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31 Sports & Music Power Players Pick Their Favorite Super Bowl Halftime Shows


Billboard's 2025 Sports & Music Power Players choose their favorite halftime show performers, including Prince, Dr. Dre, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and U2.

I do have to give honorable mentions to Rihanna in 2023 and Dr. Dre and friends in 2022 because I remember feeling a change around what major sports leagues and broadcasters considered classic, iconic artists and entertainment. I’ll never forget hearing the first notes of “Where the Streets Have No Name,” with the list of the victims projected in the background — it was an incredibly moving music performance and heartfelt tribute, a moment for hope and unity that resonated well beyond the US borders. It was a great honor to serve as Chairman of the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee in 2022, and that year’s halftime show with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and our client Kendrick Lamar was quintessential for L.A.

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