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Demi Lovato to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl

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Demi Lovato, who was announced this week as a performer at the Grammy Awards, will sing the National Anthem a week later as part of Super Bowl LIV pregame festivities at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Sunday, February 2, the NFL and the Fox network announced today.

The pregame show, including the National Anthem, will be broadcast live worldwide.

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Lovato will join a prestigious line up of Super Bowl National Anthem performers that includes Gladys Knight, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Luke Bryan, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Joel, P!NK, Jordin Sparks, Idina Menzel, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Neil Diamond.

In addition, on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), Christine Sun Kim, internationally renowned sound artist and performer, will sign the National Anthem in American Sign Language.

The appearance, combined with the Grammy performance, marks a big return for Lovato, who has been recovering from a July 2018 drug overdose and subsequent hospitalization. However, it will not be her first high-profile appearance: In November, Lovato took the stage at the Teen Vogue Summit for a frank interview with editor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner, a move that she admitted filled her with some trepidation.

“I’ve gone through a lot, and this is really my first public thing, so I’m a little nervous,” Lovato said before the audience at L.A.’s Goya Studios. “Over the past year, I’ve learned a ton. I feel like I’m more in tune with who I am now, where I’m at today.”

Sources tell Variety Lovato will be releasing new music in the coming weeks.

The NFL previously announced that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show. The pregame and halftime shows are an NFL Network Production and will be executive produced by Ricky Kirshner.

SUPER BOWL NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMERS

Super Bowl

Performer

Super Bowl

Performer

Super Bowl I

Universities of Arizona & Michigan Bands

Super Bowl XXVIII

Natalie Cole with Atlanta University Center Chorus (Signed by Courtney Keel Foley)

Super Bowl II

Grambling University Band

Super Bowl XXIX

Kathie Lee Gifford (Signed by Heather Whitestone)

Super Bowl III

Anita Bryant (Pledge of Allegiance by Apollo Astronauts)

Super Bowl XXX

Vanessa Williams (Signed by Mary Kim Titla)

Super Bowl IV

Al Hirt (Pledge of Allegiance by Astronauts)

Super Bowl XXXI

Luther Vandross (Signed by Erika Schwarz)

Super Bowl V

Tommy Loy (trumpeter)

Super Bowl XXXII

Jewel (Signed by Phyllis Frelich)

Super Bowl VI

U.S. Air Force Academy Chorale

Super Bowl XXXIII

Cher (Signed by Speaking Hands)

Super Bowl VII

Andy Williams & Little Angels of Holy Angels Church (Chicago) Pledge of Allegiance by Apollo 17 crew

Super Bowl XXXIV

Faith Hill (Signed by Briarlake Elementary School Signing Choir)

Super Bowl VIII

Charlie Pride

Super Bowl XXXV

Backstreet Boys (Signed by Tom Cooney)

Super Bowl IX

Grambling University Band with Mardi Gras Chorus

Super Bowl XXXVI

Mariah Carey (Signed by Joe Narcisse

Super Bowl X

Tom Sullivan

Super Bowl XXXVII

Dixie Chicks (Signed by Janet Maxwell);
“God Bless America” performed by Celine Dion

Super Bowl XI

Vicki Carr (America the Beautiful)

Super Bowl XXXVIII

Beyoncé Knowles (Signed by Suzanna Christy)

Super Bowl XII

Phyllis Kelly of NE Louisiana State University

Super Bowl XXXIX

More than 100 representatives from the four branches of the military (Signed by Wesley Tallent)

Super Bowl XIII

Colgate University Thirteen

Super Bowl XL

Aaron Neville and Dr. John with Aretha Franklin & Detroit based 150-member choir (Signed by Angela LaGuardia of Michigan School for Deaf).

Super Bowl XIV

Cheryl Ladd

Super Bowl XLI

Billy Joel (Signed by Marlee Matlin and Jason Hay-Southwell)

Super Bowl XV

Helen O’Connell

Super Bowl XLII

Jordin Sparks (Signed by A Dreamer)

Super Bowl XVI

Diana Ross

Super Bowl XLIII

Jennifer Hudson (Signed by Kristen Santos)

Super Bowl XVII

Leslie Easterbrook

Super Bowl XLIV

Carrie Underwood (Signed by Kinesha Battles)

Super Bowl XVIII

Barry Manilow

Super Bowl XLV

Christina Aguilera (Signed by Candice Villesca)

Super Bowl XIX

Children’s Choir of San Francisco

Super Bowl XLVI

Kelly Clarkson (Signed by Rachel Mazique)

Super Bowl XX

Wynton Marsalis

Super Bowl XLVII

Alicia Keys (Signed by John Maucere)

Super Bowl XXI

Neil Diamond

Super Bowl XLVIII

Renée Fleming (Signed by Amber Zion)

Super Bowl XXII

Herb Alpert

Super Bowl XLIX

Idina Menzel (Signed by Treshelle Edmond)

Super Bowl XXIII

Billy Joel

Super Bowl 50

Lady Gaga (Signed by Marlee Matlin)

Super Bowl XXIV

Aaron Neville

Super Bowl LI

Luke Bryan (Signed by Kriston Pumphrey)

Super Bowl XXV

Whitney Houston

Super Bowl LII

P!NK (Signed by Alexandria Wailes)

Super Bowl XXVI

Harry Connick, Jr. (Signed by Lori Hilary)

Super Bowl LIII

Gladys Knight (Signed by Aarron Loggins)

Super Bowl XXVII

Garth Brooks (Signed by Marlee Matlin)

Super Bowl LIV

Demi Lovato (Signed by Christine Sun Kim)

 

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