When Usher plays the Super Bowl halftime show in 2024, it will certainly note his very first time headlining, yet it won’t be his very first time on the halftime phase.
Back in 2011, Usher collapsed the Black Eyed Peas halftime program to do his Billboard Hot 100-topping track “OMG” together with will.i.am, that generated the 2010 hit. For his 2011 look, the R&B super star came down from the rafters of Cowboys Stadium in an all-white attire and also sunglasses to place on a master course in robot choreography. He also concluded the track by leaping over will.i.am, down a trip of staircases, and also touchdown in the divides. (If this one-song minute is any type of sign, we’re in for a program.)
The 2022 Super Bowl halftime program additionally included a repeat entertainer: Mary J. Blige — that coordinated with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and also Kendrick Lamar at the then-brand-new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., for the initial full-fledged hip-hop halftime program — took the phase with a various team back in 2001. More than two decades prior, Blige had actually signed up with Aerosmith, *NSYNC, Britney Spears and also Nelly, with whom she executed a grand-finale efficiency of “Walk This Way.”
Usher and also Blige are barely the initial entertainers to go back to the halftime phase. In reality, 2 have actually also played the huge game 3 times at this moment.
Below, discover all the musicians that have actually executed at the halftime reveal greater than when. (Note: We’re taking into consideration halftime programs in the modern-day period, given that New Kids on the Block initially took the program in a pop instructions in 1991. Sorry to the Grambling State University Marching Band and also Up With People.)
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Gloria Estefan: 1992, 1995 & 1999
The Latin songs super star has the difference of being the initial musician to strike the Super Bowl phase 3 times (another entertainer has actually given that joined her elite club; see his access listed below). In 1992, she executed in a Winter Olympics salute with number skaters Dorothy Hamill and also Brian Boitano; in 1995, she struck the phase with Miami Sound Machine as component of Disney’s Indiana Jones-themed halftime; and also in 1999, she represented for “salsa” in a “Celebration of Soul, Salsa & Swing” together with Stevie Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and also Savion Glover.
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Stevie Wonder: 1994 & 1999
Before taking the phase with Estefan, Wonder signed up with Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt and also Wynonna Judd onstage for the 1994 halftime program’s ending. Ashley Judd, Lisa Hartman Black, The Georgia Satellites, Joe Namath, Elijah Wood and also Charlie Daniels additionally struck the phase to execute a team performance of The Judds’ “Love Can Build a Bridge.”
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Justin Timberlake: 2001, 2004 & 2018
Timberlake has a notorious background with the Super Bowl, since he took his “Rock Your Body” verse “bet I’ll have you naked by the end of this song” also actually throughout Janet Jackson‘s halftime show back in 2004. But that wasn’t his only see to the Big Game. He’s currently gotten on the phase 3 times, similar to Estefan: when his *NSYNC bandmates headlined together with Aerosmith in 2001, the well-known Janet program, and also when he shook his extremely own headlining embed in 2018.
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Nelly: 2001 & 2004
Save for his one solo go for “Hot in Herre” in 2004, Nelly primarily acted as component of the set in these 2 star-studded years. In enhancement to Janet and also Justin, P. Diddy and also Kid Rock additionally struck the phase in ’04.
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Bruno Mars: 2014 & 2016
After Mars headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime program, he collapsed Coldplay‘s established 2 years later on, supplying his high-energy blockbuster “Uptown Funk” prior to Beyoncé and also Chris Martin joined him to finish the efficiency with each other.
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Beyonce: 2013 & 2016
Like Mars, Beyoncé showed up throughout Coldplay’s 2016 program to do her just-released anthem “Formation.” In 2013, she cranked out the hits and also rejoined Destiny’s Child for her very own Super Bowl XLVII halftime reveal efficiency.
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Mary J. Blige: 2001 & 2022
Mary J. Blige’s 2022 Super Bowl halftime show with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and also Kendrick Lamar was her 2nd job on the huge phase. Blige was additionally component of the abovementioned Aerosmith and also *NSYNC team, appearing for the grand ending in 2001 to strike a few of the howling high notes on “Walk This Way.”
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Usher: 2011 & 2024
Usher collapsed the Black Eyed Peas’ headlining embed in 2011 to do his will.i.am generated Hot 100 No. 1 hit “OMG,” and also he’ll return in February 2024 for his extremely own collection.