Kendrick Lamar accepts the Record of the Year award for “Not Like Us” onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles.
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Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys on Sunday (Feb. 2), just one week before he headlines the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Not to be outdone, SZA, who is set as his guest performer, won a Grammy of her own.
This brings to 20 the number of Super Bowl halftime performers who have won Grammys that same year. The fairly high degree of overlap isn’t surprising, really. When you’re hot, you’re hot, as Jerry Reed put it in a 1971 hit. The producers of the halftime show are looking to book the hottest show they can. And being hot never hurt your chances of winning a Grammy (though the Recording Academy asks its voting members to focus strictly on artistic merit).
Lamar’s five Grammys included record and song of the year for “Not Like Us.” Several previous halftime performers also won in Big Four categories on Music’s Biggest Night in years they played what has become the world’s biggest stage. Tony Bennett was on the halftime show in 1995, one month before he won album of the year for MTV Unplugged. Christina Aguilera was on the halftime show in 2000, three weeks before she won a Grammy as best new artist.
U2 headlined the halftime show in 2002, a few weeks before they won record of the year for “Walk On.” Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson were featured during Coldplay’s halftime show in 2016, just a week before they won record of the year for “Uptown Funk!” And Anderson .Paak was featured during the all-star hip-hop Super Bowl halftime show in 2022, about two months before he and Mars won record of the year at the pandemic-delayed Grammys for their Silk Sonic collab, “Leave the Door Open.”
Here are all the performers who won Grammys and performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in the same year.
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Tony Bennett (1995)
Halftime Show (Jan. 29): The legendary singer performed alongside Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Arturo Sandoval and Miami Sound Machine. He teamed with Sandoval and Miami Sound Machine on the Duke Ellington classic “Caravan” and with LaBelle on the recent Elton John smash “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King.
Grammys (March 1): Album of the year and best traditional pop vocal performance, both for MTV Unplugged.
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Arturo Sandoval (1995)
Halftime Show (Jan. 29): The Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and pianist performed alongside Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass and Miami Sound Machine.
Grammys (March 1): Best Latin jazz performance for Danzon (Dance On).
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Stevie Wonder (1999)
Halftime Show (Jan. 31): The Motown legend performed alongside Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover. He performed “Sir Duke,” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “I Wish” and teamed with Estefan for a medley of her “You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)” and his “Another Star” and “My Cherie Amour.”
Grammys (Feb. 24): Best male R&B vocal performance and best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocal(s), both for an update of W.C. Handy’s blues classic “St. Louis Blues.” The track appeared on Herbie Hancock’s album Gershwin’s World.
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Phil Collins (2000)
Halftime Show (Jan. 30): The veteran pop/rock star performed alongside Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and Edward James Olmos. He sang “Two Worlds” from Tarzan.
Grammys (Feb. 23): Best soundtrack album for Tarzan
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Christina Aguilera (2000)
Halftime Show (Jan. 30): The newly-minted pop star, then just 19, performed alongside Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and Edward James Olmos. Aguilera is the youngest person to play the Super Bowl halftime show and win a Grammy in the same year.
Grammys (Feb. 23): Best new artist.
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U2 (2002)
Halftime show (Feb. 3): The Irish band had the first post-9/11 halftime show all to themselves. Their set included “Beautiful Day,” “MLK” and “Where the Streets Have No Name.”
Grammys (Feb. 27): Record of the year for “Walk On,” best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal for “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal for “Elevation” and best rock album for All That You Can’t Leave Behind, which included all three of these tracks.
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No Doubt (2003)
Halftime show (Jan. 26): The pop/ska group performed in a co-headlining arrangement with Shania Twain. No Doubt performed “Just a Girl” and teamed with featured artist Sting on The Police’s “Message in a Bottle.”
Grammys (Feb. 23): Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal for “Hey Baby,” the lead single from their album Rock Steady.
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P. Diddy and Nelly (2004)
Halftime Show (Feb. 1): The rappers performed alongside Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, whose headline-seizing performance introduced the term “wardrobe malfunction” to our vocabulary, as well as Kid Rock and Jessica Simpson. Diddy’s set included “Bad Boy for Life” and The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems” (on which he had been featured). Nelly performed “Hot in Herre.”
Grammys (Feb. 8): Best rap performance by a duo or group for “Shake Ya Tailfeather” (which also included Murphy Lee) from the Bad Boys II soundtrack.
