Musicians around the world have spent Thursday mourning the loss of Prince, and at her concert in Paris, Mariah Carey gave a special tribute to the singer. Before dedicating “One Sweet Day” to him, Carey told the audience how much he meant to her and held a moment of silence in his honor.
She told the crowd:
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He was just one of a kind and just so amazing and I didn't know if I was going to be able to come out here and put on a show and be festive, but I said I'm in Paris and that's what Prince would want me to do—to get through it. And rather than make everything bleak, to turn it into a moment and just take him and honor him, and he was a friend to me too. He talked me through some times I really, really needed somebody. He was an incredible person if you never got to meet him. I'm sure his music touched every person in here. Let's have a moment of silence for Prince if we could. Or you could shout as loud as you can. We want to do a song for him tonight.
Check out some videos of her speech and the performance below:
Mariah Carey talks about #prince right now #paris pic.twitter.com/mTczGBlwO1
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She talks about Prince for 4 minutes pic.twitter.com/v7Q4DRxAjv
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Mariah Carey sings " One Sweet Day" in Paris in tribute to #Prince pic.twitter.com/gwGzw1OCvE
— Joan (@Joan_LF) April 21, 2016
