The Weeknd will headline the Super Bowl LV halftime show at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
This year's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa will be headlined by The Weeknd.
The three-time Grammy award winner announced the news last November, saying he is "humbled, honored and ecstatic" to perform the famous show. He will take the stage during halftime for Sunday's game between the Chiefs and the Buccaneers, joining performers back to 1967 in entertaining one of the largest audiences in the world.
The Weeknd's 2020 album, After Hours, is the No. 1 most streamed R&B album of all time, and his 80s nostalgic track "Blinding Lights" went five-times RIAA-certified platinum. He has also recently made a number of acting appearances, including in the 2019 film Uncut Gems.
The Weeknd has a tough act to follow after last year's Super Bowl halftime show, which drew more than 104 million viewers, showcased Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
Halftime performances at the title game started as smaller productions, but after Michael Jackson headlined the 1993 show, the league made a more conscious effort to secure big-name performers during the longer-than-normal halftime break.
Performances were also crafted around a theme until 2002, but following U2's tribute to the lives lost in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, themes were dropped from the halftime acts. Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Prince highlight a list of some of the biggest names to perform at football's biggest show.
Here is a complete list of past Super Bowl performers:
2020: Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
2019: Maroon 5 with Big Boi and Travis Scott
2018: Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids along with the University of Minnesota marching band
2017: Lady Gaga
2016: Coldplay, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and the University of California marching band
2015: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott and the Arizona State University marching band
2014: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2013: Beyonce and Destiny's Child
2012: Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green
2011: The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
2010: The Who
2009: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2008: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
2007: Prince and the Florida A&M marching band
2006: The Rolling Stones
2005: Paul McCartney
2004: Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Jessica Simpson, Nelly and Justin Timberlake along with the University of Houston and Texas Southern University marching bands
2003: Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
2002: "Tribute to 9/11 Victims" performed by U2
2001: "The Kings of Rock and Pop" performed by Aerosmith, 'N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
2000: "A Tapestry of Nations" with Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias and Toni Braxton
1999: "Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing" performed by Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
1998: "A Salute to Motown's 40th Anniversary" with Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and the Grambling State University marching band
1997: "Blues Brothers Bash" with the Blues Brothers (Dan Akroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi), James Brown and ZZ Top
1996: "Take Me Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Super Bowl" performed by Diana Ross
1995: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye" with Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine
1994: "Rockin' Country Sunday" with Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd
1993: "Heal the World" performed by Michael Jackson
1992: "Winter Magic" with Gloria Estefan, the University of Minnesota marching band
1991: "A Small World Tribute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl" performed by New Kids on the Block
1990: "Salute to New Orleans and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts," with trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw, Irma Thomas and the Nicholls State University and Southern University marching bands
1989: "Be Bop Bamboozled" with Elvis Presto
1988: "Something Grand" with 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes, Chubby Checker and the combined San Diego State and USC marching bands
1987: "Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary" with George Burns, Mickey Rooney, Grambling State University and USC marching bands
1986: "Beat of the Future" with Up with People
1985: "A World of Children's Dreams" with Tops In Blue
1984: "Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen" with the University of Florida and Florida State marching bands
1983: "KaleidoSUPERscope" with the Los Angeles Super Drill Team
1982: "A Salute to the 60s and Motown" with Up with People
1981: "A Mardi Gras Festival" with Helen O'Connell and the Southern University marching band
1980: "A Salute to the Big Band Era" with Up with People and the Grambling State University marching band
1979: "Salute to the Caribbean" with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands
1978: "From Paris to the Paris of America" with Tyler Apache Belles and Apache Band Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
1977: "It's a Small World" with the Los Angeles Unified All-City band
1976: "200 Years and Just a Baby: A Tribute to America's Bicentennial" with Up with People
1975: "Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer Ellington and the Grambling State University band
1974: "A Musical America" with the University of Texas band
1973: "Happiness Is" with the University of Michigan marching band, Woody Herman and Andy Williams
1972: "Salute to Louis Armstrong" with Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team
1971: Southern Missouri State marching band
1970: "Tribute to Mardi Gras" with Marguerite Piazza, Doc Severinsen, Al Hirt, Lionel Hampton and the Southern University Marching Band
1969: "America Thanks" with the Florida A&M University band and Miami area high school bands
1968: Grambling State University band
1967: The Three Stooges, University of Arizona and Grambling State University marching bands