The complete list of every performer in Super Bowl Halftime Show history
Kendrick Lamar is the latest artist to take the stage for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Here is the complete list.
The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off in the most important game of the NFL season: Super Bowl XIV. In addition to the game itself, millions of viewers - perhaps not all football fans, will be tuning in especially for the Halftime Show, which this year will feature Kendrick Lamar as the headline act. The rap star has given the fans an impressive show in New Orleans.
A nervy start to Super Bowl LIX from the Kansas City Chiefs certainly pleased the majority crowd of Philadelphia Eagles fans in New Orleans. The noise levels inside the huge Superdome reached peak levels when Swift was found by the stadium camera operator, when she was promptly met with a chorus of boos.
Well, we thought that was the loudest moment of the night. Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show was one for the history books, and the rapper capped off a simply stunning 12 months with a performance to rival even the action on the field.
Kendrick Lamar.
— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) February 10, 2025
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Full list of artists who have performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
During the first years, university marching bands were in charge of offering musical entertainment during the interval. It was not until the early 1990s that popular music came to the fore - a move designed to boost audience figures and give an incentive for non-sports fans to tune in.
New Kids on the Block was the first pop group to headline the event, performing a couple of their hits at Super Bowl XXV in 1991. In 1993, to regain audiences, Michael Jackson was tasked with starring in the Halftime Show - the King of Pop ended up giving one of the best and most memorable shows in Super Bowl history.
And over the past 33 years, a handful of artists have appeared more than once. Gloria Estefan and Justin Timberlake are the artists with the most appearances, appearing three times - several others have appeared twice and Usher will be joining that select group in Super Bowl LVIII.
17 years ago on this date (February 4, 2007), in the pouring rain, @prince delivered one of the greatest Super Bowl shows of all time pic.twitter.com/p6TTHmeuKq
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) February 4, 2024
Artists with multiple Super Bowl Halftime Show appearances
- Gloria Estefan 1992, 1995 and 1999
- Nelly 2001 and 2004
- Mary J. Blige 2001 and 2022
- Justin Timberlake 2004 and 2018
- Bruno Mars 2014 and 2016
- Usher 2011 and 2024
Among those who have appeared a couple of times are Stevie Wonder, Nelly, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige. Usher was a special guest in 2011 when the Black Eyed Peas headlined.
Here is the complete list of all the artists who have performed, either as headliners or invited guests, as well as the shows and various themes that have been done since 1967.
- 2025 Kendrick Lamar
- 2024: Usher
- 2023: Rihanna
- 2022: Eminem, Dr. Dre. Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige
- 2021: The Weeknd
- 2020: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, J Balvin
- 2019: Maroon 5, Travis Scott, Big Boi
- 2018: Justin Timberlake, The Tennessee Kids
- 2017: Lady Gaga
- 2016: Coldplay, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars
- 2015: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott
- 2014: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 2013: Beyoncé
- 2012: Madonna
- 2011: The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
- 2010: The Who
- 2009: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- 2008: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- 2007: Prince and the Florida A&M marching band
- 2006: The Rolling Stones
- 2005: Paul McCartney
- 2004: Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
- 2003: Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
- 2002: U2
- 2001: ‘The Kings of Rock and Pop’ with Aerosmith, ‘N’Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nell’
- 2000: ‘A Tapestry of Nations’ with Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton
- 1999: ‘Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing’ with Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- 1998: ‘A Tribute to Motown’s 40th Anniversary’ with Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations
- 1997: ‘Blues Brothers Bash’ with Dan Akroyd, John Goodman, James Belushi, James Brown and ZZ Top)
- 1996: Diana Ross
- 1995: ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye’ with Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine.
- 1994: ‘Rockin’ Country Sunday’ with Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna & Naomi Judd.
- 1993: ‘Heal the World’ with Michael Jackson.
- 1992: ‘Winter Magic’ with Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill
- 1991: ‘A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl’ with New Kids on the Block
- 1990: ‘Salute to New Orleans’ with trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw & Irma Thomas
- 1989: ‘Be Bop Bamboozled’, 3D effects
- 1988: ‘Something Grand’ with 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker
- 1987: ‘Salute to Hollywood’s 100th Anniversary’
- 1986: ‘Beat of the Future’
- 1985: ‘A World of Children’s Dreams’
- 1984: ‘Super Bowl XVIII’s Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen’
- 1983: ‘KaleidoSUPERscope’
- 1982: ‘A Salute to the 60s and Motown’
- 1981: ‘A Mardi Gras Festival'
- 1980: ‘A Salute to the Big Band Era’ with Up with People
- 1979: ‘Super Bowl XIII Carnival’ with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands
- 1978: ‘From Paris to the Paris of America’ with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
- 1977: ‘It’s a Small World’
- 1976: ‘200 Years and Just a Baby,’, tribute to America’s Bicentennial
- 1975: ‘Tribute to Duke Ellington’ with Mercer Ellington and Grambling State band
- 1974: ‘A Musical America’ with the University of Texas band
- 1973: ‘Happiness Is’ with the University of Michigan band and Woody Herman
- 1972: ‘Salute to Louis Armstrong’ with Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing and Al Hirtt
- 1971: Florida A&M band
- 1970: Carol Channing
- 1969: ‘America Thanks’ with the Florida A&M University band
- 1968: Grambling State Band
- 1967: University of Arizona and Grambling State Marching Band
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— NFL (@NFL) February 10, 2025
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Kendrick Lamar headlined the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The rapper took the stage during the halftime show of the NFL’s biggest game of the season at a high point in his career, thanks to the success of Not Like Us, a track that is part of his beef with Drake.
“Rap music remains the most impactful genre to this day. And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They picked the right one,” Lamar said last September after Roc Nation, Apple Music, and the NFL announced that he would be performing at the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.
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