
The concert was taped at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Sunday night to be aired 24 hours later. So did The Roots, who of course served as the house band.

Blige, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, and Jennifer Hudson all showed up. This year, the concert sought to “showcase the vast impact soul music has had on the 21st century’s music and pop culture landscape,” so Florence Welch, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Rock of Love), VH1 Divas returned for its ninth go-around on Monday night. One of the network’s few remaining musical traditions (R.I.P.
