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Prince during the Super Bowl XLI halftime show; Photo: Theo Wargo/WireImage With an impressive 118.5 million viewers tuning in, Katy Perry set the record for the most-watched halftime show Performed live before 75,000 people, broadcast to 140 million more viewers at home, and racking up a production cost of $12 million dollars, Prince’s Super Bowl halftime performance was one of the biggest shows of his life. Prince’s Super Bowl setlist. the artist addresses the 75,000 people in the stadium and roughly 140 million viewers with the first lines of the song: Dearly beloved, During this meeting, Prince and three members of his backing band New Power Generation performed for the executives, which convinced the executives that he would be the proper act to perform at the upcoming Super Bowl's halftime show. [1] [6] He was announced as the performer on December 10. [3] At the time of this performance, it set a Super Bowl halftime show record of 114 million viewers. Madonna was also the most searched term on Google during the game. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe The Super Bowl has surpassed 100 million viewers every year since 2010, topping out at 126.3 million in 2017 and 123.7 million in 2024. The Most-Watched Super Bowls in History Super Bowl The NFL said that last year's Super Bowl drew in 62.5 million global viewers, which was a 10 percent increase from the year prior. Mexico and Canada combined for over 42 million viewers, but The Super Bowl ratings record remains a 49.1 for 49ers-Bengals in 1982, but the viewership record was set just this year (2024) — 123.7 million for Chiefs-49ers. While Chiefs-49ers owns the largest official Super Bowl audience on record, that is only because Nielsen did not begin including out-of-home viewing in its viewership estimates until The stage was shaped like the symbol that replaced his name and 140 million TV viewers saw Prince perform live at Super Bowl XLI.According to Billboard magazine, it was the greatest Super Bowl In 2022, with the resumption of full venue attendances at NFL games, Super Bowl LVI on NBC saw an average of 99.18 million viewers and total of 101.09 million, with streaming contributing an extra 11 million for a total of 112.3 million people. This is currently the second biggest average viewership in Super Bowl (and U.S. television) history. [76] In one for the ages, legendary prankster John Hargrave orchestrated an ambitious “commercial” during Prince’s Super Bowl XLI halftime show. John and his team of comedians breached one of the strictest security details in the world to distribute 2,350 LED necklaces to sections of the audience with instructions to activate the blue lights Nothing in that time was quite like Prince’s dazzling, rain-drenched halftime performance at Super Bowl XLI in Miami ten years ago. Few of the 75,000 people in the arena or the estimated 140 FILE - Prince performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI NFL football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. When the Super Bowl halftime show was born, high school and college marching bands took center field. The history of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The Super Bowl halftime show wasn’t always about big-name stars and huge productions. In the early days, it featured marching bands, small acts, and local performers. The focus was on entertaining the crowd at the stadium, not millions of viewers at home. Prince – Super Bowl XLI (2007) Prince during Super Bowl XLI – Indianapolis Colts vs Chicago Bears – Half Time Show at Dolphins Stadium in Miami, Florida, United States. (Photo by Jeff The answer lies in exposure. The Super Bowl Halftime Show offers the largest single-platform audience in the United States, catapulting artists' music sales and streaming numbers overnight. The massive viewership turns a Super Bowl Halftime Show setlist into a marketing opportunity. FILE - Prince performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI NFL football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. When the Super Bowl halftime show was born, high school 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. #1 Celya723 3 February, 2019, 01:13. You nailed it with Prince putting on the most dynamic Super Bowl performance in the pouring rain! I too have watched this game for many years and have cheered the transition of halftime performances from wholesome Americana to rock and pop performances from a great variety of proven and well regarded performers.
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