The 5 best

Superbowl

halftime shows

The 5 best Superbowl

halftime shows.

Published at Petitcodiac Regional School

May 2016

Contents

Introduction: Best Super bowls

#5 – U2

This was a tribute to 911

#4 – Janet Jackson

This was a huge controversy

#3 – Beyoncé

This performance brought destiny’s child together again

#2 – Michael Jackson

The king of pop took the stage

#1 – Katy Perry

This was the biggest super bowl all time

I Thought…

What do you think?

When someone mentions Super bowl most people

think of football

But some of best performances weren’t touchdowns,

they were the incredible halftime shows that are

delivered every year for Super bowl! The popularity of

the halftime increases every year. Each performance is

creative and absolutely amazing.

Ask yourself…

Topic

Artist: U2 Sponsor: E-trade Views: 86 801 views

At Super bowl 36 U2 took the stage.U2 is an Irish

rock band. They delivered an incredible

performance. It’s one of the most memorable

superbowl performances of all time. They had no

special guests for their performance. Read on to

find out more on this amazing superbowl

performance.

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U2

It was one of the most watched super bowl due to the fact it was a tribute to 911.

Quick Fact

This super bowl took place at the Raymond

James Stadium in Tampa bay Florida.

Take Note

Artist

U2 is an Irish rock band formed in

1976.Their genres are rock,

alternative rock and post punk.The

members are Bono, The edge, Adam

Clayton and Larry Mullen jr.They are

signed with three Labels Island, inters

cope and mercury records and are still

ative today.

Costumes

The lead singer of U2 Bono wore a

maroon shirt a pair of sunglasses and

a dark of jeans, but one item stood

out his jacket. It was a normal jacket

or so people thought. The inside of

Bono’s jacket was the American flag

people loved this!

Performance

U2’s performance was one of the most

memorable halftime shows. They had no

special guests and preformed three songs

beautiful day, mlk and where the streets

have no names. There incredible

performance was a tribute to 911 which

took place the year before the super

bowl .Behind them was a screen with all

the victims’ names. It was great

performance but emotional for some.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Janet Jackson

Artist: Janet Jackson Sponsor: Aol topspeed Views: 89 795 views

At super bowl 38 the youngest child of the

Jackson family took the stage. Miss Janet

Jackson.Janet preformed along side her four

special guests P.Diddy, Kid rock, Jessica

Simpson and Justin Timberlake. It’s one of

the most remembered Superbowls read on to

find out why.

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Janet Jackson

Some people think that the wardrobe malfunction was on purpose. What do you think?

Quick Fact

The performance took place at the NRG Stadium

in Houston Texas.

Take Note

Artist

Janet Damita Jo Jackson the youngest of

the musically talented Jackson family

was born May 16 1966.Today at the age

of 50 is still in the music world. The

genres her talent covers are pop, R and

B and dance. Janet is signed with three

record companies A and M, Mirgan and

island records.

Performance

Janet delivered an incredible

performance alongside her special

guests P.diddy, Kid rock, Jessica

Simpson and Justin Timberlake. Her

and her guests performed a total of

nine songs.” Choose to party”,” All for

you”, “Diddy”, “Hot in here”, “Mo

money mo problems”,”Bawitdaba”,

“Cowboy”, “Rhythmnation” and “Rock

your body”. It was great performance

and it’s earned its spot at number 4. Costumes

Janet’s super bowl costume is well

remembered. It’s all because of one

horrific wardrobe malfunction. Janet

wore a black leather jacket with red in

the chest area. All was going good and

then….Janet’s breast was exposed

everyone was horrified. To this day no

one knows if it was planned.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Beyoncé

Artist: Beyonce Sponsor: Pepsi Views: 110.8 million views

At Super bowl 47 the one and only queen B

preformed .Miss Beyoncé Knowles. Beyoncé

delivered an incredible preformence.Alongside her

special guests Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.

It was the second largest Superbowl of all time.

Read on to find out more.

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Beyoncé

Jay-z was going to perform at the super bowl he said that it was his wife’s time to shine. He did not perform.

Quick Fact

This super bowl took place the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans in Louisiana.

