Who is performing in the Super Bowl LX halftime show?

"What I'm feeling goes beyond myself," Bad Bunny said when he was announced as the halftime performer in September 2025 (h/t NBC News' Trent Moore). "It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown... this is for my people, my culture and our history." 

Who has performed in the Super Bowl halftime show over the years? 

Here's a list of every Super Bowl performer in reverse chronological order:

• 2026, Super Bowl LX: Bad Bunny 
• 2025, Super Bowl LIX: Kendrick Lamar, SZA
• 2024, Super Bowl LVIII: Usher 
• 2023, Super Bowl LVII: Rihanna
• 2022, Super Bowl LVI: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Lamar, 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak
• 2021, Super Bowl LV: The Weeknd
• 2020: Super Bowl LIV: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Emme Muniz
• 2019, Super Bowl LIII: Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi
• 2018, Super Bowl LII: Justin Timberlake, The Tennessee Kids
• 2017, Super Bowl LI: Lady Gaga
• 2016, Super Bowl 50: Beyonce, Bruno Mars and Coldplay 
• 2015, Super Bowl XLIX: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott
• 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 2013, Super Bowl XLVII: Beyonce
• 2012, Super Bowl XLVI: Madonna, Cirque de Soleil, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A and CeeLo Green 
• 2011, Super Bowl XLV: The Black Eyed Peas, Usher and Slash
• 2010, Super Bowl XLIV: The Who 
• 2009, Super Bowl XLIII: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
• 2008, Super Bowl XLII: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• 2007, Super Bowl XLI: Prince, Florida A&M Marching Band
• 2006, Super Bowl XL: The Rolling Stones
• 2005, Super Bowl XLIX: Paul McCartney
• 2004, Super Bowl XXXVIII: Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake, Nelly and P. Diddy
• 2003, Super Bowl XXXVII: Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting 
• 2002, Super Bowl XXXVI: U2
• 2001, Super Bowl: XXXV: "The Kings of Rock and Pop," featuring Aerosmith, N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
• 2000, Super Bowl XXXIV: "A Tapestry of Nations" featuring Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and an 80-person choir 

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• 1999, Super Bowl XXXIII: "Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing" featuring Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover 
• 1998, Super Bowl XXXII: "A Tribute to Motown's 40th Anniversary" including Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations  
• 1997, Super Bowl XXXI: "Blues Brothers Bash" featuring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman and Jim Belushi (also featuring James Brown and ZZ Top)  
• 1996, Super Bowl XXX: "Take Me Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Super Bowl" featuring Diana Ross
• 1995, Super Bowl XXIX: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye" featuring Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine
• 1994, Super Bowl XXVIII: "Rockin' Country Sunday" featuring Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd
• 1993, Super Bowl XXVII: "Heal the World" featuring Michael Jackson and 3,500 local children
• 1992, Super Bowl XXVI: "Winter Magic, salute to 1992 Winter Olympics" featuring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill 
• 1991, Super Bowl XXV: "A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl" featuring New Kids on the Block
• 1990, Super Bowl XXIV: "Salute to New Orleans" and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts' characters, featuring trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas

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• 1989, Super Bowl XXIII: "Be Bop Bamboozled in 3-D" featuring Elvis Presto
• 1988, Super Bowl XXII: "Something Grand" featuring The Rockettes and Chubby Checker
• 1987, Super Bowl XXI: "Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary" featuring actors George Burns, Mickey Rooney, plus Grambling State University and USC Marching Bands
• 1986, Super Bowl XX: "Beat of the Future" featuring Up with People
• 1985, Super Bowl XIX: "A World of Children's Dreams" featuring Tops in Blue 

