Rihanna

2022 - 9 - 26

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International icon Rihanna takes center stage for Apple Music Super ... (NFL.com)

Today Apple Music, the NFL and Roc Nation announce international icon, entrepreneur and philanthropist Rihanna will take center stage at State Farm Stadium ...

"We're excited to partner with Rihanna, Roc Nation and the NFL to bring music and sports fans a momentous show — what an incredible artist for the inaugural Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show." We look forward to collaborating with Rihanna, Roc Nation and Apple Music to bring fans another historic Halftime Show performance." "We are thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage," said Seth Dudowsky, NFL Head of Music.

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Rihanna to Perform at Super Bowl Halftime (The New York Times)

The singer's highly anticipated return to the stage will include the first halftime show under the N.F.L.'s new sponsorship deal with Apple Music.

[delivered well-regarded performance](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/sports/football/super-bowl-halftime-performers.html)s which book-ended that of the rapper Eminem. 2 on the Billboard chart in 2017 — and intermittently “I’m about to call it that probably, ’cause they have haunted me with this ‘R9, R9, when is R9 coming out?’ How will I accept another name after that’s been burned into my skull?” Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar and the singer Mary J. “We’re excited to partner with Rihanna, Roc Nation and the N.F.L. officials who had seen him do it in rehearsals. The hometown rap icons Dr. Kaepernick accused the league of blackballing him because of his kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality toward Black people. enters the first year of a Last February’s halftime show in Inglewood, Calif., was the third under Roc Nation’s guidance. in 2019 signed on Jay-Z and Roc Nation](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/style/jay-z-super-bowl-roc-nation.html), the rapper’s entertainment and sports company, as “live music entertainment strategist,” to consult on the Super Bowl halftime show and contribute to the league’s activism campaign, Inspire Change. 12 as the N.F.L.

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Rihanna will perform in Super Bowl LVII halftime show in February ... (ESPN)

The NFL announced that Rihanna is slated to perform in the Super Bowl LVII halftime show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb.

Not my people." "For what? "I couldn't dare do that," she said.

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Rihanna is an inspired choice for the Super Bowl 2023 halftime ... (AZCentral.com)

Minutes later, the NFL, Apple Music (the halftime show's new sponsor) and Roc Nation confirmed that Rihanna had, in fact, agreed to headline the Super Bowl LVII ...

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or 602-444-4495. and PartyNextDoor since then. She turned it down in 2019 in support of Colin Kaepernick and his role in social justice protests. She been featured on collaborations with Future, DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar, N.E.R.D. [Did Taylor Swift turn down the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show in Arizona?](https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/09/23/taylor-swift-super-bowl-halftime-show/8092709001/) 12 in Arizona. [Who should play the halftime show when Super Bowl 2023 returns to Arizona?](https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/02/15/super-bowl-halftime-show-picks-2023-phoenix/6790190001/) The approach she took to squeezing in as many hits as possible in that performance marked her as a natural for the kind of set that seems to work so well at halftime. Rihanna is such a great choice that in February, when we did a story headlined "Who should play the halftime show when Super Bowl 2023 returns to Arizona?," she was on the short list. Other giant hits at Rihanna's disposal include "Take a Bow," "Disturbia," "Rude Boy," "Only Girl (in the World)" and "Diamonds," all of which hit No. [Taylor Swift could headline halftime when Super Bowl 2023](https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/09/23/taylor-swift-super-bowl-halftime-show/8092709001/) hits State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Rihanna took to Instagram on Sunday, her tattooed hand holding an NFL football aloft in a wordless post that said it all. Minutes later, the NFL, Apple Music (the halftime show's new sponsor) and Roc Nation confirmed that Rihanna had, in fact, agreed to headline the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on Feb.

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'A generational talent': Rihanna to perform Super Bowl half-time show (The Guardian)

Singer declined to play the show in 2019, in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. Announcing the news, Jay-Z praised her for surpassing expectations 'at every ...

With sales of more than 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of the bestselling female artists ever. Rihanna earlier said she turned down a similar opportunity for the 2019 Super Bowl, which was ultimately headlined by Maroon 5. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way,” she said of the league. “A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. I couldn’t be an enabler. I just couldn’t be a sellout.

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Rihanna to headline Super Bowl LVII halftime show (The Washington Post)

In 2019, the singer said she had turned down a Super Bowl halftime offer because of how Colin Kaepernick had been treated.

We’re excited to partner with Rihanna, Roc Nation and the NFL to bring music and sports fans a momentous show — what an incredible artist for the inaugural Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.” “Rihanna is an incredible recording artist who is a favorite for many millions of Apple Music customers around the world. We look forward to collaborating with Rihanna, Roc Nation and Apple Music to bring fans another historic Halftime Show performance.” “We are thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage,” Seth Dudowsky, the NFL’s head of music said in the announcement. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Since then, spurred largely by the killing of George Floyd, among other incidents, the NFL has evolved, with Commissioner

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Rihanna will headline the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show (CNN)

Must be NFL on the brain: Pop icon and entrepreneur Rihanna will perform at next year's Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show, the NFL announced Sunday.

“Rihanna is a once in a generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her career.” “A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. The 57th Super Bowl will take place on February 12, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. “We are thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage,” said Seth Dudowsky, the NFL’s head of music, in the statement. [Jay-Z, whose entertainment agency Roc Nation is one of several executive producers on the halftime show](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/entertainment/jay-z-beyonce-family-quarantine/index.html), called Rihanna a “generational talent.” “Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn,” Jay-Z said in the statement.

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Rihanna Confirmed for Super Bowl Halftime Show (Variety)

The singer shared a picture of an NFL-branded football on her Instagram. The post came amid reports that the singer was “in talks” to headline the next Halftime ...

“We’re excited to partner with Rihanna, Roc Nation and the NFL to bring music and sports fans a momentous show — what an incredible artist for the inaugural Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.” That was later disproved by sources close to Swift, who spoke to both [People and TMZ](https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-is-not-headlining-super-bowl-lvii-halftime-show/) and alleged that, although she had been approached by the NFL in the past, the pop phenom had turned down the offer. Sports rights have long been the province of traditional media companies like Fox, Disney, Paramount Global and NBCUniversal, but technology companies like Apple and Amazon have made a bigger play for those rights as they seek to bring in consumers to their broadband subscription-video services. The performance achieved five Creative Arts Emmy nominations and won three Creative Arts Emmys, including outstanding live variety special — a first-ever for the Halftime show. According to a press release issued by the league, the contract with the software company is a multi-year deal. [Rihanna](https://variety.com/t/rihanna/) has slyly affirmed that she will be performing at the [Super Bowl](https://variety.com/t/super-bowl/) LVII Halftime Show in Feb. [Super Bowl Halftime Show](https://variety.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/) stage. Rihanna was also offered to headline the 2019 Halftime show but Although having Rihanna as a Halftime headliner is a logical conclusion on the Roc Nation front, the singer has not released an album since 2016. Roc Nation is also serving as the strategic entertainment advisors of the live performance. She has commented vaguely about two different albums in the years since (and been photographed coming in and out of recording studios), with one being described as a dancehall album. “A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever.

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