Take Note

Artist

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was

born September 4 1981 in Houston

Texas. Beyoncé is a 34 year old pop

and Rand B singer. In her early career

she was a part of Destiney’s child. She

is signed with Columbia records. In

2010 Beyoncé’s single ladies won song

of the year.

Performance

Beyoncé performed a total of 9 songs

with her special guests Kelly Rowland

and Michelle Williams. Beyoncé

performed the songs “Run the world”,

“Love on top”, “Crazy in love”, “End of

time” and “Baby boy”. Then Kelly

Rowland and Michelle Williams

performed “Bootylicious”. Then the

three performed “Independent women

part 1.Then Beyoncé performed “Single

ladies” and finished with “Halo”.

Costumes

Beyoncé wore one costumes

throughout the performance. The one

costume was amazing .Beyoncé wore

a black leather body suit with

detailing at the top. Also she wore

black shear leggings and black knee

high boots. Kelly and Michelle wore

the same.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Michael Jackson

Artist: Michael Jackson Sponsor: Oscar Mayer Views: 90 990 views

At super bowl 27 the king of pop took the

stage. The one and only Michael Jackson.

People went crazy over his performance. It

was the first Super bowl where the crowd

increased for the halftime show. Read on to

find out more on his performance.

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Michael Jackson

Sadly in 2009 Michael passed away from a Cardiac arrest induced by propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication.

Quick Fact

This super bowl took place at the Rose Bowl (stadium) in Pasadena, California.

Take Note

Artist

Michael Joseph Jackson was born

August 29, 1958. The eighth child of

the Jackson family, Michael made his

professional debut in 1964 with his

elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine,

and Marlon as a member of the

Jackson 5.He became a solo artist in

1971.His talent covered genres like

pop, soul,rock,disco,etc.

Genres

Pop ·

soul ·

rhythm and blues ·

funk ·

rock ·

disco ·

post-disco ·

dance-pop ·

new jack swing

Performance

Michael performance blew the crowd

away it was amazing. He performed a

total of 5 songs “Jam”,”Bille jean”,

“Black or white”,” We are the world

“and “Heal the world”. He performed

one part with a choir of 3500 kids as a

montage of Michael participating in

various humanitarian acts played in the

background .Overall in was a great

performance and it was the first

halftime show where the crowd

increased. Costumes

Michael wore an amazing costume. It

was a black suit with a large gold

crisscross detailing on the front of it.It

inspired Beyoncé’s super bowl 50

costume with Coldplay.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Katy Perry

Artist: Katy Perry Sponsor: Pepsi Views: 118.5 million views

At Super bowl 49 Katy Perry took the stage.

Katy is a pop singer, her performance won to

Emmy’s. Alongside her special guests Missy

Elliott’s and Lenny Kravetz.This was the

largest Super bowl of all time. Read on to find

out more.

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Katy Perry

Weird Al fans started a protest so weird Al To perform at the super bowl.

Quick Fact

This super bowl took place at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale,

Arizona.

Take Note

Artist

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born

October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara,

California. Katy started her career as

Katy Hudson in 2001 but it didn’t take

off in till 2008 .She changed her stage

name to Katy Perry after confusion

with Kate Hudson. She is signed with

four record companies Red Hill, Java,

Columbia and capital.

Java·

Performance

Katy delivered the best performance of

all time. She performed nine songs

alongside her special guests. She made

a big entrance on a huge robot tiger.

The songs she performed are “Roar”, “I

kissed a girl”, “Teenage dream”,

“California gurls”,”Get ur freak on”,

“Work it”, “Dark horse”and”Fire work”.

Overall it has earned its spot as number

one.

Costumes

Katy wore four costumes for her

performance. Making all of the

costume changes in under 10 seconds.

First was the flame dress it was based

off a pair of adias shoes. The second

was a bikini dress. The next was a shirt

dress and then the moschino star

gown. All were designed by Jeremy

Scott.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Here are the criteria I used in ranking the best super bowl halftime shows. The movie:

viewers

Creativity

Popularity of the artist

Artist

I thought…

1. Do you agree with my ranking? If you don’t, try ranking them yourself. Justify your ranking with data. You may use my criteria or you may use your own. 2. Here are other performances to consider: Prince, Madonna and Paul Mcartney. Find out more about them. Should they have made my list? Are there others that should be considered?

What do you think?