Past 20 Years’ Super Bowl Halftime Rock Star Performers

Super Bowl XLIX (49) is fast approaching and will be played February 1, 2015. We thought we would step away from our wedding topic to mention Rock Star performers of Super Bowl halftimes. When researching Super Bowl halftimes, we found it interesting that the first musician of “Rock Star” status to perform during the Super Bowl halftime in the modern era was NKOTB (New Kids On The Block) in 1991.

Last year’s Super Bowl halftime show was the highest rated/viewed halftime show of all-time. More than 115 million households watched Bruno Mars and Red Hot Chili Peppers perform in 2014. Because of the viewership, the NFL investigated the thought of artists playing to perform at halftime because of the vast exposure.

Super Bowl Halftime Rock Star Performers

2015 Super Bowl XLIX (49) Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz
2014 Super Bowl XLVIII (48) Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2013 Super Bowl XLVII (47) Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child
2012 Super Bowl XLVI (46) Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj M.I.A., Cee Lo Green,
2011 Super Bowl XLV (45) The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash,
2010 Super Bowl XLIV (44) The Who
2009 Super Bowl XLIII (43) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2008 Super Bowl XLII (42) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
2007 Super Bowl XLI (41) Prince
2006 Super Bowl XL (40) The Rolling Stones
2005 Super Bowl XXXIX (39) Paul McCartney
2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII (38) Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock, and Justin Timberlake
2003 Super Bowl XXXVII (37) Shania Twain, No Doubt, Sting
2002 Super Bowl XXXVI (36) U2
2001 Super Bowl XXXV (35) Aerosmith, ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly
2000 Super Bowl XXXIV (34) Tina Turner, Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton
1999 Super Bowl XXXIII (33) Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
1998 Super Bowl XXXII (32) Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, The Temptations, Queen Latifah
1997 Super Bowl XXXI (31) The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi), ZZ Top, James Brown
1996 Super Bowl XXX (30) Diana Ross
1995 Super Bowl XXIX (29) Patti Labelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Tony Bennett, Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine