Who is singing the national anthem at Super Bowl 2022? Meet the performer picked for Los Angeles

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The NFL announced the pregame entertainment lineup for Super Bowl 56 on Tuesday, featuring multi-Grammy-nominated artist Mickey Guyton and six-time Grammy-nominated artist Jhene Aiko, among others. 

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Guyton, who recently became the first Black artist to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album of the Year, will sing the national anthem. Aiko will sing “America the Beautiful,” and acclaimed actress Sandra Mae Frank will perform the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” in sign language. 

Other performers include the gospel duo Mary Mary, who will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” with the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles. Thomas Wilkins of the LA Phil’s Hollywood Bowl Orchestra will conduct the song, while Grammy Award-winning artist/DJ Zedd will be the official pregame DJ during player warmups. 

In honor of the Air Force's 75th Anniversary year, the service will conduct a first-of-its-kind flyover over SoFi Stadium during the national anthem. The Air Force Heritage Flight will be a formation of a P-51 Mustang, A-10C Thunderbolt II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, and a F-35A Lightning II.

The NFL previously announced that Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl 56 Halftime Show, which will be produced by DPS with Roc Nation and Jesse Collins serving as executive producers, and Hamish Hamilton serving as the director. 

Here’s everything you need to know about the Super Bowl 56 national anthem, including the full list of singers throughout the game’s history.  

Who is singing the national anthem at Super Bowl 2022? 

On Feb. 1, the NFL announced that country artist Mickey Guyton will sing the national anthem prior to the start of Super Bowl 56. 

Guyton recently released her critically acclaimed debut album Remember Her Name which was hailed by the Associated Press as "a powerful and personal debut" and Slate as a "scorching reclamation of a genre." 

With Remember Her Name, Guyton made history as the first Black artist to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. Title track "Remember Her Name" also landed Guyton with Grammy nominations for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. 

This follows last year's groundbreaking GRAMMY nomination as the first-ever Black female solo artist to earn a nod in a country category (Best Country Solo Performance) for "Black Like Me" which she performed as part of the awards ceremony. "Black Like Me" was named one of the Top 10 all-genre songs of 2020 by NPR, Billboard and Associated Press.  She also co-hosted the 56thAcademy of Country Music Awards on CBS along with Keith Urban and she was recently named CMT's Breakout Artist of the Year.

What time does Super Bowl 56 start? 

The 2022 Super Bowl is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 13. NBC owns broadcasting rights to the game. 

What is the national anthem of the United States of America? 

The United States of America's national anthem is Francis Scott Key's "Star-Spangled Banner," written in 1814.

Past Super Bowl national anthem singers

Super BowlYearPerformer(s)
I1967The Pride of Arizona, Michigan Marching Band and UCLA choir
II1968Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band
III1969Lloyd Geisler of the Washington National Symphony Orchestra
IV1970AL Hirt
V1971Tommy Loy
VI1972U.S. Air Force Academy Chorale
VII1973Little Angels Children's Choir of Chicago's Holy Angels Church
VIII1974Charley Pride
IX1975Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band
X1976Tom Sullivan
XI1977None (Vikki Carr sang "America the Beautiful")
XII1978Phyllis Tell of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
XIII1979Te Colgate Thirteen
XIV1980Cheryl Ladd
XV1981Helen O'Connell
XVI1982Diana Ross
XVII1983Leslie Easterbrook
XVIII1984Barry Manilow
XIX1985San Francisco Boys Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Piedmont Children's Chorus and San Francisco Children's Chorus
XX1986Winston Marsalis
XXI1987Neil Diamond
XXII1988Herb Alpert
XXIII1989Billy Joel
XXIV1990Aaron Neville
XXV1991Whitney Houston with the Florida Orchestra
XXVI1992Harry Connick, Jr.
XXVII1993Garth Brooks
XXVIII1994Natalie Cole
XXIX1995Kathie Lee Gifford
XXX1996Vanessa L. Williams
XXXI1997Luther Vandross
XXXII1998Jewel
XXXIII1999Cher
XXXIV2000Faith Hill
XXV2001Backstreet Boys
XXXVI2002Mariah Carey
XXXVII2003Dixie Chicks
XXXVIII2004Beyonce
XXXIX2005U.S. Army Herald Trumpets and the choirs from the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
XL2006Aaron Neville, Arethra Franklin and Dr. John
XLI2007Billy Joel
XLII2008Jordin Sparks
XLIII2009Jennifer Hudson
XLIV2010Carrie Underwood
XLV2011Christina Aguilera
XLVI2012Kelly Clarkson
XLVII2013Alicia Keys
XLVIII2014Renee Fleming
XLIX2015Idina Menzel
502016Lady Gaga
LI2017Luke Bryan
LII2018P!nk
LIII2019Gladys Knight
LIV2020Demi Lovato
LV2021Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan
LVI2022Mickey Guyton

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