Alicia Keys is adding her voice to the Super Bowl show.
The Grammy-winning R&B singer has been lined up to perform the national anthem before the NFL championship game on Feb. 3 in New Orleans, a person familiar with Super Bowl entertainment plans told The Associated Press on Friday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the NFL has not yet announced the anthem singer.
Keys, who turns 32 next week, released her fifth studio album, "Girl on Fire," late last year.
The Super Bowl teams will be determined this Sunday, when the San Francisco 49ers play the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC championship game, and the Baltimore Ravens face the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game.
The NFL said in October that Beyonce will be the star of the halftime show at this year's Super Bowl. She sang the national anthem at the 2004 NFL title game in her hometown of Houston.
Others who have performed the national anthem at past Super Bowls include "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson last year, as well as Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond and Mariah Carey.
At the 2011 Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers in Dallas, pop star Christina Aguilera flubbed a line while belting out the national anthem. When she was supposed to sing the words "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming," Aguilera instead repeated an earlier line, with a slight variation -- drawing plenty of attention on Twitter.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 2:03 PM EDT2013-06-18 18:03:44 GMT
Times Square was buzzing more than usual on Monday night as Brad Pitt walked the red carpet for the premiere of his latest movie, World War Z. Pitt plays a United Nations investigator who tries to save the world from a zombie apocalypse.
Times Square was buzzing more than usual on Monday night as Brad Pitt walked the red carpet for the premiere of his latest movie, World War Z. Pitt plays a United Nations investigator who tries to save the world from a zombie apocalypse.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:52 AM EDT2013-06-18 12:52:07 GMT
Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, and how the multiplatinum performer -- who famously rapped "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man" -- continues to leverage his enduring popularity into a successful brand.
Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, and how the multiplatinum performer -- who famously rapped "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man" -- continues to leverage his enduring popularity into a successful brand.
British police are looking into an incident in which celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was repeatedly choked during an argument with her husband, Charles Saatchi, over dinner at a restaurant.
British police are looking into an incident in which celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was repeatedly choked during an argument with her husband, Charles Saatchi, over dinner at a restaurant.
Sunday, June 16 2013 8:20 PM EDT2013-06-17 00:20:52 GMT
"Man of Steel" leaped over boxoffice expectations in a single weekend.The Warner Bros. superhero film earned $113 million in its opening weekend at the boxoffice, according to studio estimates Sunday. The retelling of Superman's backstory earned an additional $12 million from Thursday screenings, bringing its domestic total to $125 million.
"Man of Steel" leaped over boxoffice expectations in a single weekend.The Warner Bros. superhero film earned $113 million in its opening weekend at the boxoffice, according to studio estimates Sunday. The retelling of Superman's backstory earned an additional $12 million from Thursday screenings, bringing its domestic total to $125 million.
Alicia Keys
