Michael Jackson's children Prince (l), Blanket (c) and Paris.
Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and Blanket, nine, watched acts including Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, Leona Lewis and boy band JLS.
They took to the stage dressed in outfits reflecting Jackson's career and were greeted by rapturous applause.
The Michael Forever gig honoured the star who died in 2009, aged 50.
Jackson's three children introduced Beyonce's performance, with Blanket, the youngest child at nine, looking stunned by the noise and lights, but the elder two seeming at ease on stage.
JLS, Gladys Knight, Craig David, Leona Lewis, Smokey Robinson and Alexandra Burke told the BBC what the concert meant to them. Performance clips courtesy Iambic Media LTD
Paris told the audience: "We're very happy to be here on this special night to honour our father."
Beyonce, who wore her hair in a Jackson Five-style afro, played one of the group's hits, Where You Are, saying it was the first song she had performed with her former group Destiny's Child.
Michael Jackson's brothers, Tito, Marlon and Jackie, performed at the event, which was hosted by actor Jamie Foxx and presenter Fearne Cotton.
And Michael Jackson's sister, La Toya, came out of retirement to perform.
However, not all the Jackson family were behind the concert.
Two other siblings, Jermaine and Randy Jackson, said the concert was "inappropriate" and "ill-timed" because it was held during the criminal trial of Conrad Murray, the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter over the star's death in June 2009.
Jackson's sister Janet Jackson also decided not to attend.
Marlon Jackson said he respected their decision and added: "Each one of us grieves differently. We want to celebrate the positive side of his life, the positive things that he did."
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