Here is the complete list of previous Super Bowl halftime performers and themes: 2025: Kendrick Lamar with special guest SZA 2024: Usher with special guests Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R 2023, Super Bowl LVII-- Rihanna 2022, Super Bowl LVI -- Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar featuring 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak 2021, Super Bowl LV -- The Weeknd The Super Bowl halftime show, an unpaid performance lasting about 12 to 15 minutes, has attracted the biggest music artists including Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Usher, Maroon 5, and Justin Timberlake. It Here is the complete list of previous Super Bowl halftime performers and themes: 2025: Kendrick Lamar with special guest SZA 2024: Usher with special guests Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R Janet Jackson performs at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004 in Houston. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage via Getty Images) Before the Super Bowl halftime show became the spectacle it is today, it Rihanna’s triumphant return at Super Bowl LVII in 2023 drew 121 million viewers. Performing hits like “We Found Love” and “Umbrella” while suspended above the stage, she delivered a At 28 years old, Bruno Mars made history as the youngest artist ever to serve as the sole NFL Super Bowl Halftime headliner. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were his special guests. Theo Wargo/FilmMagic Since Roc Nation’s partnership with the N.F.L., hip-hop stars like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar have been center stage at halftime. By Emmanuel Morgan The Super Bowl halftime show was at a low Rihanna's performance attained more than 121 million viewers across TV and digital platforms, overtaking the NBC airing of Katy Perry's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show (2015) to become the most-watched halftime show in U.S. television history and marking the first time since the latter to record consecutive years of Super Bowl halftime show and Rihanna joins a coveted list of artists who have performed at the Super Bowl, including Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson. Learn why artists like Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Pink, Adele, Outkast, Cardi B, and Dolly Parton have never performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. TN: How valuable is a Super Bowl halftime performance for older artists, like Usher, Snoop Dogg or Dr. Dre? SL: When you think about why those artists do the Super Bowl, like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige in 2022, they didn’t necessarily have a huge hit at the time. But they are hip-hop pioneers, and they go out there [on stage every artist uses playback so im not exactly sure what youre trying to prove. i watched the whole thing and thought it was a completely normal performance for the standards of a super bowl halftime show, i may be wrong but it sounded to me like there were obvious live vocals at different points throughout. As a musician, Rihanna’s greatest strength—the thing that most sets her apart from her peers—has always been her catalog. Other artists may be better singers or dancers, but, besides Mariah 20 Photos From Rihanna’s Super Bowl Performance That Make Us Feel Like We Were There. 13 February 2023, 12:44 | Updated: 9 February 2024, 17:37. All the photos from Rihanna's Super Bowl performance. Rihanna is officially back—with a special guest. Her Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show was exactly what we all hoped for: an unforgettable performance that could only be put on by the one and only Bad Gal herself. After the show, her team confirmed what the show only hinted at: She's pregnant with her second child. Fr, I loved those songs at the time when they came out, 2007-2015 or whatever it was. But now in retrospect comparing to the history of pop music, you see even better than before that how goood these songs really were. Dre added during a different pre-Super Bowl interview: "We’re going to open more doors for hip-hop artists in the future and making sure that the NFL understands that this is what it should have been long time ago." That much has been accomplished, as Kendrick Lamar is set to perform at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show this coming February. Welcome to r/popculturechat!For serious gossips with a great sense of humor. 😏 This sub is for civil discussion only. No bullies, no bigotry! We are a proud BIPOC, LGBTQ+ & woman-dominated space and we do our best to protect our users from outside attacks. 🏿 🏾 🏽 🏼 🏻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Adele, Rihanna, Dolly Parton, Jay-Z, P!nk, and Metallica are some of the famous artists who have declined to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show.
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