Protection of Tremendous Bowl LVI begins at 10 a.m. Sunday on 9NEWS.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Yearly, an artist is chosen to carol America’s nationwide anthem on the Tremendous Bowl. Music’s most iconic stars, like Beyoncé, Billy Joel, Cher, Aretha Franklin, and Diana Ross, have been amongst these chosen to carry out The Star-Spangled Banner on the most watched sporting occasion within the U.S.
So, who’s singing the nationwide anthem at Tremendous Bowl LVI? This yr, will probably be nation music artist Mickey Guyton. She’ll be gracing the sphere at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Feb. 13 for the 2022 recreation.
Guyton took to Twitter to launch the announcement and specific her pleasure.
“Have a look at God. I’m shook, I’m grateful, I’m reward dancing,” she tweeted.
The Texas native is thought for breaking boundaries along with her hit tune “Black Like Me,” which bares the identical identify as John Howard’s 1961 novel. The tune is about her experiences navigating life and a profession in nation music as a Black girl. Guyton launched the tune in 2020 amid the spur of protests for Black Lives Matter that emerged throughout the nation after George Floyd’s homicide.
The 38-year-old singer made historical past on the Grammy Music Awards in 2021 after delivering a robust efficiency of “Black Like Me,” changing into the primary solo Black girl artist to be nominated in a rustic class for the awards present. She later turned the primary Black girl artist to carry out on the Academy of Nation Music awards.
This would be the second yr in a row a rustic star was chosen to belt out the Star-Spangled Banner. Final Tremendous Bowl, nation singer Eric Church and R&B artist Jazmine Sullivan carried out a duet of the tune.
You’ll be able to watch Guyton carry out the nationwide anthem throughout Tremendous Bowl LVI on NBC at 6:30 p.m.
