The Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
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in
as part of
Super Bowl XLVII
Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ...
.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
headlined with special guests
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl ...
and
Michelle Williams from
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas. After years of limited ...
. It was critically acclaimed, becoming the then second most watched show in Super Bowl history with 110.8 million viewers, behind the previous year's
Super Bowl XLVI halftime show record.
The show was produced by
Ricky Kirshner Ricky Kirshner is an Emmy-winning television producer.
Kirshner has won nine Emmy Awards out of 26 nominations.
Early life
Kirshner was born the son of media mogul Don Kirshner.
Career
Kirshner partnered with Glenn Weiss to create White Cherry En ...
, directed by
Hamish Hamilton
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, and choreographed by Frank Gatson Jr. Critics commented that Beyoncé once more proved her abilities during live performances. The performance, and the stadium blackout that followed, generated more than 299,000 tweets per minute, making it the most-tweeted moment in the history of
Twitter
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. It was the first
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History
Pepsi was ...
sponsored halftime show since
Prince
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's performance in
Super Bowl XLI
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.
Background
In October 2012, news sources confirmed Beyoncé would headline the halftime show at the
Super Bowl XLVII
Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ...
. Beyoncé made the announcement on her website prior to the
National Football League
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's confirmation by posting an image of her face with the date of the game stenciled into
eye black
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.
Lisa de Moraes of ''
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'' quipped that she would become the first "female solo artist under the age of AARP eligibility" to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
Initial reports mentioned that Beyoncé's husband,
Jay-Z
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was a potential collaborator on the show. However, he did not appear during the show, and a source told to ''
Us Weekly
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'' that he changed his decision at the last minute as he wanted the performance "to be her moment and didn't want to take away from it".
Development
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The halftime show was produced by
Ricky Kirshner Ricky Kirshner is an Emmy-winning television producer.
Kirshner has won nine Emmy Awards out of 26 nominations.
Early life
Kirshner was born the son of media mogul Don Kirshner.
Career
Kirshner partnered with Glenn Weiss to create White Cherry En ...
and directed by
Hamish Hamilton
Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton (''Hamish'' is the vocative form of the Gaelic Seumas eaning James ''James'' the English form – which was ...
.
[ During the performance Beyoncé was dressed in an oversized black jacket, lace-and-leather bodysuit and thigh-high stockings.] Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams were also dressed in a matching "black-leather dominatrix-wear", as stated by David Rooney of ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Two logos of Beyoncé's portraits opposite each other were put on stage and the show began with Beyoncé emerging from the floor between them while a blaze of flames also appeared on stage. Throughout the performance, she was backed by her all-female band, her back-up dancers as well as the Saintsations, a 32-girl cheerleader troupe of host-city New Orleans team the Saints and a horn section made up of female musicians.
Following Beyoncé's performance of the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written on September 14, 1814, by 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the b ...
" at President Obama's second inauguration on January 21, 2013, she was accused for lip sync
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Audio for lip syncing is generated thr ...
. During a news conference where she discussed her halftime performance, she admitted that she sang the song along with a pre-recorded track during the ceremony, but confirmed that she's going to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show, saying "I will absolutely be singing live... This is what I was born to do, what I was born for. I've had a 16-year career. All the things I've done have prepared me for this." Following her performance at the halftime show, Jon Caramanica of ''The New York Times'' wrote that Beyoncé, who wasn't "used to having her reputation impugned", silenced the "doubters" who criticized her after the performance at the inauguration. Randall Roberts of the ''Los Angeles Times'' also wrote in his review: "As she danced and asked that the crowd clap along, her microphone hand made an audible thump. It was loud and obvious. And it proved something true: The mike was live, and our singer was too."
Synopsis
A countdown to the halftime show began under the music for "Countdown
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". It then opened with an instrumental portion of "Run the World (Girls)
"Run the World (Girls)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her fourth studio album '' 4'' (2011), released as the lead single from the album on April 21, 2011. It was written and produced by R&B singer The-Dream and Beyoncé, w ...
" and Beyoncé ascended on a stage lift while a Vince Lombardi
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speech was heard in the background:
Then Beyoncé started singing an a cappella
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version of the chorus of " Love on Top" which later led to a performance of "Crazy in Love
"Crazy in Love" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, featuring a rap verse and ad-libs from her future husband Jay-Z from her debut solo studio album '' Dangerously in Love'' (2003). The song was released as her official debut single ...
" when as stated by Jon Caramanica of ''The New York Times'' Beyoncé was "virtually growling, giving that song a ferocity it has never before had". Beyoncé went on the perform " End of Time" which began with stomping dance. A performance of " Baby Boy" followed when Beyoncé danced while screens behind and below her projected clones
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of herself dancing the same choreography. Former Destiny's Child
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members Kelly Rowland
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and Michelle Williams joined her on stage, after being launched off the floor to perform "Bootylicious
"Bootylicious" is a song recorded by American group Destiny's Child for their third studio album ''Survivor (Destiny's Child album), Survivor'' (2001). It was written and produced by Rob Fusari, Beyoncé and Falonte Moore. The song contains a pro ...
