From Cher to Mariah Carey to Whitney Houston, here are the most star-spangled performances in the big game’s history
The Super Bowl is an enormous night for international television. Each year, more than 100 million people are estimated to watch the game, its advertisements and its halftime show. But it all begins with the performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Super Bowl National Anthem is a great American tradition that has been carried out by some of the greatest voices in pop music history. (And the National Anthem time has become one of the most popular Super Bowl prop bets: the over/under line this year is 120.5 seconds.) The song isn’t easy — it helps if you remember the words, as Christina Aguilera discovered. But there have been many memorable performances. This year, the challenge goes to Jon Batiste. Click through to…
