It’s official! Usher is ready to headline subsequent yr’s Apple Music Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present, he introduced on Sunday (Sept. 24).
“It’s an honor of a lifetime to lastly examine a Tremendous Bowl efficiency off my bucket checklist. I can’t wait to deliver the world a present not like the rest they’ve seen from me earlier than,” the hitmaker stated in a press release. “Thanks to the followers and everybody who made this chance occur. I’ll see you actual quickly.”
With greater than 50 Billboard Scorching 100 chart entries, Usher’s catalog will lend effectively to his Tremendous Bowl efficiency, which is scheduled to happen on the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024. And his many collabs through the years supply loads of alternatives for startling visitor performances throughout his game-day set.
Followers could also be hoping for Lil Jon and Ludacris to affix Usher for his or her 2004 smash “Yeah!” It’s no marvel why: The only stands as Usher’s most profitable thus far on the Scorching 100, peaking at No. 1 and sustaining the highest place for 12 of its 45 charting weeks on the tally.
The R&B crooner has the prospect to dazzle the group with extra membership bangers, both with “OMG” with Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am, or “DJ Received Us Fallin’ In Love” that includes Pitbull. Each tracks, launched in 2010, earned him stable placements on the Scorching 100, peaking at Nos. 1 and 4 respectively, and spending over 30 weeks on the all-genre chart.
Surprises might also be coming for the eight-time Grammy winner’s Tremendous Bowl set if he decides to gradual it down with a romantic throwback (“My Boo” with Alicia Keys), add extra rap moments (“Lil Freak” or “She Got here to Give It to You” that includes Nicki Minaj), and even shine mild on his former protégé (Justin Bieber). Different enormous collabs to doubtlessly hope for? Beyonce and Lil Wayne, who featured on “Love in This Membership Half 2,” and naturally, Jay-Z, who appeared on “Scorching Tottie.”
Who’re you hoping Usher will deliver out throughout his efficiency on the 2024 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present? Vote in our ballot under.
