As the night went on, the talent only got greater at the MTV sponsored “Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief.”
Mary J Blige, Taylor Swift, Sting with The Roots all gave performances from either New York, Los Angeles or London.
The night featured some one-of-a-kind mash-ups like the Sting/The Roots collaboration on Driven To Tears, Beyonce performing her single Halo (with lyrics changed to reflect Haiti) with Coldplay star Chris Martin on the piano, and a special acoustic performance of Lean On Me by the trio of Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock And Keith Urban.
It was probably a performance by returning diva Christina Aguilera that really moved people. Keeping her voice controlled and tender, she gave a chill educing rendition of If You Lift Me Up, with Linda Perry on piano.
Taylor Swift – Breathless
Christina Aguilera with Linda Perry – If You Lift Me Up
Sting with The Roots – Driven To Tears
Beyonce and Chris Martin – Halo
Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock And Keith Urban – Lean On Me
Christina had the best performance! I don’t know why she was at number 6 at EW’s list & was even behind Beyonce, I mean Lift Me Up was better than revisions of the son g Halo in which words completley lack something…. substance.
Christina’s performance was beautiful. Made me cry.