Mariah Carey, Miranda Kerr & Jay Chou in Shanghai for 11/11 Gala

By Bridget O'Donnell

A bunch of celebs descended upon Shanghai this weekend for yet another star-studded Tmall Singles Day Gala. The gala took place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena and was livestreamed on Youku.

Like last year's event — which included cameos from Nicole Kidman, Pharrell Williams, Kris Wu, Jessie J, Maria Sharapova and more — several big names popped by for the 2018 edition of Alibaba's Double 11 extravaganza. 

In case you somehow missed this year's four-hour e-commerce spectacle, we've recapped some of the highlights...

Japanese Beyonce impersonator Naomi Watanabe showed off her best Bey moves:

Aussie supermodel Miranda Kerr did one-model strut down the catwalk and sang in Chinese:

Mariah Carey performed 'Emotions' and 'Hero' live:

Jay Chou attempted magic tricks... and plugged his new show: 

Coco Lee sang a Disney medley:

Mickey Mouse & Co. danced:

Cirque Le Soir did a shopping-themed acrobatic show:

Some world leaders gave Double 11 greetings:

Former NBA star Allen Iverson watched on as superstars Angelababy and Huang Bo joined teams Red and Blue to play basketball with giant inflatable defenders:

All-girl group Kuyang performed the song 'Buy, Buy, Buy:'

Alibaba celebrated the 10th anniversary of Singles Day with a giant cake:

Oh yeah, and Jack Ma became a Tmall courier:

Singles Day officially ended Monday morning at 12am, capping off China’s largest-ever 24-hour online shopping spending spree. This year, Tmall has reported over RMB213 billion in Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV, aka total sales), surpassing last year’s total sales by 27 percent.

This year, Tmall’s Singles Day reached RMB10 billion GMV in an earth-shattering two minutes and five seconds, equating to RMB80 million in sales per second in the first 125 seconds. Last year, the RMB10 billion mark was reached in three minutes and one second, nearly a third longer than this year. At four minutes and 20 seconds, total sales for 2018 had reached over RMB19 billion, surpassing 2012 Singles Day’s 24-hour sales total.

Image via @人民日报/Weibo

With files from Ryan Gandolfo

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