Including a 'Viva La Vida' performance with virtual violinists
21.04.2020 - 06:05 / variety.com
By Elaine Low
Senior TV Writer
“One World: Together at Home,” the two-hour star-studded virtual concert featuring Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson and numerous other artists, drew in nearly 21 million viewers across the 26 networks on which it aired live on Saturday night, according to Nielsen data.
The musical event, organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization, raised $127.9 million for health care workers and coronavirus relief, according to Global Citizen. Over
Including a 'Viva La Vida' performance with virtual violinists
The May 17 special offers the one performance of "Lover" songs fans are likely to see this year, now that all her tour dates have been pushed to 2021.
By Variety Staff
LOS ANGELES — Almost 21 million Americans watched the “One World: Together At Home” global special on Saturday in support of frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nielsen data released on Monday.
By Elaine Low
An event everyone will remember! On Saturday, Lady Gaga, Global Citizen and the World Health Organization made history with an unforgettable musical event that paid tribute to essential workers risking their lives during the Coronavirus pandemic. More than 70 artists and celebrities joined in on the fun, including Beyoncé, Juanes, Oprah, Taylor Swift, Matthew McConaughey and many others.
Lady Gaga’s One World: Together At Home special raised almost $128 million in the U.S. for the coronavirus relief fund.
The One World: Together At Home livestreamed benefit concert has raised $127 million for coronavirus relief efforts, organisers Global Citizen have announced.
The World Health organisation, Global Citizens and Lady Gaga organised the One World: Together at Home gig which took place all around the world over the weekend.
Music fans can relive the all-star One World: Together at Home benefit any time now, as the concert has been released as a streaming album.
This was truly something to watch… a part of history!!!
One World: Together at Home spurred sales gains for the songs performed on the multi-network TV special, according to initial sales reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.On Saturday (April 18), the day of the two-hour broadcast, the songs performed on the show sold a little more than 12,000 downloads -- a gain of 735% versus April 17 (a little more than 1,000).Data reflects sales of the original versions of the songs performed on the show (for example, the studio version of Green Day’s “Wake Me Up
The star-studded One World: Together at Home virtual concert special on Saturday (April 18) has raised $127.9 million for healthcare workers in their against the coronavirus pandemic, according to Global Citizen.Organized by the World Health Organization and Global Citizen, in collaboration with Lady Gaga, the two-hour televised virtual concert featured performances by The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Keith Urban, Maluma, Jennifer Lopez and many more.Global
Saturday night, dozens of musicians from across the genres joined forces to create an at-home concert spectacular which supported the World Health Organization and honored medical workers and others serving on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic response. One World: Together at Home was hosted by late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert alongside Lady Gaga and Global Citizen and aired in unison across the major broadcast networks and on streaming devices.
Today, Billie Eilish joined the ranks of Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Kacey Musgraves, Stevie Wonder, and numerous other artists who are participating in Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home broadcast to support frontline workers and the World Health Organization. Alongside her brother FINNEAS, she sang the Bobby Hebb soul classic “Sunny.” Watch it happen below.
Christine and the Queens’ Héloïse Letissier was among the performers on Global Citizen’s all-star One World: Together at Home broadcast. She sang “People, I’ve been sad” and “Mountains (we met)” from her new La vita nuova EP. Watch both performances below.