Rihanna

Singer declined to play the show in 2019, in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. Announcing the news, Jay-Z praised her for surpassing expectations 'at every ...

With sales of more than 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of the bestselling female artists ever. Rihanna earlier said she turned down a similar opportunity for the 2019 Super Bowl, which was ultimately headlined by Maroon 5. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way,” she said of the league. “A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. I couldn’t be an enabler. I just couldn’t be a sellout.

The singer's highly anticipated return to the stage will include the first halftime show under the N.F.L.'s new sponsorship deal with Apple Music.

[delivered well-regarded performance](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/sports/football/super-bowl-halftime-performers.html)s which book-ended that of the rapper Eminem. 2 on the Billboard chart in 2017 — and intermittently “I’m about to call it that probably, ’cause they have haunted me with this ‘R9, R9, when is R9 coming out?’ How will I accept another name after that’s been burned into my skull?” Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar and the singer Mary J. “We’re excited to partner with Rihanna, Roc Nation and the N.F.L. officials who had seen him do it in rehearsals. The hometown rap icons Dr. Kaepernick accused the league of blackballing him because of his kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality toward Black people. enters the first year of a Last February’s halftime show in Inglewood, Calif., was the third under Roc Nation’s guidance. in 2019 signed on Jay-Z and Roc Nation](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/style/jay-z-super-bowl-roc-nation.html), the rapper’s entertainment and sports company, as “live music entertainment strategist,” to consult on the Super Bowl halftime show and contribute to the league’s activism campaign, Inspire Change. 12 as the N.F.L.

In 2019, the singer said she had turned down a Super Bowl halftime offer because of how Colin Kaepernick had been treated.

We’re excited to partner with Rihanna, Roc Nation and the NFL to bring music and sports fans a momentous show — what an incredible artist for the inaugural Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.” “Rihanna is an incredible recording artist who is a favorite for many millions of Apple Music customers around the world. We look forward to collaborating with Rihanna, Roc Nation and Apple Music to bring fans another historic Halftime Show performance.” “We are thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage,” Seth Dudowsky, the NFL’s head of music said in the announcement. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Since then, spurred largely by the killing of George Floyd, among other incidents, the NFL has evolved, with Commissioner