After Mariah Carey learned that her friend Prince had died at age 57 Thursday, the singer took the stage at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris that night as part of her Sweet Fantasy World Tour. Fighting back tears, she said, "I didn't know if I was 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 rather than just make everything bleak, we need to take this and honor this."

Prince died Thursday at age 57 at his Paisley Park home and studio in Minneapolis.

Mariah paid tribute to her friend Prince by dedicating her song "One Sweet Day" to the music icon. In her dedication before the song, Carey said the song was for anyone who's ever "needed to make it through a moment."

"So it's a very sad day but we remember the life of somebody who will always be treasured," she continued, introducing the Daydream single, originally recorded with Boyz II Men.

Mariah was one of the many performers to pay their respects to Prince following the shock news of his death, with huge artists like Elton John, Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry all sharing their grief on social media. She tweeted after the news broke: “Genius, legend, inspiration, friend. The world will miss you. I’ll never get over it.”

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