Monday, August 15, 2016

Adele refused, but what does it mean for a musician to appear in the Super Bowl? – The Observer

The famous event called Super Bowl -the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) football Americano- is probably the most important year in the United States and shows the most attractive sporting event for audiences around the world.

The brands are scrambling to occupy the best space in the massive event in 2016 billed a total of $ 4.4 million for 30 minutes of advertising, becoming far more air expensive US, according to data from Kantar Media.

Beyond the sport, called “show-time” is the most anticipated night for their musical appeal time. Those chosen for this occasion artists are usually the most applauded by the public during the year and, since 1996, they sponsored one of the big brands that advertised on the Super Bowl.

the 51st edition of the Super Bowl, to be held in the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on February 5, 2017 has not yet chosen the artist but has been speculated several names.

candidates

in a survey of readers of Billboard magazine British band One Direction, who announced their separation this year, was the most voted to play in the Super Bowl.

In addition to One Direction, one of the options shuffled Billboard was the singer Adele. However, recently the British refused to participate in this year’s Super Bowl. Adele was blunt with his refusal and said to his fans during a concert in Los Angeles. The singer explained that she was invited to participate. “They were very kind to ask but finally said no.” “I mean, come on, this show is not about music,” he said. The explanation of why you think so is that for young music star the fact of being in the Super Bowl involves a complete dance and entertainment. “I really can not dance or anything like that,” he heard her say at a time.

On the other hand, has also handled the name Beyoncé, who already participated in previous editions like the last one in 2016 and would TENANT in the next venue.


Musicians at the Super Bowl

But what does it mean for an artist to be on stage at the Super Bowl? Next year will mark 50 years since the first halftime show, but it was not until 1972 that an renowned artist made his performance on the main stage of football. That year the jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald, with actress and singer Carol Channing and trumpeter Al Hirt, made a remembered tribute to jazzman Louis Armstrong, who had died in July 1971.

from that time to date, the type of music and how the show has changed radically. The ultimate goal of the musical performance today is more entertaining exuberantly an audience that extends to all screens and reached 112 million viewers live in the United States, only through television.

the emergence of pop

the preferred genre in recent years has been the pop music. In the 1991 edition of the Super Bowl it began to spread this popular musical genre through the performance of musicians like Gloria Estefan and New Kids on the Block. But the highest moment of pop culture at the end of the NFL was in 1993 when the legendary Michael Jackson hit the stage the largest stadium in the United States. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California

Michael Jackson Super bowl

Another top to pop in the Super Bowl moment was achieved by Diana Ross in the 30th edition in 1996 in the city of Tempre , Arizona, when after singing the song Take me Higher , a helicopter arrived and took her away from Sun Devil stadium where the Dallas Cowboys faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

After that there was an intermediate time for pop and rock began to conquer the music scene Super Bowl. In 1997 the eruption of the funk he, with one of his parents, James Brown, and blues with The Blues Brothers. These were accompanied by the rock band ZZ Top Houston.

The beginning of the XXI century meant a return of pop and had to Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears as her main references. In 2000, Aguilera was in the final of the Super Bowl with Enrique Iglesias, Phil Collins and Toni Braxton. “Bizarro and quite gay” and cataloged the middle LGBT The Advocate to this performance in Super Bowl, which took Tina Turner relegated to the start of the event, where he played the American national anthem.

The musical empire MTV shone in 2001 when he was in charge of the music of the Super Bowl and chose to perform a performance full of stars that included humorous performance of Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler. They introduced a mix between pop of ‘N Sync and rock Aerosmith’s hand. This was prior to the concert led by Britney Spears and accompanied by Mary J. Blige and rapper Nelly.

addition to Louis Armstrong Fitzgerald another of the most recent tributes in the Super Bowl was in 2002 when U2 paid tribute to the victims of preying on September 11.

a giant banner behind the band showed the names of the deceased while sounding songs “Beautiful Day, “” MLK “and” Where the Streets Have No Name “in New Orleans stadium. Bond-leader ended his show band- taking off his jacket and showing a shirt with the American flag

From that moment the list of actions was alternating between rock and pop.: Sting (2003), Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake (2004) Paul McCartney (2005), The Rolling Stones (2006), Prince (2007), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2008), Bruce Springsteen (2009), The Who (2010 ).

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake SB

2011 was the year of the return to pop into the Super Bowl, with the Black Eyed Peas at the top. From there and, even though the rock has its share, with musicians like Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Lenny Kravitz-, the reigning genre shows that happen in the middle of the final American football it has been the pop.

Coldplay, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and Gustavo Dudamel were last elected in 2016 artists to provide the multitudinous show mid-game competition held in the Stadium . Levi in ​​Santa Clara, California


LikeTweet

No comments:

Post a Comment