When Usher performs the Tremendous Bowl halftime present in 2024, it’ll mark his first time headlining, however it gained’t be his first time on the halftime stage.
Again in 2011, Usher crashed the Black Eyed Peas halftime present to carry out his Billboard Sizzling 100-topping music “OMG” alongside will.i.am, who produced the 2010 hit. For his 2011 look, the R&B celebrity descended from the rafters of Cowboys Stadium in an all-white outfit and sun shades to placed on a grasp class in robotic choreography. He even wrapped up the music by leaping over will.i.am, down a flight of stairs, and touchdown within the splits. (If this one-song second is any indication, we’re in for a present.)
The 2022 Tremendous Bowl halftime present additionally featured a repeat performer: Mary J. Blige — who teamed up with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar on the then-brand-new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., for the primary full-fledged hip-hop halftime present — took the stage with a distinct crew again in 2001. Greater than 20 years prior, Blige had joined Aerosmith, *NSYNC, Britney Spears and Nelly, with whom she carried out a grand-finale efficiency of “Stroll This Manner.”
Usher and Blige are hardly the primary performers to return to the halftime stage. Actually, two have even performed the massive recreation three instances at this level.
Beneath, discover all of the artists who’ve carried out on the halftime present greater than as soon as. (Observe: We’re contemplating halftime exhibits within the fashionable period, since New Children on the Block first took the present in a pop route in 1991. Sorry to the Grambling State College Marching Band and Up With Individuals.)
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Gloria Estefan: 1992, 1995 & 1999
The Latin music celebrity has the excellence of being the primary artist to hit the Tremendous Bowl stage three instances (another performer has since joined her elite membership; see his entry under). In 1992, she carried out in a Winter Olympics salute with determine skaters Dorothy Hamill and Brian Boitano; in 1995, she hit the stage with Miami Sound Machine as a part of Disney’s Indiana Jones-themed halftime; and in 1999, she represented for “salsa” in a “Celebration of Soul, Salsa & Swing” alongside Stevie Marvel, Huge Dangerous Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover.
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Stevie Marvel: 1994 & 1999
Earlier than taking the stage with Estefan, Marvel joined Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt and Wynonna Judd onstage for the 1994 halftime present’s finale. Ashley Judd, Lisa Hartman Black, The Georgia Satellites, Joe Namath, Elijah Wooden and Charlie Daniels additionally hit the stage to carry out a bunch rendition of The Judds’ “Love Can Construct a Bridge.”
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Justin Timberlake: 2001, 2004 & 2018
Picture Credit score: Christopher Polk/GI Timberlake has an notorious historical past with the Tremendous Bowl, ever since he took his “Rock Your Physique” lyric “guess I’ll have you ever bare by the top of this music” too actually throughout Janet Jackson‘s halftime present again in 2004. However that wasn’t his solely go to to the Huge Recreation. He’s now been on the stage thrice, similar to Estefan: when his *NSYNC bandmates headlined together with Aerosmith in 2001, the infamous Janet present, and when he rocked his very personal headlining set in 2018.
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Nelly: 2001 & 2004
Save for his one solo run at “Sizzling in Herre” in 2004, Nelly principally served as a part of the ensemble in these two star-studded years. Along with Janet and Justin, P. Diddy and Child Rock additionally hit the stage in ’04.
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Bruno Mars: 2014 & 2016
Picture Credit score: Kevin Mazur/WireImage After Mars headlined the Tremendous Bowl XLVIII halftime present, he crashed Coldplay‘s set two years later, delivering his high-energy smash hit “Uptown Funk” earlier than Beyoncé and Chris Martin joined him to finish the efficiency collectively.
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Beyonce: 2013 & 2016
Like Mars, Beyoncé appeared throughout Coldplay’s 2016 present to carry out her just-released anthem “Formation.” In 2013, she cranked out the hits and reunited Future’s Little one for her personal Tremendous Bowl XLVII halftime present efficiency.
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Mary J. Blige: 2001 & 2022
Picture Credit score: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP through GI Mary J. Blige’s 2022 Tremendous Bowl halftime present with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar was her second stint on the massive stage. Blige was additionally a part of the aforementioned Aerosmith and *NSYNC crew, popping out for the grand finale in 2001 to hit a few of the wailing excessive notes on “Stroll This Manner.”
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Usher: 2011 & 2024
Usher crashed the Black Eyed Peas’ headlining set in 2011 to carry out his will.i.am produced Sizzling 100 No. 1 hit “OMG,” and he’ll return in February 2024 for his very personal set.
