RIHANNA is set to make a touchdown at Super Bowl 57. Show The Grammy-winning artist will officially headline the popular halftime show on February 12, 2023.  2 Rihanna will be performing at the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime showCredit: AP:Associated PressWho's performing at the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime show?On September 25, 2022, Rihanna posted a picture of her hand holding an NFL football with no caption to her Instagram account. The post marked the Fenty Beauty mogul's first social media activity since giving birth in May. The NFL confirmed the news in a statement on Sunday - sending shockwaves through the internet and hyping up fans of the music icon's anticipated performance. “Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn," Jay-Z said in the statement. "A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment." Rihanna's confirmation follows speculation that Taylor Swift might be a possible contender for the headliner position, considering the Umbrella singer has not released an album since 2016. In 2019, the 34-year-old entrepreneur declined an offer to headline the 2019 Halftime to show solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, according to Variety. Who performed at last year's Super Bowl?The 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show included a group of headliners:
Most read in NFLThe massive performance marked the first-ever Super Bowl halftime show that featured solely rap and hip hop music. According to Statista, last year's show garnered over 103 million viewers. 2 On September 25, 2022, Rihanna posted a picture of her hand holding an NFL football to confirm her place as headliner for the Super Bowl halftime showCredit: Splash NewsWhen is the 2023 Super Bowl?The Super Bowl is set to take place in Glendale, Arizona at the State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023. It will mark the first year Apple Music will serve as the sponsor for the halftime show, replacing the NFL’s longtime partner, Pepsi. Rihanna better get to "Work" because she has a Super Bowl halftime show to headline. The pop star hinted at her performance at Super Bowl LVII by posting a photo of a football to her Instagram Sunday. Official Twitter accounts for Apple Music and the NFL then confirmed Rihanna's performance Sunday. "It's on," read a tweet from Apple Music. Following the announcement, Jay-Z said Sunday in a news release that Rihanna is "a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn." The rapper added: "A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment." Seth Dudowsky, NFL Head of Music, said in a statement he was “thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage.” "Rihanna is a once in a generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her career. We look forward to collaborating with Rihanna, Roc Nation and Apple Music to bring fans another historic Halftime Show performance,” Dudowsky added. USA TODAY has reached out to Rihanna's representatives for comment. The upcoming Super Bowl will feature the first halftime show sponsored by Apple Music; previous shows since 2013 were sponsored by Pepsi (which also first sponsored the 2007 show). The 2022 halftime show featured several headliners: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Mary J. Blige, plus surprise cameos from 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak. Dr. Dre joined Ebro Darden on Apple Music 1 Sunday and shared that he "can't wait to see what she's going to do." "I just like her and what she does, and her get down, and how she approaches her artistry and the whole nine," the rapper said. "It's fantastic. She has the opportunity to really blow us away. I know we set the bar extremely high." He also has a piece of advice for Rihanna ahead of her halftime show performance. "Put the right people around you, and have fun. That's basically what it is, making sure you have the right creative people around you," Dr. Dre said. Other halftime performers in the last decade include The Weeknd, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Beyoncé. 2022 Super Bowl halftime:Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Snoop, Dre, Kendrick Lamar prove fiery mix in Super Bowl halftime show In an interview with Vogue in October 2019, Rihanna said she turned down the opportunity to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show in Atlanta. The Grammy-winning singer confirmed she did so to stand in solidarity with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who became the subject of controversy after kneeling during a pregame national anthem in protest of police brutality and social inequality in 2016. "I couldn’t dare do that," she told the magazine. "For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way." Kaepernick accused the NFL of colluding to keep him out of the league in a case that was eventually settled in early 2019. That same year, the NFL partnered with Roc Nation (which manages Rihanna) to help pick performers for the Super Bowl and strategize on the halftime show. With sales of more than 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of the best-selling female artists ever. Her last album was 2016's “Anti.” Rihanna last performed publicly at the Grammy Awards in 2018. Super Bowl LVII is scheduled to take place Feb. 12, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Rihanna, A$AP Rockywelcome first child after internet-breaking pregnancy: Reports Contributing: Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY; Jake Coyle, The Associated Press |
