Usher to headline 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
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Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas.
The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music megastar, who has won eight Grammys, said he's looking forward to performing on the NFL's biggest stage.
"It's an honour of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," Usher said in a statement. "I can't wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they've seen from me before."
Usher launched to superstardom with the album Confessions, which sold more than 10 million units in the U.S. and earned him eight nominations at the 2005 Grammys, winning him three. He lost album of the year to Ray Charles's final album, Genius Loves Company, released two months after the legend died.
Usher, 44, is currently headlining his popular Usher: My Way residency in Las Vegas. He is expected to wrap up his residency in early December before he makes his Super Bowl halftime appearance a couple months later.
The singer has served as a coach on NBC's The Voice and appeared in several films including Hustlers and Light It Up.
Roc Nation founder Jay-Z called Usher the "ultimate artist and showman."
"Ever since his debut at the age of 15, he's been charting his own unique course," he said of Usher, who released his debut self-titled album in 1994. In total, he's released eight studio projects, featuring such hits as U Got It Bad, U Remind Me, You Make Me Wanna, Nice & Slow and Love In This Club with Jeezy.
Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show. Hamish Hamilton returns as director. It's the second collaboration between the NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation.
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