National anthem outfit

Reba McEntire performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" in beaded fringe pants, a blazer and a giant belt buckle to open Super Bowl 2024 between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.

The entertainment world lost one of its brightest stars on February 11, 2012, when the incomparable Whitney Houston, just 48 years old and poised to enter the spotlight again in the movie Sparkle, died suddenly in Los Angeles. Here, ESSENCE pays tribute to a talent gone too soon — a groundbreaker whose beauty, ambition, and golden voice inspired Black women across generations.

There’s a lot of pressure for performers tasked with singing the national anthem in time of war or national tragedy. But that’s exactly when Mariah Carey found herself taking the microphone, at the first Super Bowl game after the September 11th attacks on America.

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Grammy award winning Christian artist, Lauren Daigle wowed crowds as she performed the national anthem at the 2020 National Championship game between LSU and Clemson. It was a big night for Daigle as she used her big voice to the maximum for a terrific rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner in…

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At Super Bowl LV, two was better than one when it came to the performance of the National Anthem when Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan offered a stunning rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner."