Super Bowl Halftime Show Performances: A Timeline
Sure, the Super Bowl is a ton of fun to watch on its own, but the real excitement begins at halftime when some of music’s biggest stars take the stage to perform an over-the-top medley of hits.
It was announced back in September that Usher would be headlining the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show presented by Apple Music on Feb. 11.”I’m trying my hardest not to overthink it,” he tells Billboard as he graces the cover before the big event. “It’s literally 12 to 15 minutes if I can manage to impress the entire world with over 30 years of a career within 15 minutes. It’s a lot.”
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He continued, “I’m definitely happy that I’m coming off a successful [Las Vegas] residency and kind of end the rhythm of it overall. […] It reminded me of what my music has meant and how people feel about me and how I feel about it.”
This year will mark the fifth year of the partnership between the NFL and Roc Nation to produce the Halftime Show, after a deal struck in 2019. That partnership has resulted in halftime shows by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez (2020), The Weeknd (2021), a hip-hop showcase anchored by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar (2022), and Rihanna (2023).
While the iconic annual performance stretches back to the 1960s, mainstream acts began taking the stage in the 1990s, stretching back to New Kids on the Block in 1991. See below for our full timeline of Super Bowl halftime show acts, from 1991 to present day.
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