The '90s (and beyond) queen of country music, Shania Twain performed the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVII between the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers alongside No Doubt and Sting. 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 Super Bowl halftime show performers, history and more. 1. The first celebrity performance at halftime of the Super Bowl show was in 1970 when the show included Marguerite Piazza, Doc Severinsen 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 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 Kid Rock, Shania Twain and Doug Kershaw have all been part of previous Super Bowl halftime performances -- but country music really got its (half)time to shine in 1994. Some of the biggest names in music history have made the Super Bowl halftime show their own over the years. Super Bowl halftime performers, from 1967-2023. "Rockin Country Sunday 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 The music at the NFL’s biggest game of the year went from pop to country at the Super Bowl XXVIII Halftime Show on Jan. 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, when Clint Black, Tanya Tucker In other years, the spotlight was on country music during the halftime performance. In 1990, Doug Kershaw was part of a halftime lineup that included Pete Fountain, Irma Thomas, the Nicholls State Apple Music’s Ebro Darden and Nadeska Alexis will interview Lamar and pre-game performers beginning at 10 a.m. Central time. The rap megastar takes the Super Bowl stage fresh off a Grammy 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 During this halftime show, Disney produced a performance called "Salute to Superstars of the Silver Screen" at Super Bowl XVIII in Tampa. (Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) 1986 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 Super Bowl LVI was played on February 13 of 2022. It all went down in sunny Inglewood, California at SoFi Stadium, the home stadium of the Los Angeles Rams. That was the second consecutive and second overall Super Bowl with a team playing and winning in its home stadium. The Super Bowl halftime show is one of the biggest music spectacles with more than 100 million annual viewers tuning in. See the list of past national anthem and halftime show performers at What Are The Best Super Bowl Halftime Acts of All Time? Past Super Bowl performers have included pop acts, R&B stars, rappers, rockers and even the occasional country singer, though that’s rare. Reba McEntire - The country music icon sang the national anthem during her first-ever Super Bowl performance. Daniel Durant - The actor signed the national anthem in an American Sign Language Other artists who performed in multiple Super Bowl halftime shows include Blige, Justin Timberlake (solo and with *NSYNC), Nelly, will.i.am (of Black Eyed Peas), Usher, Bruno Mars and Beyoncé. Hip-hop royalty graced the stage at the 2022 halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles during Super Bowl LVI, led by none other than the esteemed Dr. Dre. Joined by fellow legends Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar, this star-studded lineup performed an exhilarating medley of their greatest hits, including "California Love," "Still D.R.E.," “Alright” and
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