Mariah Carey is many issues – however informal isn’t certainly one of them. So naturally, when she carried out Sunday (Oct. 6) night at the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special, she needed to make an entrance.

The center portion of a large scorching pink ‘M’ on the AMAs stage opened as much as reveal the diva herself, resplendent in a sublime white robe and shimmering jewellery. And Mimi didn’t disappoint. Singing her 14-week Billboard Hot 100 chief “We Belong Together” – certainly one of 19 No. 1s on that chart – Carey was in prime type, weaving by way of the deep, soulful runs and hitting that sustained, impossibly lengthy be aware at the top. It was a robust efficiency, with the enraptured viewers singing each phrase and a few individuals even clasping their hearts.

Prior to hitting the AMAs stage, Carey sat down with Billboard’s Tetris Kelly to debate the basic hit and her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi. “People had written me off,” she recollects. “And the song of the decade with ‘We Belong Together’ — it had to be that big of a record for me to actually have a comeback.” At the shut of the ‘00s, Billboard declared “We Belong Together” the tune of the last decade because of its large chart success.

Elsewhere in the course of the AMAs 50th anniversary broadcast, Stray Kids carried out their single “Chk Chk Boom” in addition to a little bit of *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye,” recreating a few of *NSYNC’s marionette-inspired choreography in homage to the boy band’s memorable efficiency at the 2000 American Music Awards. Smokey Robinson – who co-hosted the very first American Music Awards ceremony in 1974 – was additionally available at the 50th particular to replicate on a half century of the awards present.

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special is produced by Dick Clark Productions. DCP is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a Penske Media Corporation (PMC) subsidiary and three way partnership between PMC and Eldrige. PMC is the mum or dad firm of Billboard.