celeb news Official: Usher for Super Bowl HT 2024

[HEAVYONIT]

SuperBowl halftime shows were traditionally for artists whose careers were basically already over, so Usher fits in perfect for this 

[madonnafan18]

I was hoping for N*SYNC, but this is a great choice.

[Mystical]

Just now, Espresso said:

I honestly don’t get proud idiocy like this. Google and Wikipedia are free. His Billboard Hot 100 history has been posted here already.

 

Reported for ageism too by the way.

Who cares? Ask anyone below 30 outside the US to name a single song of his… there will be silence. 

[Draper.]

10 minutes ago, FLAallday said:

You Make Me Wanna

You Remind Me

Nice & Slow

Confessions

Burn

My Boo(Alicia Keys appearance)

Yeah!(Lil John and Ludacris appearance)

OMG

DJ Got Us Falling In Love

Climax

I could see a REAL cute set list 

Love In This Club is a must tho 

[CBC]

8 minutes ago, Mystical said:

So his last hit was in 2004? 

 

ot:

YAS USHER HAS SO MANY HITS THIS IS GONNA BE SAWR GOOD

[Don]

Omg they really couldn’t find anyone relevant?!

[Gorjesspazze9]

10 minutes ago, Mystical said:

So his last hit was in 2004? 

He is the 2nd biggest male artist of the 2000’s after Eminem. And how do you not know DJ falling in love at least?  or his multiple other 2010 Hit Smashes?? 

Edited September 24, 2023 by Gorjesspazze9

[Bears01]

Just now, My Tears Ricochet said:

Hopefully he's a co-headliner, not a solo one. I know he has hits, but he's a 2000s fad, so it'd be boring just to watch him performing all the forgotten hits except Yeah!

Swifties showing their ignorance outside of anything Taylor related smh. 
 

He has 9 #1 hits and has hits from the 90’s into the 2010’s

[Armani?]

1 minute ago, My Tears Ricochet said:

Hopefully he's a co-headliner, not a solo one. I know he has hits, but he's a 2000s fad, so it'd be boring just to watch him performing all the forgotten hits except Yeah!

A person who's lst #1 hit was in 1998 and last in 2010 is not a fad

[Mystical]

1 minute ago, My Tears Ricochet said:

he's a 2000s fad

Exactly. I honestly had no idea he had so many aggressive stans on here 

[Heldenzeit]

[Bears01]

58 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

And perform what exactly? 

He has more hits that Gaga, so he can perform plenty 

[Kimi]

4 minutes ago, Espresso said:

You can’t just do a drive-by like this and not defend it. People are DONE with schticks.

 

He’ll be infinitely better than Justin Timberlake who was his direct competition on urban radio when he first started. That’s for sure.

That's the bar now? 

[Virgos Groove]

1 minute ago, Mystical said:

Who cares? Ask anyone below 30 outside the US to name a single song of his… there will be silence. 

1. The SB is a US event.

 

2. Any older Gen Zer knows Yeah, Without You, DJ Got Us and OMG. And I'm speaking from a European perspective. We grew up with his EDM hits.

Edited September 24, 2023 by Virgos Groove

[satellites.™]

Im late, but came in this ***** ready to fight.

 

[FLAallday]

1 minute ago, Draper. said:

Love In This Club is a must tho 

Omg absolutely let’s squeeze her in between Yeah! and OMG

[JBJT2786]

3 minutes ago, Mystical said:

Who cares? Ask anyone below 30 outside the US to name a single song of his… there will be silence. 

Confessions was literally a meme last year...like...

 

And the Superbowl is a US event....seethe

 

[Gossip_Boy]

And when he brings out Alicia for My Boo then what

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

5 minutes ago, Squall said:

True but they were on another level. Madonna was still a huge name, especially since she was the biggest touring artist at the time.

Okay?

 

Meanwhile Usher remains one of the biggest male music artists in the U.S and, to a great extent, is still the biggest male R&B artist of the 21st century and he means a lot to many AMERICANS, so he should be able to celebrate his legacy on an AMERICAN stage even if he is let his commercial prime.

 

Also, when Prince performed, as legendary as he was, he hadn’t been a commercial factor in 3/4 of a decade - the most attention he’d received in years was performing at the 2004 Grammy’s along with Beyoncé. The superbowl helped him a lot and gave him a lot of press. 
 

Not everybody is Madonna. 

Edited September 24, 2023 by GoodGuyGoneGhetto

[NausAllien]

YESS!!!! 

 

He's one of the most underrated performers and singers ever! I know he's going to do amazing!

 

My dream setlist:

 

1- OMG

2- U Remind Me

3- You Make Me Wanna...

4- Hey Daddy

5- Confessions P. II

6- My Boo (with Alicia Keys)

7- U Got It Bad

8- DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love

9- Scream

10- Yeah!

 

 

[FLAallday]

2 minutes ago, Mystical said:

Exactly. I honestly had no idea he had so many aggressive stans on here 

Tread lightly babe…

[Shelter]

14 minutes ago, Espresso said:

I’m going to leave this here. Again, please do your research or sit down. Maybe can be included in the the OP as well @Shelter

 

 

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[Vermillion]

Just now, Mystical said:

Who cares? Ask anyone below 30 outside the US to name a single song of his… there will be silence. 

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of this event. This event does not care about millennials or Gen Z outside the United States.

 

That is not who is being targeted for ad dollars.

 

This is a U.S. event. U.S. football is a non-starter outside the States. Just like football in the States isn’t as big. 

 

The Super Bowl is a global event by happenstance. NOT ad dollars and demographic targeting. 

 

Again, please do your research on stars that are bigger locally and this event in general (AND Usher) before attempting to make any future argument here.

 

 

[PoisonedIvy]

Just now, Don said:

Omg they really couldn’t find anyone relevant?!

Y’all have no respect for legends  The “currently” relevant artists do not deserve a halftime slot yet. Madonna and Prince weren’t “”relevant”” when they did their shows. Hell just 2 years ago we had a group of legends that also aren’t very relevant on todays charts (the Mary J Blige, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg group performance). Music needs to be celebrated across all generations. 

[HASHTAGPOW]

It's funny when ATRL thinks they're the target audience for the Superbowl