Kennedy Center Honors

Performers & Tribute Artists

For Dionne Warwick
• Chloe Bailey – performed “Walk On By”
• Cynthia Erivo – performed “Alfie”
• Gladys Knight – performed “Say a Little Prayer” 

For Barry Gibb
• Little Big Town – performed “Lonely Days”
• Michael Bublé – performed “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
• Ben Platt – performed “Nights on Broadway”
• Ariana DeBose – performed a Bee Gees disco medley (including “How Deep Is Your Love”, “Night Fever”, “Stayin’ Alive”, “You Should Be Dancin’”) 
• (Some reports also include this group in summaries of the Gibb tributes.) 

For Queen Latifah
• Missy Elliott – spoken-word tribute
• Rapsody – performed “Just Another Day”
• Yo-Yo, D-Nice, MC Lyte, Monie Love (various hip-hop segments)
• The Clark Sisters – performed gospel songs linked to Latifah’s legacy 

For Billy Crystal
• Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marc Shaiman – performed a Crystal medley
• Robert De Niro, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Marc Shaiman joined in performing “It Had to Be You” 

For Renée Fleming
• Julia Bullock, Ailyn Pérez, Angel Blue, Nadine Sierra – performed “Song to the Moon” (with Patrick Summers)
• Dove Cameron – performed “The Light in the Piazza”
• Tituss Burgess (with others) performed “You’ll Never Walk Alone” 

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Presenters & Hosts
• Host: Gloria Estefan
• Presenters and storytellers included Jay Leno, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert De Niro, Meg Ryan, Whoopi Goldberg, Sigourney Weaver, Christine Baranski, and others, who introduced segments or spoke about the honorees.