The Superbowl is quickly approaching. It airs this Sunday 2/12/23 on FOX and will be held in Phoenix, Arizona. The big focus is on the Halftime Show. Even Adele said she would only be attending the game because of who is performing at the Halftime Show. That would be Rihanna. Rihanna is one of the biggest pop stars in the world. She has 14 number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, over 30 top 10 hits and a dozen more songs that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Rihanna has been an artist fans have wanted to do the Halftime Show for a long time as well as the Superbowl. It was reported that in the past Rihanna has been asked to perform and turned it down. Another exciting thing about Rihanna doing the halftime show now is she has just reserviced on the music front. Rihanna’s last album Anti came out in 2016 which was 7 years ago. Fans are anxiously awaiting her 9^th album which fans have dubbed R9.

Rihanna has a lot going on. She is a businesswoman. She owns Fenty Beauty, a cosmetic company and Savage X Fenty which is a lingerie company. Both are massively successful. She has been in movies. She did Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Ocean’s 8 in the time since her last album dropped. She has done music sporadically since her last album being featured on tracks by DJ Khaled for his song Wild Thoughts which also featured Bryson Tiller, Kendrick Lamar’s song Loyalty, the N.E.R.D. song Lemon, & Party Next Door’s song Believe It. Toward the end of last year, Rihanna released her first music in years with the Oscar Nominated song Lift Me Up for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. The song has so far peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also did another song Born Again which is also part of the Wakanda Forever soundtrack.

There are two big questions for the Halftime Show. What will Rihanna perform out of her huge list of hit songs and will there be any surprise guests? Some of Rihanna’s hit songs include Umbrella featuring Jay-Z, What’s My Name?  & Work featuring Drake, Break it Off featuring Sean Paul, Hard featuring Jeezy, Hate that I Love You with Ne-Yo, We Found Love featuring Calvin Harris, and Stay with Mikky Ekko. Those are just some of the hits. There are also deeper cuts that have featured Slash, Eminem, Nicki Minaj and many others. Rihanna has also been featured on hit songs with Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Shakira, Jay-Z, and tons more. There have been rumors that Rihanna will be bringing guests. The question is who. There is also the possibility that she could use this platform to debut a new song from her long awaited album. It has been said that this could finally be the year that her album gets released. They have been saying that for the past few years now. This would be a great way to get the rollout for the new album going. It has been said that Rihanna is planning on making a big announcement after the halftime show. Could it be the official release date for her album? Could it be the official announcement of her album? Could it the official announcement of her single and an album? Fans are anxiously waiting and hoping for all of the above.

I am excited for the Halftime Show. I think Rihanna will put on a good show. She has a huge catalogue to sift through. This will also be her first televised performance in years. This could be one of many. Since she is Oscar nominated for Lift Me Up, she could perform that song at the Oscars. We only have a week to go for all to be revealed.