Pregnant Rihanna managed to put on a sensational halftime show Sunday night during the american football grande finale: the Super Bowl. Wondering how much artists get paid for performing during the famous 30-minute halftime show? Well, absolutely nothing. Then again, the production costs of the performances are funded by the NFL, so flying business class doesn't have to be at your own expense. High time to list the Super Bowl performances with the most production costs.
Dr. DreÂ
The 2022 performance brought together some of the biggest names in rap and hip-hop. For example, Mary J Blige, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg entered the Super Bowl stage together. An estimated production cost for the show was € 18.7 million. Dr. Dre made of this amount € 6.5 million of his own money put in. A total of 117 million people watched the legends live.
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The Weeknd
The 2021 American Football finals were headlined by an appearance by The Weeknd. Despite corona measures, the artist seized his chance to give a memorable performance. Although this required a financial investment on his part. The 33-year-old singer spent a whopping € 5 million of his own assets on the show. According to sources, the total cost of the production comes to about € 15.9 million. Among other things, the millions are said to be in the many effects during the show. For example, The Weeknd performed in front of a Las Vegas backdrop, in an illuminated mirror maze and his closing number included Blinding Lights almost the entire field was filled with background dancers in the same attire.
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Jennifer Lopez & Shakira Â
Initially, Jennifer Lopez was not keen on the idea of sharing the Half Time Show of the 2020 Super Bowl with Shakira. The women had a total of 12 minutes to sing, which they decided to divide into six minutes each. On stage, the stars were joined by Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Emme Muñiz, Lopez's then 11-year-old daughter. To create a stage, NFL put down about €12 million. Fun fact: Shakira had a birthday on the day of the performance. You can think of worse ways to celebrate your birthday....Â
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Lady Gaga
In 2017, in true Gaga style, the singer made an unforgettable impression with her arrival on stage. In a safety harness, she jumped down from the roof of NRG Stadium in Houston. This prank most likely drove up production costs a bit as well, these coming to about € 9 million. This is nothing when you consider that the advertising revenue around the entire game was a small € 450 million.
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PrinceÂ
Prince's 2007 performance is considered by many to be the best Halftime Show of all time. The artist did mash-ups of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," Queen's "We Will Rock You" and Foo Fighters' "Best of You" with his own songs. He closed the performance with Purple Rain including an epic guitar solo, in - yes - the (purple) rain. All this together cost NFL about €11 million.Â
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