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• 1984, Super Bowl XVIII: "Super Bowl XVIII's Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen" featuring University of Florida and Florida State University marching bands
• 1983, Super Bowl XVII: "KaleidoSUPERscope" featuring Los Angeles Super Drill Team
• 1982, Super Bowl XVI: "A Salute to the 60s and Motown" featuring Up with People
• 1981, Super Bowl XV: "A Mardi Gras Festival" featuring Southern University marching band 
• 1980, Super Bowl XIV: "A Salute to the Big Band Era" featuring Up with People and Grambling State University marching bands      

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• 1979, Super Bowl XIII: "Super Bowl XIII Carnival" featuring Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands 
• 1978, Super Bowl XII: "From Paris to the Paris of America" featuring Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
• 1977, Super Bowl XI: "It's a Small World" featuring Los Angeles Unified All-City Band with the New Mouseketeers
• 1976, Super Bowl X: "200 Years and Just a Baby" celebrating America's bicentennial featuring Up with People
• 1975, Super Bowl IX: "Tribute to Duke Ellington" featuring Mercer Ellington and Grambling State band
• 1974, Super Bowl VIII: "A Musical America" featuring University of Texas band
• 1973, Super Bowl VII: "Happiness Is" featuring University of Michigan marching band and Woody Herman
• 1972, Super Bowl VI: "Salute to Louis Armstrong" featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team
• 1971, Super Bowl V: Southeast Missouri State marching band and Anita Bryant 
• 1970, Super Bowl IV: "Tribute to Mardi Gras" featuring Marguerite Piazza, Doc Severinsen, Al Hirt, Lionel Hampton, Carol Channing, and Southern University Marching Band

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• 1969, Super Bowl III: "America Thanks" featuring Florida A&M University marching band
• 1968, Super Bowl II: Grambling State University marching band
• 1967, Super Bowl I: University of Arizona and Grambling State University marching bands, in addition to trumpeter Al Hirt 

Has any performer done the Super Bowl halftime show twice or more? 

Yes, Bad Bunny and 10 other artists have performed at the Super Bowl halftime show twice or more. The list includes: Gloria Estefan (1992, 1995, 1999), Stevie Wonder (1994, 1999), Justin Timberlake (2001, 2004, 2018), Nelly (2001, 2004), Bruno Mars (2014, 2016), Beyonce (2013, 2016), Mary J. Blige (2001, 2022), Usher (2011, 2024), will.i.am (2011, 2024) and Kendrick Lamar (2022, 2025). 

Up with People, a song-and-dance ensemble of mostly college students, holds the record for most Super Bowl halftime performances with five (1971, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1986). But Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner from 1960-89, wasn't a fan. In a meeting a day after Super Bowl XX in New Orleans in January 1986, he reportedly said he never again wanted to hear the three words "Up with People."

Who performed at the first Super Bowl halftime show? 

The University of Arizona and Grambling State marching bands, along with trumpeter Al Hirt, performed at the halftime show of Super Bowl I in Los Angeles in January 1967. Pop artists and groups didn't start performing at the halftime show until the 1990s.

Arizona's marching band started the show and Grambling State's joined later. The first song choice was peculiar. The show kicked off with the title song from "The Sound of Music," the 1965 Disney movie starring Julie Andrews. At least the stands were alive with the sound of... well, you should know how the song goes. 

What were the most controversial Super Bowl halftime shows? 

Who could forget Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston in February 2005? At the end of the performance, co-performer Timberlake tore off a piece of her costume while singing "Rock Your Body," exposing her right breast. CBS cameras tried to cut away, but it was too late. 

The FCC fined CBS and its affiliates a record $550K, launching a prolonged legal battle that ended in the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2012. The Supreme Court let stand a court of appeals ruling that reversed the fines. 

The incident derailed Jackson's career. Timberlake's reputation, though, remained relatively unscathed.

Singer and rapper M.I.A. flipped the bird during an appearance with Madonna in Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis in February 2012, which prompted more legal action. The NFL subsequently sued the Sri Lankan artist for $16.6M. Both parties settled in August 2014.

M.I.A.'s popularity has waned. The artist released her last album, "Mata," in October 2022 to little fanfare.