Who Is Performing at the 2025 Super Bowl? All the Stars Taking the Stage on Football’s Biggest Night

Technically, the Super Bowl is football's biggest night — but the musical lineup is often just as anticipated as the game itself.

While fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will tune in for the Feb. 9 game at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans to cheer on their respective teams, so will fans of Kendrick Lamar. In September 2024, the 22-time Grammy-winning rapper posted a YouTube video announcing he would take center stage for the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.

“My name is Kendrick Lamar, and I'll be performing at Super Bowl LIX,” the Pulitzer Prize winner said in the video, which featured him running a football passing machine while coaching a player off-screen. “You know there’s only one opportunity to win a championship. No round tools. Let's get it.”

This will be, however, Lamar’s second time on the halftime stage. In 2022, he made a cameo during Dr. Dre’s show at Super Bowl LVI along with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige.

But, the “Not Like Us” rapper isn’t the only big name at the big game. Other famous artists will perform "America the Beautiful" and two versions of the national anthem before the Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday.

Here’s everything to know about all of the 2025 Super Bowl performers.

Who is performing the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl?

Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, composer and TV personality Jon Batiste will perform the national anthem at Super Bowl LIX. The NFL announced in 2024 that the New Orleans native, best known for his nearly decade-long run as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, would kick off the pre-game acts with “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

In addition to his musical contributions to Late Night, Batiste has also co-composed the score for films like Saturday Night and Pixar's Soul, which won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Grammy. His personal life was the subject of the 2023 Netflix documentary American Symphony, which chronicled his attempt to compose a show while his wife, author and journalist Suleika Jaouad, was undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer.

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Batiste follows in the footsteps of Reba McEntire, who sang the national anthem at Super Bowl LVIII in 2024.

Who is performing “America the Beautiful” at the 2025 Super Bowl?

Trombone Shorty will perform “America the Beautiful” alongside Christian music singer Lauren Daigle during the pre-game show.

Born Troy Andrews, Trombone Shorty’s roots run deep in New Orleans as he performed at the city’s iconic Jazz Fest with Bo Diddly when he was just 4 years old. The Grammy winner has released five albums and toured with big names like Lenny Kravitz, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Foo Fighters. Trombone Shorty has also collaborated with Batiste on his album We Are.

Daigle also hails from Louisiana, where she got her start auditioning for American Idol in 2010 and 2012. The “You Say” singer has since won multiple Grammys and was the first female artist to reach the top 10 on Billboard’s pop and Christian album charts simultaneously.

In 2024, Post Malone performed an acoustic version of “America the Beautiful” during the pre-game telecast for Super Bowl LVIII.

Who is performing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the 2025 Super Bowl?

Grammy-winning R&B singer Ledisi will conclude the pre-game performances with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn often referred to as the Black national anthem.

Outside of her acclaimed jazz and R&B albums, the New Orleans native is also known for her acting credits. She portrayed gospel icon Mahalia Jackson twice — in the 2014 biopic Selma and the 2022 musical drama Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story — and Patti LaBelle in the BET docudrama American Soul.

Ledisi follows Andra Day, who performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the 2024 Super Bowl.

Who is performing the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show?

Kendrick Lamar is headlining the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. The performance is fitting for what’s already been a successful year for the rapper, who took home the 2025 Grammy for record of the year for his hit track “Not Like Us.” In 2024, that rap anthem and two of his other viral singles, "Like That" (with Future and Metro Boomin) and "Squabble Up," scored No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date,” Lamar said in a statement following his Super Bowl announcement. “And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one.”

In January 2025, the Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers rapper announced that SZA would be joining him onstage as a guest performer. The collaboration comes as no surprise, considering that the two artists are about to embark on a U.S. stadium tour starting in April 2025. SZA and Lamar also earned multiple nominations for their 2018 song "All the Stars," featured on the Black Panther soundtrack.

Usher took the stage during Super Bowl LVIII in 2024, along with special guests Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Lil Jon, Ludacris, Will.i.am and Jermaine Dupri.

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