NEW YORK (AP) – R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at next month’s Super Bowl, where the Grammy-winning singer HER will perform “America the Beautiful”.
The performances will take place on February 7 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, before the big game and halftime show starring The Weeknd. It airs on CBS.
Deaf rapper and recording artist Warren “WAWA” Snipe will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language. Emmy-nominated musical director Adam Blackstone will arrange and produce the interpretation of the national anthem by Church and Sullivan.
Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s company, is the executive producer of the break program for the second year. Jesse Collins, who produced the BET Awards and is working on this year’s Grammys and Oscars, will serve as an executive producer.
Sullivan reached the top of the R&B charts in 2008 with his first single and album. She won 12 Grammy nominations and wrote songs for Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson and Monica. Her new album, “Heaux Tales”, debuted at No. 4 on this week’s Billboard 200 album chart of all genres.
Church, 10 times a Grammy nominee, released his debut album in 2006 and topped the country charts with songs like “Drink In My Hand”, “Springsteen”, “Talladega” and “Record Year”. He released several multiplatinum and platinum albums and was voted artist of the year at last year’s Country Music Association Awards.
HER won two Grammys in 2019 and was critically acclaimed for her live performances, including her work as a guitarist. She won awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, BET Awards and Soul Train Music Awards and released R&B hits such as “Focus”, “Best Part”, “Slide”, “Damage” and “BS” with Jhené Aiko.