VIDEO: Alicia Keys Sings 'National Anthem' at SUPER BOWL XLVII
Fourteen-time Grammy-Award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys sang a stirring rendition of The National Anthem as part of Super Bowl XLVII pregame festivities at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans last night. The performance was televised live on CBS prior to kickoff. Check it out below!
Keys returned to the Super Bowl for a third time, the most by any performer in Super Bowl history. She took the stage to sing "America the Beautiful" with 150 students from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind prior to Super Bowl xxIX in Jacksonville on February 6, 2005 and then returned to perform as part of the Super Bowl XLII Pregame Show in Arizona on February 3, 2008. Keys' latest album, Girl on Fire, recently debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart.
Keys is among many great performers who have been honored with singing the Super Bowl National Anthem including: Kelly Clarkson, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth Brooks, Natalie Cole, Luther Vandross, Jewel, Cher, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks and many more.
