s finally here! Mariah Carey x Chopard! Working with Caroline Scheufele and Chopard on the Happy Butterfly collection has been an incredible journey! I’m so grateful for their boundless creativity, unparalleled craftsmanship, and commitment to producing fine jewelry with ethical integrity.”
Mariah Carey Displayed Fifty-Carat Fabulosity at the 2019 amfAR Cannes Gala
Carey prides herself on being slightly extra at all times, and that couldn’t be more apparent than during her appearance at the 2019 amfAR Cannes Gala. She took the stage at the event in a black, sparkly gown featuring a plunging neckline, leaving more than enough space for a splattering of decadent ice. The star was smothered in diamonds from Chopard, all taken from the Swiss luxury jewelry house’s Garden of Kalahari Collection.
According to Chopard, Carey’s earrings featured a 25-carat pear-shaped diamond as well as a 26-carat heart-shaped diamond, while her ring was set with a 20-carat cushion-cut diamond. The most stunning piece of all, however, was the singer’s white gold, 50-carat necklace.
Mariah Carey Wore Chopard to the 2018 Golden Globe Awards
At the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2018, all the celebrity attendees wore black in solidarity with the #TimesUp initiative to protest gender inequality, power abuse and harassment. As a result, the stars had to get creative in order to stand out on the jam-packed red carpet. Carey looked like a glimmering goddess in a form-fitting Dolce & Gabbana gown, complete with a ruched mermaid style that perfectly hugged her curves.
To add some bling to the dark look, she had a huge pair of dangling statement pendant earrings peeking out from behind her signature golden locks. She paired the pieces with an assortment of shining bracelets and rings, a mix of items from Chopard and her own enviable personal collection.
Mariah Carey Epitomized Holiday Heavenliness at 2017 The Star Press Conference
In 2017, Carey lent her talents to the animated film The Star, writing an original song for the family flick, which received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 75th Golden Globe Awards the following year. The vocal powerhouse promoted the movie, looking decked out like the shining Times Square ball on New Year’s Eve. She stunned in a pair of Harry Kotlar drop diamond earrings that were so show-stopping, she had to pull her hair out of the way to show them off. The dazzling pieces were complemented by Hearts On Fire diamond bangles, including their Illa Constellation bracelet, which is valued at $400,000.
Mariah Carey Showcased Blinding Engagement Elegance at the G’Day USA 2016 Black Tie Gala
It’s no easy feat to impress a diva who has it all, but Carey was certainly swept off her feet in 2016 when she was briefly engaged to billionaire James Packer. The Australian businessman presented her with an incredible 35-carat ring when he proposed, featuring an emerald-cut center stone with single-carat baguettes on either side. It was designed by Carey’s friend of more than 25 years, Wilfredo Rosado, and took two weeks to create.
She made her red carpet debut with the blinding piece, worth an estimated $10 million, at the G’Day USA 2016 Black Tie Gala a week later and it was impossible to take your eyes off her glistening finger. Sadly, the relationship fizzled later that year despite the valuable bauble. It was reported Carey sold the ring for a rumored $2.1 million to a Los Angeles jeweler, making it known even the biggest diamond is replaceable for Mariah Carey.
Mariah Carey’s Pink Diamond Engagement Ring from Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon proposed to Mariah Carey in 2008 with an emerald-cut fancy light pink diamond engagement ring, surrounded by 58 intense pink diamonds and flanked by two half-moon diamonds from Jacob & Co. jewelers. At the time, Cannon told People, “We got the pinkest stone we could find, surrounded by other diamonds.”
Mariah Carey Dazzled in Diamonds at the 1993 Grammy Awards
Mariah Carey was a vision in red at the 1993 Grammy Awards, where the superstar wore a strappy crimson sheath dress, diamond earrings, a diamond bracelet, and her signature 90s curls.
