Considered one of the biggest events in entertainment, the iconic Halftime Show can leverage the popularity of any performer.
Considered one of the biggest events in entertainment, the iconic Halftime Showwhich takes place at halftime of the North American League final, the SuperBowl can leverage any artist’s popularity and forever mark a performance in global television history.
When it debuted in 1967, the halftime show featured, among other things, the University of Arizona Symphony Band performing “The Sound ofMusic” and “When the Saints Go Marching In”. But when Michael Jackson headlined the halftime show in 1993, everything changed.
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Show up at the end of nfl (National Football League), which defines the annual champion, being the last game of the football season, has become not only an offer of live music and entertainment for fans of the sport, but also a badge of honor for guest artists to perform.
Big names like Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Shakira and Paul McCartney already performed the halftime shows in the final of the nfl (National Football League), but Billboard named Prince’s iconic 2007 performance the greatest of all time.
Prince at Super Bowl XLI (2007)
According to the North American publication, the musical genius, who died in 2016, was a curious choice for the halftime show – as he was known for his performances full of eroticism.
Despite the stigma, prince it only took a guitar and a lot of instrumental talent to go down in history. The music star played her instrument wielding it in a phallic way and moved everyone during the execution of “Purple Rain”. With the stage full of purple lights, the real rain gave the special touch to the presentation, which moved the audience of the championship.
The rocker boosted his own classics (“1999”, “Let’s Go Crazy”) and the classics of other artists (“Proud Mary”, “All Along the Watchtower”). But the explosive apex was in “Purple Rain”which left the stadium full of football fanatics, waving their arms and howling in falsetto as, yes, a real downpour flooded Miami’s Dolphin Stadium.”
From the watershed of Michael Jackson to the slide of culture change of Justin Timberlake and Janet Jacksoncheck out the ranking of the best Super Bowl halftime shows of all time , according to Billboard:
- prince (2007)
- U2 (2002)
- Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem (2022)
- Madonna (2012)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (2009)
- Beyonce (2013)
- The Rolling Stones (2006)
- Lady Gaga (2017)
- Paul McCartney (2005)
- Michael Jackson (1993)
- Katy Perry (2015)
- Janet Jackson & Justin Timberlake (2004)
- Coldplay, Beyonce and Bruno Mars (2016)
Source: Rollingstone
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