Top 10 Morning News Music Performances That Went HARD

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Grab your coffee and get ready for some early morning excellence! Join us as we count down the live performances on morning news shows that went above and beyond before most people even had breakfast. From iconic pop stars to legendary divas, these artists brought concert-level energy to daytime TV!

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00:00All the single ladies, all the single ladies, all the single ladies, now put your hands up.

00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the morning show musical guests who are doing the absolute most at 8 a.m.

00:12Put your hands up, put your hands up, put your hands up.

00:18Number 10, Britney Spears, Good Morning America.

00:21You're going to sing for us?

00:22Yes, I'm going to sing for you guys.

00:23The new song being?

00:24From the Bottom of My Broken Heart.

00:26From the Bottom of My Broken Heart.

00:27All right, Britney Spears, here she is, folks.

00:30Stopping by the studio to promote her smash hit debut album, Britney Spears performed two songs for the Good Morning America audience in 2000.

00:37The first, the underrated ballad from the Bottom of My Broken Heart, is a great showcase of her vocal ability.

00:43From the Bottom of My Broken Heart.

00:49But once she launches into Baby One More Time, she and her backup dancers turn it out.

00:54Not only is it too early to serve this hard, but the tiny studio stage is barely big enough to contain Britney and her band.

01:01She and the dancers are using every inch of that thing.

01:04And do me a sign.

01:08Hit me, baby, one more time.

01:11Number 9, Usher, Good Morning America.

01:14Yeah!

01:14Just when we needed him most, he showed up and showed out.

01:23Usher participated in Good Morning America's summer concert series, and he reminded us why he has one of the best voices in the game.

01:30But this was a very different presentation for the series.

01:33It was 2020, and all the concerts had to be done virtually.

01:36You got it, you got it bad, when you're on the phone, hang up and you call right back.

01:44Cycling through some of his biggest hits, the You Got It Bad singer performed in an isolated studio without a band,

01:50and with some incredibly innovative and socially distanced stagecraft.

01:54And he did much of it acapella.

01:56Sir, this is not only early in the morning, it's a pandemic.

01:59Without you, without you...

02:08Number 8, Britney Spears, Today.

02:10That didn't end me, I made you believe, we're more than just friends.

02:18In 2000, the Princess of Pop returned to the Today Show stage to present several new tracks from her second album, Oops, I Did It Again.

02:25Not only did she tear through the title track with an entire ensemble of dancers,

02:30she even brought back her first single, Baby One More Time.

02:41Spears may not be at her most vocally pristine here,

02:45but there's not a moment of this performance when she's not totally committed to the choreography.

02:50Britney's giving the most extra fitness instructor at your local gym here.

02:53She's really excited just to be there.

02:56And they said she's so lucky, she's a star.

03:01Number 7, Mariah Carey, Good Morning America.

03:04We Belong Together is one of the hardest songs in this legendary divas catalog.

03:09The climax alone is a huge ask for any singer.

03:12Recorded in this fierce clip from a 2013 Good Morning America concert,

03:17Mariah Carey looks visibly upset as she delivers an absolute powerhouse performance.

03:21You are on my mind, Bobby Womack's on the radio,

03:25saying to me if you think you're lonely now.

03:29But throughout, she almost looks irritated to be there.

03:32The comment section has its theories.

03:34The consensus seems to be that Carey was expecting to lip-sync against a playback track

03:39that just never started playing.

03:40There's even a brief pause before the climax starts

03:50where it seems like she has to catch up with the track.

03:53Is someone getting fired?

03:55Can I get a gentleman to help me out?

03:57Number 6, Lady Gaga, Good Morning America.

04:00If anyone's gonna bring a full-on production to the morning show stage,

04:04it is the pop goddess behind Bad Romance.

04:06She didn't let the early hour stop her from bringing the drama.

04:16In this 2011 performance, she ziplined over the audience

04:20before landing on the stage and launching into the Bad Romance choreography.

04:23Though only a half hour, the entire set was a high-energy, big-budget affair

04:34that even included a costume and wig change or two.

04:37There is nothing low-key about Gaga, and there never has been.

