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Who is performing at Super Bowl 55 in Tampa? NFL Records, Teams playing in the game

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February 1, 2021

Who is performing during halftime of Super Bowl 55?

A Canadian singer-songwriter whose full name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, The Weeknd will perform during halftime of Super Bowl 55.

The Weeknd will be following up a 2020 halftime show that featured Shakira and Jennifer Lopez in Miami.

There haven’t been announcements about supplementary performers, although usually a second star finds their way onto the stage at some point during the halftime show.

What time does the Super Bowl halftime show start?

The Super Bowl halftime show will likely start shortly after 8 p.m. ET. The game itself kicks off at about 6:30, so the first half should end about 90 minutes later.

Do performers get paid for the Super Bowl halftime show?

The Super Bowl halftime performers are never paid for their performances. The NFL does cover the cost of the performance.

Who is singing the national anthem at Super Bowl 55?

The NFL announced on Jan. 19 that the national anthem singers at Super Bowl 55 will be Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan. Church is a highly acclaimed country artist, while Sullivan has been a fixture of R&B charts as a top-notch vocalist.

As part of the pregame festivities, there’ll also be a rendition of America the Beautiful. That’ll be sung by H.E.R., another R&B artist who’s received 13 Grammy nominations over the past three years.

History of performers at Super Bowl halftime show

Super Bowl	Year	Performer(s)
I	1967	Universities of Arizona and Michigan Grambling University Bands
II	1968	“Old Man Winter Takes a Vacation in Miami” featuring seven local Miami-area high school bands
III	1969	“America Thanks” with Florida A&M University
IV	1970	Carol Channing
V	1971	Florida A&M Band
VI	1972	“Salute to Louis Armstrong” with Ella Ftizgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Coprs Drill Team
VII	1973	“Happiness Is…” with University of Michigan Band and Woody Herman
VIII	1974	“A Musical America” with University of Texas Band
IX	1975	“Tribute to Duke Eillington” with Mercer Ellington and Grambling University Bands
X	1976	“200 Years and Just a Baby” Tribute to America’s Bicentennial
XI	1977	“It’s a Small World” including crowd particiption for first time with spectators waving colored placard on cue
XII	1978	“From Paris to the Paris of America” with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
XIII	1979	“Super Bowl XIII Carnival” Salute to the Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands
XIV	1980	“A Salute to the Big Band Era” with Up with People
XV	1981	“A Mardi Gras Festival”
XVI	1982	“A Salute to the 60’s and Motown”
XVII	1983	“KaleidoSUPERscope” (a kaleidoscope of color and sound)
XVIII	1984	“Super Bowl XVIII’s Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen”
XIX	1985	“A World of Children’s Dreams”
XX	1986	“Beat of the Future”
XXI	1987	“Salute to Hollywood’s 100th Anniversary”
XXII	1988	“Something Grand” featuring 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker
XXIII	1989	“Be Bop Bamboozled” featuring 3-D effects
XXIV	1990	“Salute to New Orleans” and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts’ characters, featuring trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas
XXV	1991	“A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl” featuring New Kids on the Block
XXVI	1992	“Winter Magic” including a salute to the winter season and the winter Olympics featuring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill
XXVII	1993	“Heal the World” featuring Michael Jackson
XXVIII	1994	“Rockin Country Sunday” featuring Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd
XXIX	1995	“Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye” featuring Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine
XXX	1996	Diana Ross
XXXI	1997	“Blues Brothers Bash” featuring Dan Akroyd, John Goodman, James Belushi, James Brown and ZZ Top
XXXII	1998	“A Tribute to Motown’s 40th Anniversary” including Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations
XXXIII	1999	“Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing” featuring Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover
XXXIV	2000	“A Tapestry of Nations” featuring Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, and Toni Braxton
XXXV	2001	“The Kings of Rock and Pop” featuring Aerosmith, *N’SYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
XXXVI	2002	U2
XXXVII	2003	Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
XXXVIII	2004	Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
XXXIX	2005	Paul McCartney
XL	2006	The Rolling Stones
XLI	2007	Prince
XLII	2008	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
XLIII	2009	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
XLIV	2010	The Who
XLV	2011	The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
XLVI	2012	Madonna with guests Cee Lo Green, LMFAO, M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
XLVII	2013	Beyoncé with guests Destiny’s Child
XLVIII	2014	Bruno Mars with guests Red Hot Chili Peppers
XLIX	2015	Katy Perry with guests Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz
50	2016	Coldplay with guets Beyoncé and Bruno Mars
LI	2017	Lady Gaga
LII	2018	Justin Timberlake
LIII	2019	Maroon 5 with guests Travis Scott and Big Boi
LIV	2020	Shakira and Jennifer Lopez