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Justin Timberlake (2004)
Halftime Show (Feb. 1): Timberlake and Jackson were performing his hit “Rock Your Body” when things went awry. This was Timberlake’s second Super Bowl halftime show. *NSYNC co-headlined the 2001 show with Aerosmith. The pop star returned in 2018 as the sole headliner.
Grammys (Feb. 8): Best pop vocal album for Justified and best male pop vocal performance for “Cry Me a River.” On the Grammy telecast, Timberlake apologized for the previous week’s incident and performed. Jackson was originally scheduled to perform a tribute to Luther Vandross, but her invitation was rescinded. CBS broadcast the ceremony on a five-minute tape delay. Timberlake has since publicly apologized to Jackson for the way she seemed to take more of the heat for the incident than he did.
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (2009)
Halftime Show (Feb. 1): The band had the show all to themselves. Their set included “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” “Born to Run,” “Glory Days” and “Working on a Dream,” the title track to an album that was released five days before the Super Bowl.
Grammys (Feb. 8): Best rock song for “Girls in Their Summer Clothes,” a track from his 2007 album Magic.
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Usher (2011)
Halftime Show (Feb. 6): Usher was a featured artist during a show headlined by the Black Eyed Peas. will.i.am of the Peas and Usher performed their No. 1 Hot 100 hit “OMG.”
Grammys (Feb. 13): Best contemporary R&B album for Raymond V Raymond and best male R&B vocal performance for “There Goes My Baby.”
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Cee Lo Green (2012)
Halftime Show (Feb. 5): Cee Lo was a featured artist in a show headlined by Madonna. He backed her on “Open Your Heart”/“Express Yourself” and “Like a Prayer.”
Grammys (Feb. 12): Best R&B song and best traditional R&B performance for “Fool for You” (a collab with Melanie Fiona) from his album The Lady Killer.
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Beyoncé (2013)
Halftime Show (Feb. 3): Beyoncé was just the third woman to headline a Super Bowl halftime show on her own – not as part of an ensemble or a co-headlining arrangement. Diana Ross was the first in 1996. Madonna followed in 2012. Her old group, Destiny’s Child, was featured. They sang “Bootylicious” and “Independent Women Part I.” Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams also backed Bey on her solo classic “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”
Grammys (Feb. 10): Best traditional R&B performance for “Love on Top” from her 2011 album, 4.
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Bruno Mars (2014)
Halftime show (Feb. 2): Mars headlined the show, with Red Hot Chili Peppers in support. Mars sang a lot of his hits and backed the Peppers on their 1991 hit “Give It Away.”
Grammys (Jan. 26): Best pop vocal album for Unorthodox Jukebox.
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Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson (2016)
Halftime Show (Feb. 7): Mars and Ronson were featured players during Coldplay’s headlining set. They played their megahit, “Uptown Funk!” in a spot that also included Beyoncé’s “Formation.”
Grammys (Feb 15): Record of the year and best pop duo/group performance, both for “Uptown Funk!”
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Kendrick Lamar (2022)
Halftime Show (Feb. 13): Lamar was part of the all-star hip-hop halftime show along with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak. He sang “m,A.A.d. City” and “Alright” and teamed with Eminem on “Forgot About Dre.”
Grammys (April 3): Best rap performance for “Family Ties,” a collab with his cousin, Baby Keem.
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Anderson .Paak (2022)
Halftime Show (Feb. 13): .Paak was also part of the all-star hip-hop halftime show. He drummed on Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.”
Grammys (April 3): Record of the year and best R&B performance, both for the Silk Sonic smash “Leave the Door Open.”
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Alicia Keys (2024)
Halftime Show (Feb. 11): Keys was a featured artist in a show headlined by Usher. They teamed on her smash “If I Ain’t Got You” and their collab smash “My Boo.”
Grammys (Feb. 4): Best immersive audio album for The Diary of Alicia Keys, a new edition of her 2003 sophomore album.
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Kendrick Lamar (2025)
Halftime Show (Feb. 9): Three years after participating in the all-star hip-hop halftime show, Lamar is back as a sole headliner.
Grammys (Feb. 2): Record and song of the year, best rap song, best rap performance and best music video, all for “Not Like Us.”
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SZA (2025)
Halftime Show (Feb. 9): SZA is the featured artist for Lamar’s show. The two stars shared four Grammy nominations and an Oscar nomination in 2019 for “All the Stars” from the Black Panther soundtrack.
Grammys (Feb. 2): Best R&B song for “Saturn,” a song from Lana, the deluxe edition of her sophomore album SOS.