Who’s singing the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl? All about Jon Batiste – CBS News
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Updated on: February 10, 2025 / 2:35 AM EST
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Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste sang the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off in the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9 in New Orleans. The multi-Grammy winner opened the game with a lively rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner.” He told Entertainment Tonight last month that he hopes his performance “lasts the test of time.”Here’s everything you need to know about the Louisiana native.Batiste, who is 38, is a Grammy and Oscar winner who is the former bandleader for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” from 2015 to 2022. He also was the co-composer for the Pixar animated movie “Soul.”Batiste comes from a family with deep roots in the New Orleans jazz community, and he began playing drums with the Batiste Brothers Band at age 8. He attended the Juilliard School in New York. Batiste also plays the piano, keyboard, melodica and guitar.His documentary “American Symphony” won a Grammy for best music film this month, along with his song “It Never Went Away” from the documentary for best song written for visual media. Batiste has won seven Grammy awards total in his professional career.Last year, country music icon Reba McEntire sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Trombone Shorty performed “America the Beautiful” with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lauren Daigle. Ledisi performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” colloquially known as the Black national anthem. Along with Batiste, all four performers are Louisiana natives.The halftime show featured rapper Kendrick Lamar, who performed some of his older hits, including “HUMBLE.” and “DNA.” as well as songs from his new album, including “Luther,” alongside singer SZA.Lamar closed the show with the Grammy’s record and song of the year “Not Like Us.”Super Bowl LIX was on Fox, and Fox News livestreamed the major sports event for the first time on Tubi.
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