Billy Joel will sing the National Anthem for the Super Bowl
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Grammy-Award winning performer
BILLY JOEL will sing the National Anthem during the SUPER BOWL XLI PREGAME SHOW
on CBS at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 4, the NFL
announced today. Joel becomes the first performer to sing the National Anthem
twice in the Super Bowl.
Joel, who has won six Grammys and been nominated
for 23 total, is one of the world’s most-popular recording artists. His
extensive list of accomplishments includes selling more than 100 million
records, 33 Top 40 hits. He was awarded the Grammy Legend Award (1991), inducted
into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992) and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
(1999).
Super Bowl XL was watched by more than 141 million viewers in
the U.S. last year. It is annually the nation’s highest-rated TV program and the
most-watched single-day sporting event. The game will be broadcast to a
potential worldwide audience of 1 billion in more than 230 countries and
territories.
This marks the second time Billy Joel has performed the
National Anthem at the Super Bowl in South Florida; he was featured in the Super
Bowl XXIII pregame show in Miami in 1989.
Joel is among many great
performers who have been honored with singing the Super Bowl National Anthem
including: Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth
Brooks, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams, Luther Vandross, Jewel, Cher, Faith
Hill, the Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Beyonce Knowles and many
more. See below for a complete list of National Anthem performers from past
Super Bowls.
Lets just hope he doesn’t get beat up
