Beyonc?e, Chris Martin of Coldplay, and Bruno Mars shared the stage during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. | Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe NFL doesn\u2019t bring back performers too often. Aside from Up With People, who played four times between 1976 and 1986, the league has never repeated the artist who\u2019s headlined the Super Bowl halftime show. Only a handful of artists have even appeared more than once at the halftime show in any<\/i> capacity:<\/p>\n\nJustin Timberlake:<\/strong> He headlined in 2018 and was onstage with Janet Jackson in 2004 when the infamous \u201cwardrobe malfunction\u201d happened. He was part of \u2019N\u2019Sync when it performed in 2001.<\/li>\nBruno Mars:<\/strong> The pop singer was the main attraction in 2014 and joined featured artist Coldplay in 2016.<\/li>\nBeyonce:<\/strong> Queen Bey had top billing in 2013 and was the only performer to grace the stage. Like Mars, she appeared with Coldplay in 2016.<\/li>\nGloria Estefan:<\/strong> She was part of two ensemble performances in the 1990s, one in 1999 and the other in 1992.<\/li>\nAl Hirt:<\/strong> Trumpeter and bandleader Al Hirt performed three times, first at Super Bowl I in 1967 and again in 1970 and 1972.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMadonna, who is one of the biggest pop stars of all time even though she\u00a0hates some of her own hit songs, played just once, in 2012.<\/p>\n
How much do the performers make?<\/h2>\n The Super Bowl halftime show features the most popular musical artists in the United States playing in front of one of the largest audiences putting on some of the\u00a0most memorable shows of all time, so they must get paid a fortune, right? They don\u2019t get anything for playing, according to\u00a0The New York Times.<\/p>\nMichael Jackson was the only Super Bowl halftime performer the NFL opened the checkbook for. | Don Emmert\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Super Bowl halftime performers don\u2019t receive their standard appearance fee, though the NFL pays for all the expenses for the band and its handlers and support staff. The only time the NFL opened the checkbook for a halftime performer was when\u00a0Michael Jackson played in 1993. The league\u00a0donated $100,000<\/a> to his Heal the World Foundation.<\/p>\nEven though the artists don\u2019t get a paycheck, the Super Bowl is still a lucrative gig. Artists usually see album sales jump after playing the show. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers greatest hits album tripled its sales the week after their 2008 performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Super Bowl halftime show is almost as big of an event as the game itself. Here\u2019s how the NFL chooses the performers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1577983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4923,4995],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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