Ledisi Performs ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ at Super Bowl LIX — Watch and Grade It!

Rebecca Luther

9 February 2025 at 5:54 pm·1-min read

Ledisi Performs ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ at Super Bowl LIX — Watch and Grade It!

For the fifth consecutive year, a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was part of the Super Bowl pregame festivities, this time delivered by Grammy-winning R&B singer Ledisi.

Backed by the Greater New Orleans High School Choral Collective, Ledisi performed the song — widely regarded as the Black national anthem — ahead of Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, broadcast live from Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

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Watch video of her performance below:

🙏 @ledisi performs "Lift Every Voice And Sing" prior to Super Bowl LIX pic.twitter.com/LapZMgywZQ
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) February 9, 2025

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been part of the Super Bowl’s pregame performance lineup since 2021, when Alicia Keys sang the hymn. Subsequent performers have included Mary Mary (in 2022), Sheryl Lee Ralph (in 2023) and Andra Day (in 2024).

Ledisi has released 11 studio albums since 2000, largely in the R&B genre, and in 2021, she won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance (for her song “Anything for You”). She’s received 13 other Grammy nominations throughout her career, as well as nods from the BET Awards and NAACP Image Awards.

Elsewhere at the Super Bowl LIX pregame, Jon Batiste performed the national anthem, while Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle gave us their rendition of “America the Beautiful.”

Grade Ledisi’s performance in our poll below, then drop a comment with your full reviews.

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