Chris Stapleton (Photo by Becky Fluke)
Country Music At The Super Bowl
Chris Stapleton will sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl this Sunday, and while he’s following in some very big footsteps, not that many of them when it comes to country stars.
He’ll be just the 9th country artist to do it.
What’s surprising is how the Super Bowl has almost ignored country stars when it comes to performing at the big game.
Here’s a quick list of stars who’ve performed over the past 50-plus years.
1. National Anthems: Charley Pride was the first country singer to do it in 1974, and also the first PERSON to do it on their own. Before that, it was always instrumental or done by a choir.
The other seven are:
Garth Brooks in 1993.
Faith Hill in 2000.
The Chicks in 2003.
Carrie Underwood in 2010.
Luke Bryan in 2017
Mickey Guyton in 2022
Eric Church was on guitar when R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan sang it in 2021.
2. Halftime Shows: A country star hasn’t been featured in one for 20 YEARS. The last time was Shania Twain in 2003. Even then, she shared the stage with Sting and No Doubt.
Before that, Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, and The Judds did the halftime show in 1994.
3. “America the Beautiful”: Faith Hill sang it in 2009, and Miranda Lambert did it with Blake Shelton in 2012.
As you can see, NOT a lot of country stars have performed at the Super Bowl.