04:41And the best part is that the crowd is as ready to party as she is.

04:45Number 5, Prince, Good Morning America.

04:56This 2006 TV appearance was a rare treat.

04:59Prince was famously hesitant to do TV and rarely gave interviews,

05:03but he and his band rocked Bryant Park.

05:05Performing three songs, Prince shreds on the guitar

05:15and often hands the spotlight to his protege,

05:17singer Tamar Davis and drummer Sheila E.

05:20Hilariously, he doesn't even stop to talk to the hosts when they come on stage.

05:24He just launches right into his last song.

05:26Back here live at Bryant Park.

05:29This doesn't feel like a performance in the middle of a morning show.

05:38It feels like a rock concert bookended by a morning news show.

05:45Number 4, Beyonce, Today.

05:48It's hard to imagine when Beyonce wasn't on top of the world in the last two decades,

05:52but this live performance on Today is absolutely supernatural.

05:59The way she is working this crowd,

06:05you would think it wasn't freezing,

06:07but it absolutely is.

06:08The temperature display is in the low 30s,

06:11but this performance is anything but cold.

06:16In a skin-tight catsuit,

06:22Beyonce tears through a medley of some of her biggest hits.

06:25Singing in the cold is difficult,

06:26and you can tell that her mic is on.

06:28She even recreates every beat of that iconic single ladies' dance.

06:40Number 3, Katy Perry, Today.

06:42Bubbly pop with an infectious beat

06:44might not be everyone's idea of wake-up music.

06:47Katy Perry must be a morning person.

06:49Performing California Girls,

06:58she dances through a cotton candy wonderland

07:00in the middle of Rockefeller Plaza,

07:02surrounded by huge lollipops and life-size gummy bears.

07:05I've been for the girls,

07:07we're unforgettable.

07:09Daisy Dukes bikinis on top.

07:12It's peppy, fun, and weirdly surreal for a morning show.

07:16Perry's at her most dance-heavy and effervescent here.

07:19Adding to the whimsy are the shots

07:20that sometimes linger a little too long

07:22on audience members wearing hot pink wigs and frozen smiles.

07:26If the music doesn't wake you up,

07:27that image just might.

07:32Number 2, Lady Gaga, Good Morning America.

07:35And now it's time for the audience participation portion of the morning.

07:39Most artists show up,

07:41have a band,

07:41some dancers,

07:42and just sing their latest hits.

07:43That is not how Lady Gaga rolls.

07:46She returned to Good Morning America

07:48to promote her new single,

07:49Applause.

07:51The highly conceptual staging

07:57pays tribute to The Wizard of Oz.

07:59Audience members closest to the Yellow Brick Road stage

08:02are dressed as poppies

08:03from the infamous poppy field scene.

08:04Give me the little love

08:06The whole thing is downright hallucinogenic.

08:14On top of that,

08:15her wide-eyed stare at the camera

08:16for many parts of the song

08:17is effectively creepy.

08:19Let me break the love

08:21Just be the lady's love

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08:44Anyone could cover

08:45the seminal rock anthem

08:46Barracuda by heart,

08:47but Fergie wanted to add

08:49a little something

08:49to her 2008 Today performance.

08:51A little something

08:52that only she would think to do.

08:54This truly is a feast for the senses.

09:06You have the infamous cartwheels themselves,

09:08which are impressive.

09:09You have the sound of her voice faltering

09:11as she tries to keep singing

09:12through the flip.

09:18But between the flips,

09:20the moaning and writhing on the stage,

09:22and the interesting ad-libs,

09:23we will never forget it.

09:25Is it too much?

09:26Absolutely.

09:27Is it a little embarrassing?

09:28Sure.

09:29Is it brilliant?

09:31100%.

09:31Do you know where you are?

09:35You're in the jungle, baby!

09:37Which of these morning news performances

09:38perked you up the most?

09:40Let us know in the comments.

09:40And we'll see you next week.

09:43Thanks for measuring keys.

09:44Let us know in the comments.

09:54Tell us a little bit.

09:56Bye.

10:09Bye.

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