While we wait for Usher to take the field during Super Bowl LVIII, let’s look at the songs performed at the last 10 games.  Which was your favorite? Read to the end for links to playlists based on the songs.

2023 Rihanna 

• “What’s My Name?” (intro)
• “Bitch Better Have My Money”
• “Where Have You Been”
• “Only Girl (In the World)”
• “We Found Love” 
• “Rude Boy (Klean Remix)” 
• “Work”
• “Wild Thoughts”
• “Birthday Cake” (interlude)
• “Pour It Up” (contains elements of “Numb”)
• “Pose” (interlude)
• “All of the Lights”
• “Run This Town”
• “Umbrella”
• “Diamonds”

2022 Eminem, Dr. Dre. Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige

• “The Next Episode” (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
• “California Love” (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
• “In da Club” (50 Cent)
• “Family Affair” (Mary J. Blige)
• “No More Drama” (Mary J. Blige)
• “M.A.A.D City” (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Alright” (Kendrick Lamar)
• “Forgot About Dre” (Kendrick Lamar and Eminem)
• “Lose Yourself” (Eminem with Anderson .Paak on drums)
• “I Ain’t Mad at Cha” (instrumental) (Dr. Dre)
• “Still D.R.E.” (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent)

2021 The Weeknd

• “Call Out My Name”
• “Starboy”
• “The Hills”
• “Can’t Feel My Face” 
• “I Feel It Coming”
• “Save Your Tears”
• “Earned It”
• “House Of Balloons”
• “Blinding Lights

2020 Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Emme Muniz

• “Dare (La La La)” (Shakira)
• “She Wolf” (Shakira)
• “Empire” (Shakira)
• “Kashmir” (orchestral intro)
• “Ojos así” (Shakira)
• “Whenever, Wherever” (Shakira)
• “I Like It” (Shakira and Bad Bunny)
• “Chantaje” / “Callaíta” (Shakira and Bad Bunny)
• “Hips Don’t Lie” (Shakira)
• “Jenny from the Block” (Jennifer Lopez)
• “Ain’t It Funny (Murder Remix)” (Jennifer Lopez)
• “Get Right” (Jennifer Lopez)
• “Waiting for Tonight” (Jennifer Lopez)
• “Booty” / “Que Calor” / “El Anillo” / “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” / “Mi Gente” (Jennifer Lopez and J Balvin)
• “On the Floor” (Jennifer Lopez)
• “Let’s Get Loud” / “Born in the U.S.A.” (Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Emme Muñiz)
• “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” (Shakira and Jennifer Lopez)

2019 Maroon 5

• “Harder to Breathe” (Maroon 5)
• “This Love” (Maroon 5)
• “Sicko Mode” (Travis Scott) 
• “Girls Like You” (Maroon 5)
• “She Will Be Loved” (Maroon 5)
• “Kryptonite (I’m on It)” (Big Boi)
• “The Way You Move” (Big Boi)
• “Sugar” (Maroon 5)
• “Moves Like Jagger” (Maroon 5)

2018 Justin Timberlake

• “Filthy”
• “Rock Your Body”
• “Señorita”
• “SexyBack”
• “My Love”
• “Cry Me a River”
• “Suit & Tie” 
• “Until the End of Time”
• “I Would Die 4 U” 
• “Mirrors”
• “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”

2017 Lady Gaga

• “God Bless America”/”This Land Is Your Land”
• “The Edge of Glory” 
• “Poker Face”
• “Born This Way”
• “Telephone”
• “Just Dance”
• “Million Reasons”
• “Bad Romance”

2016 Coldplay

• “Yellow” (intro a cappella) (Coldplay)
• “Viva la Vida” (Coldplay)
• “Paradise” (Coldplay)
• “Adventure of a Lifetime” (Coldplay)
• “Uptown Funk” / “Formation” (Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, and Beyoncé) 
• “Clocks” (instrumental) (Coldplay)
• “Fix You”/”Up&Up” (Coldplay, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars) 

2015 Katy Perry

• “Roar” (Katy Perry)
• “Dark Horse” (Katy Perry)
• “I Kissed a Girl” (Lenny Kravitz and Katy Perry)
• “Teenage Dream” (Katy Perry)
• “California Gurls” (Katy Perry)
• “Get Ur Freak On” (Missy Elliott and Katy Perry)
• “Work It” (Missy Elliott and Katy Perry)
• “Lose Control” (Missy Elliott)
• “Firework” (Katy Perry)

2014 Bruno Mars

• “Billionaire” (intro) (children’s choir)
• “Locked Out of Heaven” (Bruno Mars)
• “Treasure” (Bruno Mars)
• “Runaway Baby” (Bruno Mars)
• “Give It Away” (Red Hot Chili Peppers with Bruno Mars)
• “Just the Way You Are” (Bruno Mars)

Playlists – 

Spotify’s own Halftime Hits – 100 songs – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWWNQEmXRHxVe?si=dcdfc50566064076

Our playlists – https://midwestmusicmarketplace.com/2024/02/11/stars-of-the-super-bowl-half-time/

Source – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows