Super Bowl LVI halftime show facts for kids

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Super Bowl LVI halftime show

Part of	Super Bowl LVI
Date	February 13, 2022
Location	Inglewood, California, U.S.
Venue	SoFi Stadium
Headliner	Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar
Special guests	50 Cent, Anderson .Paak
Sponsor	Pepsi
Director	Hamish Hamilton
Producer	Jesse Collins, Roc Nation
Super Bowl halftime show chronology
LV (2021) LVI (2022) LVII (2023)

The Super Bowl LVI halftime show, officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, took place on February 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, as part of Super Bowl LVI. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by NBC, and was the final Super Bowl halftime show to be sponsored by Pepsi. The show was headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, and included guest appearances by 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak. It is the first Super Bowl halftime show to be centered entirely around hip hop music.

The performance was met with critical acclaim and is the first Super Bowl halftime show to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). The show also won the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special and Outstanding Music Direction.

Background

On May 15, 2021, in an interview with Yahoo!, Snoop Dogg expressed interest in performing at the halftime show with other hip hop artists such as Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem.

On September 30, 2021, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced that Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar would headline the show. Blige previously performed at the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show in 2001. The halftime show was produced by Jesse Collins and Roc Nation, and was directed by Hamish Hamilton, who has directed each Super Bowl halftime show for twelve years. Deaf rappers Sean Forbes and Warren "WAWA" Snipe performed as American Sign Language interpreters.

Awards and nominations

Commercial impact

The show had an average of 103.4 million viewers in the 8:15–8:30 PM ET slot, up 7 percent from the previous year's halftime show by the Weeknd. The viewership for the halftime show was higher than the game itself, which was viewed by an average of 101.1 million television viewers.

Following the performance, streams of Dr. Dre's music rose by 185 percent on Spotify. Two of the songs that he performed, "The Next Episode" and "Still D.R.E." from his 1999 album 2001, experienced increases in streaming of 270 percent and 245 percent, respectively. In the end of the week, the album jumped back to the top 10 in Billboard 200 with 30,500 units sold, a 220% increase.

Also on Spotify, Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama" saw an increase of 520 percent, while streams of Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" rose 250 percent.

The following day, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" entered the top 10 of the U.S. Spotify chart for the first time ever. At the end of that week, Eminem's Curtain Call jumped 118 spots to the top 10 on Billboard 200, for the first time since March 11, 2006, at number eight, selling 31,000 units (256% increase). In the United Kingdom, the album jumped back into the Top 10 at number eight.

Set list

1. "The Next Episode" (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
2. "California Love" (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
3. "In da Club" (50 Cent)
4. "Family Affair" (Mary J. Blige)
5. "No More Drama" (Mary J. Blige)
6. "M.A.A.D City" (Kendrick Lamar)
7. "Alright" (Kendrick Lamar)
8. "Forgot About Dre" (Eminem and Kendrick Lamar)
9. "Lose Yourself" (Eminem with Anderson .Paak on drums)
10. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" (instrumental) (Dr. Dre) (Played as a tribute to Tupac Shakur)
11. "Still D.R.E." (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent with Anderson .Paak on drums)

See also

In Spanish: Espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl LVI para niños