" and "Independent Women Part I
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" from the ''Charlie's Angels
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'' soundtrack which they finished with a pose in the form of the film's lead female characters. They continued with a version of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her third studio album, '' I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). Columbia Records released "Single Ladies" as a single on October 13, 2008, as a double A-side alon ...
". After they left the stage, Beyoncé said to the crowd, "Everybody put your hands toward me – I want to feel your energy!" and ended the show with an "emotional" rendition of "Halo
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* Halo (optical phenomenon)
* Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head
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* ''Halo'' (franch ...
". After her last song, Beyoncé told the crowd, "Thank you for this moment. God bless y'all".
Reception
Critical
Beyoncé's performance was widely acclaimed by critics. Randall Roberts of the ''Los Angeles Times
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'' commented that Beyoncé's performance at the half time show "reconfirms her skills as a live performer, silencing anyone who might have wondered about them in the wake of a certain revelation." David Rooney of ''The Hollywood Reporter
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'' wrote: "Continuing in the vein of Madonna
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in 2012, eyoncésteered the Super Bowl halftime show away from dad rock to embrace girl power." Melinda Newman of the website HitFix
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commented: "In a Super Bowl half-time performance that was as frenetic as it was fierce, eyoncédelivered a sexy segment that was part Victoria's Secret fashion show, part tutorial on how to dazzle an audience." Jon Caramanica of ''The New York Times
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'' praised the performance at the show, commenting that "for 12 or so minutes... she balanced explosions and humanity, imperiousness with warmth, an arena-ready sense of scale with a microscopic approach to the details of her vocals. Amid all the loudness were small things to indicate Beyoncé was answering her skeptics, quietly but effectively." He finished his review with the conclusion that Beyoncé "the machine had made her point" and that the performance was "proof of life". Jim Farber of '' Daily News'' wrote in his review of the performance that "It's hard to think of a star better suited to the Super Bowl than she is". Dan Hyman of ''Rolling Stone
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'' magazine wrote in his review that Beyoncé "flaunted her supreme vocal and dancing chops throughout the halftime show" and added that the set's biggest moment was when she was joined on stage by her former bandmates. Rob Sheffield of the same publication praised the performance of Beyoncé's guitarist Bibi McGil during the show, commenting that it was a "ready-made obligatory-Slash-cameo guitar solo". He finished his review by writing, "The actual game wasn't bad, either. Sorry, 49ers. But there's no question who the night belonged to: Beyoncé."
Recognition
In March 2013, Michael Hogan of ''The Observer
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'' put the performance in his list of "The 10 best Beyoncé moments – in pictures". Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show received three nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards
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which took place on September 22, 2013. It was nominated in the categories for Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs; Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special; and Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special eventually winning in the last category. In next year, the performance was nominated for Best Awards, Music, or Game Shows at 2014 Art Directors Guild
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.
Media
Nielsen ratings
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confirmed that the 2013 show was watched by 110.8 million viewers, thus becoming the sixth most watched halftime show in the history after Madonna's Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show
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with 115.3 million viewers, Coldplay's Super Bowl 50 halftime show
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with 115.5 million viewers, Lady Gaga's Super Bowl LI halftime show
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with 117.5 million viewers, and Katy Perry's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with 118.5 million viewers. Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show became the most tweeted-about moment in Twitter
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history with 268,000 tweets per minute.
In the week ending February 10, 2013, Beyoncé sold 220,000 digital song downloads in the US, while Destiny's Child sold 60,000; up 80% and 36% on the previous week, respectively.
Set list
#"Run the World (Girls)
"Run the World (Girls)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her fourth studio album '' 4'' (2011), released as the lead single from the album on April 21, 2011. It was written and produced by R&B singer The-Dream and Beyoncé, w ...
" (Intro) (Vince Lombardi
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"Excellence" speech voiceover)
#" Love on Top"
#"Crazy in Love
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"
#" End of Time"
#" Baby Boy"
#"Bootylicious
"Bootylicious" is a song recorded by American group Destiny's Child for their third studio album ''Survivor (Destiny's Child album), Survivor'' (2001). It was written and produced by Rob Fusari, Beyoncé and Falonte Moore. The song contains a pro ...
" (Destiny's Child
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)
#"Independent Women Part I
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" (Destiny's Child)
#"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her third studio album, '' I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). Columbia Records released "Single Ladies" as a single on October 13, 2008, as a double A-side alon ...
" (Destiny's Child)
#"Halo
Halo, halos or haloes usually refer to:
* Halo (optical phenomenon)
* Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head
HALO, halo, halos or haloes may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Video games
* ''Halo'' (franch ...
"
Set list adapted from BBC.
See also
* 2013 in American music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in the United States.
Notable events January
*8 – American Alternative Rock duo Twenty One Pilots released their third and major-label debut album Vesse ...
* 2013 in American television
References
External links
Beyoncé's official website
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