With the announcement that Madonna will perform Feb. 5 at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, the onetime Material Girl is slated to take her place alongside other musical heavyweights who’ve performed at the big game. But just where does she rank among them?
Here’s a look at the musical performers from the past two decades of Super Bowl halftime shows, what could be considered the rock/pop/country era — or the post-Up With People era. Included is the number of Grammy wins for each act or group of acts.*
1991: New Kids on the Block
0
1992: Gloria Estefan
3
1993: Michael Jackson
13
1994: Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna & Naomi Judd
9 (1, 0, 2, 6)
1995: Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine
19 (14, 2, 3, 0)
1996: Diana Ross
0
1997: Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, James Belushi), James Brown, ZZ Top
3 (0, 3, 0)
1998: Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, The Temptations, Queen Latifah
10 (4, 1, 0, 4, 1)
1999: Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
25 (22, 3, 0)
2000: Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton
19 (8, 4, 1, 6)
2001: Aerosmith, ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly
17 (4, 0, 1, 9, 3)
2002: U2
22
2003: Shania Twain, No Doubt, Sting
23 (5, 2, 16)
2004: Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, Kid Rock, Nelly
17 (5, 6, 3, 0, 3)
2005: Paul McCartney
14
2006: The Rolling Stones
2
2007: Prince
7
2008: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3
2009: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
20
2010: The Who
0
2011: Black Eyed Peas
6
2012: Madonna
7
But, for what it’s worth, Up With People still leads in overall Super Bowl halftime appearances, with four.
* Excludes Latin Grammys and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards; band totals exclude solo Grammys won by individual band members except in the cases of Prince, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen.
Sources: NFL.com, Grammy.com
