In what year did Beyoncé perform the Super Bowl halftime show as the headlining act?

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Beyoncé headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2013.

She performed at Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The set included songs such as “Crazy in Love,” “Love on Top,” “End of Time” and “Halo.” Her former Destiny’s Child groupmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams joined her onstage for a reunion.

The performance became one of the most discussed Super Bowl halftime shows of its era. It followed Beyoncé’s rendition of the US national anthem at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in January 2013, although those were separate events.

The show also preceded the surprise release of her self-titled visual album later that year. Beyoncé returned to the Super Bowl halftime stage in 2016 as a guest during Coldplay’s headlining performance, so the two appearances are often mistakenly treated as the same type of event.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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