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The 2025 Super Bowl halftime show will be performed by Kendrick Lamar and will feature one of his longtime collaborators and N.J.-native, SZA. How much do Super Bowl halftime performers get paid? However, the real value of the Super Bowl halftime show lies in its unprecedented exposure. The 2024 performance headlined by Usher drew massive viewership, continuing the trend set by Rihanna's More than 123.4 million viewers tuned in for Usher’s halftime show at last year’s Super Bowl, edging out Rihanna's performance in Glendale as the most-watched Super Bowl in history. That’s Wild, but true. Historically, the NFL doesn't pay Super Bowl halftime performers, but that's because the coveted 13-minute slot is essentially A) a free concert smack in the middle of a football Kendrick Lamar will perform at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. artists do not get paid for the Super Bowl Halftime Show—at least not by the NFL. for her Super Bowl Halftime Show Super Bowl halftime performers are paid the union-rate minimum. For Usher, that meant $671 for the actual performance last year and about $1,800 for the rehearsals leading up to the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the most prestigious events in music. Because of the high viewership, it’s arguably the year’s biggest concert. However, the artists are not paid to perform at halftime. Do Artists Get Paid To Perform At The Super Bowl Halftime Show? Catch @kendricklamar with guest @sza. The exposure given to halftime performers, playing in front of more than 80,000 fans inside New Orleans’ Superdome and more than 100 million across the country on TV, is why the Super Bowl is On the American Federation of Musicians union scale, Kendrick Lamar could be paid as little as $450 for playing the Super Bowl halftime show, USA TODAY reports. Guests and support musicians would Though that may come as a surprise to some, the truth is that Super Bowl halftime show performers typically don’t get paid. Instead, the NFL covers all the expenses associated with putting on During the Super Bowl 56 halftime show in Los Angeles three years ago, Lamar performed alongside other West Coast and rap/R&B icons: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Mary J. Blige. That's because the Super Bowl halftime show performers don't really get paid by the NFL to perform. The league instead covers the expenses, which can reach into the millions of dollars, to put on While the Super Bowl is arguably one of the biggest performances possible for artists, many people are surprised to learn the halftime show acts don't get paid by the NFL. After the game between the Chiefs and Eagles kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET, the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show will begin around 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET, shortly after the second quarter concludes. The NFL's check will not be a major concern to Dr. Dre—whose net worth was $800 million in 2019, according to Forbes—but the question of who does and doesn't get paid for the Super Bowl That's because the Super Bowl halftime show performers don't really get paid by the NFL to perform. The league instead covers the expenses, which can reach into the millions of dollars, to put on That's because the Super Bowl halftime show performers don't really get paid by the NFL to perform. The league instead covers the expenses, which can reach into the millions of dollars, to put on MORE: 5 best Super Bowl halftime shows | 5 worst Super Bowl halftime shows Do performers get paid for the Super Bowl halftime show? The simple answer is nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Super Bowl Like many halftime performers before him, Lamar will ride the Super Bowl bump into a 19-stop stadium tour across North America this summer alongside SZA, who has already been announced as a guest On Sunday, the NFL announced rap icon Kendrick Lamar will be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025.
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