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Rihanna will headline the first Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Apple Music has kicked off its year-end celebration with “The Best of 2024,” a collection of playlists recognizing, well, the best tunes as curated by Apple’s editorial team.

Rihanna will be headlining the first Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, taking to the stadium stage during Super Bowl LVII, according to a post on the Apple Music Twitter account.

Super Bowl LVII, which will be played on Sunday, February 12, 2023 in Glendale, AZ, will mark Apple Music’s first year as part of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Over the coming months, fans can expect to see exclusive details and sneak peeks leading up to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show by following @AppleMusic on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. 

Over 120 million viewers watched The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show live earlier this year, which featured a lineup including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar and marked the first time these five multi-award-winning artists performed together on stage. The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show was awarded three Creative Emmy awards.

Past Super Bowl Halftime Show performances include The Weeknd, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Prince, Madonna and more.

For a free 1 month trial of Apple Music for new customers go to https://www.apple.com/apple-music/ .

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.