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  Beyonce and Destiny's Child Score a Post-Super Bowl Sales Touch Down

  February 5, 2013 – On average, companies spent $4 million dollars for 30 seconds of ad time during this past Sunday's Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Beyoncé's halftime show was like a free 15-minute commercial for the singer: While Mrs. Carter didn't get paid for her lights-out performance, she's definitely reaping the benefits of performing in front of music's largest audience. …
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  So Maybe Beyonce Didn't Blow the Superdome's Lights Out

  February 4, 2013 – Those of us who witnessed Beyoncé's Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Spectacular can attest to its singular explosiveness. No, it didn't seem at all out of the ordinary that minutes after Bey launched sparks and fireworks into the air as her silhouetted effigy blazed behind her, the lights in New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome went out. …
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  Beyonce Probably Should've Sung the Super Bowl National Anthem, Too

  February 3, 2013 – You can't help but feel for Alicia Keys, Super Bowl 2013's middle child. She'd already signed up to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before unrepentant lip-syncer Beyoncé delivered the Great Comeuppance at her Pepsi halftime press conference. …
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  Jennifer Hudson and Sandy Hook Chorus Join Super Bowl 2013 Live Performers

  February 1, 2013 – Jennifer Hudson has joined the team of singers performing at the Super Bowl on February 3, according to the Hollywood Reporter.The recent inauguration ball guest will sing "America the Beautiful" alongside the Sandy Hook Elementary School chorus before the big game starts. …
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  Super Bowl XLVII Cheat Sheet: A Guide to the Big Game's Biggest Musical Moments

  February 1, 2013 – Celebrity cameos! Slightly-better-than-usual commercials! Football! The Super Bowl Sunday telecast is so larded with spectacle that the game itself is almost ancillary, but to help manage your TV watching, we've assembled a list of the day's music. Schedule your bathroom breaks and kitchen trips accordingly.1. …
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  Beyonce Tells World to Shove It With Mic-Dropping National Anthem

  January 31, 2013 – Basically, ya'll need to shut up now.At the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show press conference Thursday (January 31), Beyoncé silenced critics by singing an a cappella version of the national anthem that was as powerful and acrobatic as the backing track she was lambasted for using during President Barack Obama's second inauguration ceremony on January 21. …
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  Watch Beyonce Werk in Dance-Heavy Super Bowl 'Countdown' Video

  January 31, 2013 – "Countdown," from 2011 album 4, is one of our favorites — SPIN editorial director Charles Aaron dubbed it a "masterpiece" — but a relative commercial disappointment in Beyoncé terms. The splashy, Boyz II Men-sampling, happy-in-love dance-pop track never got higher than #71 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. …
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  Super Bowl 2013 Adds Gary Clark Jr., Stevie Wonder, and Alicia Keys' National Anthem

  January 22, 2013 – Barack Obama's second inauguration may be forever stained by Beyoncé's lip-sync scandal, but patriotism has another shot at getting it right with Super Bowl XLVII.Alicia Keys, fresh off her Inauguration Ball set, will kick off the pop-friendly Super Bowl on February 3 by singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Though it will be the Girl on Fire star's third appearance at the championship game, the most by any p …
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  Beyonce Will Let Fans Dance (Comparatively Badly) Beside Her at the Super Bowl

  December 28, 2012 – Beyoncé fans unafraid to embarrass themselves by dancing beside arguably the best dancer of this generation will have the chance to join the "Run the World (Girls)" singer during her upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance, the Associated Press reports. …
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  Pop Goes the Super Bowl: 10 Times the Top 40 Touched Down at Halftime

  October 18, 2012 – If you started paying attention to the Super Bowl halftime show after 2004, you could be forgiven for thinking football's big event is inextricably tied to heritage-rock acts like U2, Paul McCartney, or the Who. But when the game stopped booking marching bands and dance troupes as its sideshow in the early 1990s, the first musicians to take its extremely large stage were pop stars. …
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