Super Bowl LVI halftime show facts for kids
Part of | Super Bowl LVI | |||
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Date | February 13, 2022 | |||
Location | Inglewood, California, U.S. | |||
Venue | SoFi Stadium | |||
Headliner | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar | |||
Special guests | 50 Cent, Anderson .Paak | |||
Sponsor | Pepsi | |||
Director | Hamish Hamilton | |||
Producer | Jesse Collins, Roc Nation | |||
Super Bowl halftime show chronology | ||||
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The Super Bowl LVI halftime show, officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, took place on February 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, as part of Super Bowl LVI. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by NBC, and was the final Super Bowl halftime show to be sponsored by Pepsi. The show was headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, and included guest appearances by 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak. It is the first Super Bowl halftime show to be centered entirely around hip hop music.
The performance was met with critical acclaim and is the first Super Bowl halftime show to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). The show also won the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special and Outstanding Music Direction.
Background
On May 15, 2021, in an interview with Yahoo!, Snoop Dogg expressed interest in performing at the halftime show with other hip hop artists such as Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem.
On September 30, 2021, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced that Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar would headline the show. Blige previously performed at the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show in 2001. The halftime show was produced by Jesse Collins and Roc Nation, and was directed by Hamish Hamilton, who has directed each Super Bowl halftime show for twelve years. Deaf rappers Sean Forbes and Warren "WAWA" Snipe performed as American Sign Language interpreters.
Awards and nominations
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | September 3 and 4, 2022 | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | Shawn Carter, Desiree Perez, Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, Dave Meyers, Aaron B. Cooke, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent | Won | |
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | Hamish Hamilton | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Music Direction | Adam Blackstone | Won | |||
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special | Bruce Rodgers, Shelley Rodgers, and Maria Garcia | Won | |||
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Thomas Holmes, Alex Guessard, Dave Natale, Tom Pesa, Christian Schrader, and Pablo Munguia | Nominated |
Commercial impact
The show had an average of 103.4 million viewers in the 8:15–8:30 PM ET slot, up 7 percent from the previous year's halftime show by the Weeknd. The viewership for the halftime show was higher than the game itself, which was viewed by an average of 101.1 million television viewers.
Following the performance, streams of Dr. Dre's music rose by 185 percent on Spotify. Two of the songs that he performed, "The Next Episode" and "Still D.R.E." from his 1999 album 2001, experienced increases in streaming of 270 percent and 245 percent, respectively. In the end of the week, the album jumped back to the top 10 in Billboard 200 with 30,500 units sold, a 220% increase.
Also on Spotify, Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama" saw an increase of 520 percent, while streams of Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" rose 250 percent.
The following day, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" entered the top 10 of the U.S. Spotify chart for the first time ever. At the end of that week, Eminem's Curtain Call jumped 118 spots to the top 10 on Billboard 200, for the first time since March 11, 2006, at number eight, selling 31,000 units (256% increase). In the United Kingdom, the album jumped back into the Top 10 at number eight.
Set list
- "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" (Eminem and Kendrick Lamar)
- "Lose Yourself" (Eminem with Anderson .Paak on drums)
- "I Ain't Mad at Cha" (instrumental) (Dr. Dre) (Played as a tribute to Tupac Shakur)
- "Still D.R.E." (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent with Anderson .Paak on drums)
See also
In Spanish: Espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl LVI para niños