Alicia Keys just sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XLVII. She sang the lyrics (not counting the extra “living in the home of the brave” see added) in about 2 minutes 23 seconds. Alicia Keys posted this picture of her with Jennifer Hudson earlier today after the two rehearsed America the Beautiful and the Star-Spangled Banner, respectively, before the start of the 2013 Super Bowl. Alicia Keys 2013 Super Bowl National Anthem Video Here’s Alicia Keys’s performance of the National Anthem from earlier this evening: * * * * * For the most part, I think Alicia Keys did a nice job. I always appreciate when the singer also provides the instrumental accompaniment, and though that Keys’s piano part complemented the song well. She dragged a bit, as evidenced by the fact that she beat the over-under time by 8–11 seconds, but her vocals weren’t obnoxious, at least not until the vocal flourish after “brave” and the “livin’ in the home of the brave” she tacked onto the end, both o
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Josh Tinley has a video and official time of Alicia Keys National Anthem performance at the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans, but what did the rest of the world think?
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So if you took the over for how long the Alicia Keys rendition of the National Anthem would be, you’re going to be collecting some money from your bookie Monday morning. Now I’m not saying that Ms. Keys did a bad job (except for the ending when she decided to make it her own) but [...]
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Alicia Keys performed the National Anthem for Superbowl XLVII and has unoffically broke record for longest National Anthem at the Superbowl at 156.4 seconds according to David Barron of the Houston Chronicle
I clocked Alicia Keys at 156.4 seconds, breaking the SB mark of 152 seconds by Natalie Cole and choir in 1994.
— David Barron (@dfbarron) February 3, 2013
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More than any other sporting event, the Super Bowl is loaded with prop bets. Prop bets are wagers on anything but the traditional point spread or over/under.
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