The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show starring Michael Jackson is the most watched Super Bowl halftime show, with a TV audience of more than 133.4 million viewers. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] The Super Bowl LVI halftime show starring Dr. Dre , Snoop Dog , Eminem , Mary J. Blige , Kendrick Lamar and 50 cent is the most viewed Super Bowl halftime show on YouTube With that, here's the complete list of performers at Super Bowl halftime shows over the years: Super Bowl halftime performers, from 1967-2023. "Heal the World" featuring Michael Jackson: 28: 1994 The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. In an effort to increase its profile after being counterprogrammed by an In Living Color special the previous year, the show featured a performance by Michael Jackson. The performance was successful in its One of his most memorable and iconic performances was the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, which marked a turning point in the history and evolution of the Super Bowl spectacle. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the most popular professional sports league in the United States. The Super Bowl halftime show has become just as anticipated as the game itself and many credit Michael Jackson's 1993 performance as the one that completely changed the game.. The King Of Pop was Three decades after "King of Pop" Michael Jackson performed at the Super Bowl on Jan. 31, 1993, the halftime show has yet to recover. In one season, the show went from must-miss to global event. Michael Jackson's Super Bowl performance changed the way we watched the halftime show forever. Before MJ, the halftime show featured outdated marching bands and drill teams - but after 1993 that had all changed. Check out the musician's iconic Super Bowl XXVII halftime show below: Looking at Michael Jackson's 1993 halftime performance, it's got all the elements of a halftime show still employed today. There's a fusion of hit songs roughly 12-plus minutes in length, a big musical personality at the center of things, some central theme that informs the set design, costumes, and performance, and choreographed movement by a horde of supporting dancers and musicians. The Super Bowl halftime show, before Michael Jackson, was an endless wasteland of college marching bands and maddening flag-spinning tributes, from salutes to Hollywood (twice), to Motown, to the The modern communal pop extravaganza known as the Super Bowl halftime show can trace its roots to Jan. 31, 1993, when Michael Jackson took the stage at the Rose Bowl for Super Bowl XXVII, where How many Michael Jackson references did you catch in Usher’s Super Bowl Halftime performance last month? Usher says Michael’s 1993 Super Bowl performance “became a great inspiration behind some of the things that I chose to do with this show.” Halftime performances at the title game started as smaller productions, but after Michael Jackson headlined the 1993 show, Here is a complete list of past Super Bowl performers: 2020: MASTER entertainer Michael Jackson was a "nervous wreck" before his record-breaking Super Bowl performance 30 years ago - which was watched by billions, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal. MJ was worried about how the crowd, mostly made up of NFL fans, would react to his pop-hit medley. How many Michael Jackson references did you catch in Usher’s Super Bowl Halftime performance last month? Usher says Michael’s 1993 Super Bowl performance “became a great inspiration behind some of the things that I chose to do with this show.” The NFL had been struggling to get things right at the Super Bowl Halftime Show and in 1992 they let the experts at Radio City Productions do what theyd did best.They pitched the idea of Michael Ahead of Usher’s performance this Sunday, join EW as we rank the 15 best Super Bowl halftime shows, from Rihanna to Janet Jackson. Michael Jackson (1993) Steve Granitz/WireImage. The most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show is Michael Jackson’s iconic 1993 set at Super Bowl XXVII, drawing a reported 133.4 million American viewers. Before Jackson, the Halftime Show was largely uneventful and featured less appealing acts. During his 1993 performance at the Super Bowl in Pasadena, California, Michael Jackson immediately grabbed the audience’s attention by standing completely still in silence on stage for nearly Michael Jackson’s highly choreographed performance at Super Bowl XXVII in 1993 raised the bar for halftime entertainment, while few will forget Rihanna in 2023. Andy Hall Roddy Cons RoddyCons 4. U2 honoring 9/11 victims (2002) This was by far the most emotional halftime performance to date. The game was a few months after Sept. 11 and U2 took the opportunity and the stage to honor
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