Elton John’s ‘Living Room Concert for America’ Raises $8 Million for Coronavirus Relief

The One World: Together At Home livestreamed benefit concert has raised $127 million for coronavirus relief efforts, organisers Global Citizen have announced. 

The Elton John-led starry benefit concert that featured Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys on Sunday has raised nearly $8 million to battle the coronavirus.

Elton John and his famous friends know how to put on a great show for an even greater cause. On Sunday night, the Grammy winner hosted the iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America on Fox, which helped to support two of the many charitable organizations helping victims and first responders during the Coronavirus pandemic: Feeding America and First Responders Children's Foundation.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Fox’s “iHeart Living Room Concert for America,” which saw Elton John lead a whole chorus of famous singers in calling for social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, tied “American Idol” for first place in the Sunday night TV ratings race.

On Sunday night, Fox aired the first primetime coronavirus concert special — one of several which have been announced in recent days — and it made for one gripping hour of activism. Hosted by Elton John, Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America featured a range of singer-songwriters performing music and sharing words of solidarity from their homes to encourage donations to Feeding America and First Responders Children's Foundation.

On Sunday night (March 29), Elton John hosted the iHeart Living Room Concert for America to help combat the current coronavirus pandemic.

YouTube is now streaming the benefit special “Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America” through Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on iHeartRadio’s YouTube Channel. The one-hour event, which debuted on Fox Sunday night, March 29, was created to help fight the spread of the coronavirus and to “celebrate the resilience and strength of the nation during this pandemic.”

Billie Eilish was among numerous musicians to take part in Sunday’s iHeart Living Room Concert for America.

Elton John and some of the biggest names in music are doing their part of to provide a ray of sunshine amid the darkness and celebrate the little joys of life.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are performing a stripped-down version of her song “My Oh My.”

Mariah Carey is performing one of her classics during Elton John‘s iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America!

Mariah Carey was the second-to-last performer to close the Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night (March 29) with one of her many classics, "Always Be My Baby."

At the top of the hourlong iHeart Living Room Concert for America, host Elton John alerted fans that he was streaming from the one home that he doesn't have a piano in. But, as it turned out, John is never too far away from a keyboard.

“Here we are, all together at home,” Sir Elton John declared at the beginning of the star-studded iHeart Living Room Concert For America.

The Backstreet Boys are teaming up with Elton John!

Mariah Carey did what no one else could do during Elton John’s Living Room Concert for America.

Exactly one year ago today, Billie Eilish released her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Quarantined indoors with the rest of America probably isn't how she envisioned celebrating the anniversary of 2019's biggest album, but the 18-year old superstar made the most of it.