Country music artist Luke Bryan will be the national anthem performer at Super Bowl LI in Houston, FOX announced Sunday.
Luke Bryan to perform national anthem at Super Bowl LI
The award-winning country music artist will be the first male performer of the Super Bowl’s national anthem in a decade.
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Bryan, 40, is a previous winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards “Entertainer of the Year” award and has sold more than seven million albums.
Lady Gaga was the national anthem performer a year ago at Super Bowl 50, but will be the halftime performer in 2017. Prior to Lady Gaga, it was Idina Menzel in 2015 and Renee Fleming in 2014. Bryan will be the first male performer of the national anthem at the Super Bowl since Billy Joel a decade ago at Super Bowl XLI.
The national anthem at the Super Bowl is one of many things that can be bet on via a lengthy list of prop bets. The length of the anthem is typically the most popular bet and drew controversy in 2016 when Lady Gaga finished the song and then repeated the ending.
For those trying to get a good guess at the length of Bryan’s performance can look at his previous rendition earlier in the 2016 season when he performed before a preseason game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota.
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