Here's Wide Open Country's list of the 10 best country performances in the Super Bowl, ranked. 1 of 10 Carrie Underwood, Super Bowl XLIV — National Anthem (2010) It was 1994. Yup, that’s how far back we have to go to go country at the Super Bowl. On January 30, 1994, Super Bowl XXVIII was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The game featured the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Buffalo Bills. The Cowboys took the win and their 4th Super Bowl, as a franchise. The Halftime show was pure country. Some of the Country star Luke Bryan was the artist who landed the national anthem gig for Super Bowl LI in 2017. At the time, he was nearing the end of the album cycle for Kill the Lights . It may not seem as though country music has taken center stage at the Super Bowl all that often, but throughout the big game's history, more than a dozen of the genre's artists have performed In 1974, the late Charley Pride became the first country artist to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl, just prior to the Miami Dolphins taking on the Minnesota Vikings for Super Bowl The first country artist to ever sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl did so in 1974. Do you remember that performance? If you don’t, then you’re in luck. Over the course of history, nine country artists have performed the National Anthem before the Super Bowl. Relive all of those performances by looking through our list below. 1. Fast forward to Super Bowl 59, which will take place in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025. That will mark 30+ years since a country artist has been involved in the halftime performance, let alone Charley Pride became the first country artist to perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl when he took the field in 1974. 2. Garth Brooks-Super Bowl XXVII (1993) With Reba set to perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVIII, we’re diving into some of the other Country artists who have gotten to share the same privilege at the biggest game in all of U.S. sports. While we all know who did it best, it doesn’t hurt to check out some performances you might’ve missed. What's surprising is how the Super Bowl has almost ignored country stars when it comes to performing at the big game. Here's a quick list of stars who've performed over the past 50-plus years. 1. National Anthems: Charley Pride was the first country singer to do it in 1974, and also the first PERSON to do it on their own. Before that, it was Super Bowl LIX will air on Sunday beginning at 6:30PM ET on Fox. 15 Country Artists Primed to Headline a Super Bowl Halftime Show Any way you slice it, country music is long overdue for its time With the Super Bowl in just a few days, we wanted to revisit the 10 country artists who've performed the National Anthem before "The Big Game." With the Super Bowl in just a few days, we wanted to revisit the 10 country artists who've performed the National Anthem before "The Big Game." Members of the Nashville music industry are weighing on why fans haven't seen a country star perform on the Super Bowl halftime show in nearly 20 years. With the Super Bowl in just a few days, we wanted to revisit the 10 country artists who've performed the National Anthem before "The Big Game." Super Bowl: Year: Performer(s) 1: 1967: Universities of Arizona and Grambling University Bands: 2: 1968 "Old Man Winter Takes a Vacation in Miami" featuring seven local Miami-area high school bands 10 country artists have been honored to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Whose performance was your favorite? Check out the full list below ⬇️ Over the years “The Star-Spangled Banner” has been performed by a wide array of artists at the Super Bowl, from country music icons to pop superstars. Some have delivered memorable renditions In the six years immediately following an incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII where Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts in an alleged "wardrobe malfunction", all of the halftime shows consisted of a performance by one artist or group, with the musicians in that era primarily being rock artists from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
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