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The music video was successful on several music-video countdowns such as [[VH1]]'s ''Top 20 Video Countdown'', [[BET]]'s ''[[106 & Park]]'', [[MuchMusic]]'s ''[[Countdown (MuchMusic program)|Countdown]]'' (where it spent two weeks at number one) and [[MTV]]'s ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'', where it [[List of Total Request Live retired videos|retired]] at number one. The video was also [[Yahoo! Music]]'s most watched video of 2005, with 7.5 million [[streaming media|streamed]] performances.

Carey's performance of "We Belong Together" on ''[[The View]]'' helped expose the song to a daytime audience. It was after the broadcast that the song began being played on daytime-oriented [[Adult contemporary music|Adult Contemporary]] radio station formats, leading to its subsequent record-breaking impressions statistics. After performing the song at [[Live 8]] in the UK, Carey was criticized for touting "We Belong Together" as her new song to the audience in attendance; many thought this was inappropriate for such a concert. Carey also preformed a remix of the song at the 2005 [[MTV Video Music Awards|2005 MTV Video Music Awards]].

==Awards==

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To date, the digital download of "We Belong Together" (counting sales of the original version and the remix) has sold over 698,000 copies. As the song has sold more than 600,000 downloads, it has been certified triple platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].

"We Belong Together" proved to be a success in the adolescent market, performing well on ''[[Total Request Live]]'' (the video was her second to be retired on the show following "[[Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song)|Heartbreaker]]") and winning the "Choice Music Love Song" at the 2005 [[Teen Choice Awards]]. It also earned two nominations at the [[MTV Video Music Awards]]: one for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]] and one for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]]. However, it failed to win either, losing Best Female Video to [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "[[Since U Been Gone]]" and Best R&B Video to [[Alicia Keys]]' "Karma". At the 2005 [[World Music Awards|2005 World Music Awards]], "We Belong Together" won the "World's most-played single" award, representing its [[airplay]]. It was eventually named the Hot 100 Song of the Year at the 2005 [[Billboard Music Awards]], the first time Carey achieved this feat. A few weeks later, the song won the Song of the Year awards on both Pop and Urban/Rhythmic formats at the 2005 [[Radio Music Awards|2005 Radio Music Awards]]. It has been nominated for four [[Grammy Award]]s, in the categories of "[[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]", "[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]", "[[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]", and "[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best R&B Song]]".

==Chart performance==