Chris Stapleton

Country star Chris Stapleton performed the National Anthem at 2023's Super Bowl LVII on Sunday (February 12).

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Country singer Chris Stapleton sang the National Anthem at the 2023 Super Bowl. See his performance and read what fans said about his NFL appearance.

After the duet played an electrifying medley of Chris’ “ [Tennessee Whiskey](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V94HFI6)” and Justin’s “ [Drink You Away](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073J2HSDX),” the country music artist rose to instant fame. This is an excellent version of the national anthem,” [another added](https://twitter.com/bossassrn/status/1624913693564628992). [one person wrote](https://twitter.com/lucas_horowitz/status/1624914181530198016). [2015 Country Music Awards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZG82iqP06A). “Chris Stapleton just won the Super Bowl,” [a different fan said](https://twitter.com/ashleybeth3212/status/1624914181492203521). Dressed in his signature attire with dark sunglasses, the Kentucky native played his guitar and sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” for athletes and fans at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Dressed in all black and sunglasses, accompanied only by his guitar, the “Tennessee Whiskey” vocalist delivered a sturdy and respectful rendition of “The Star- ...

[Mickey Guyton had the honor](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/mickey-guyton-super-bowl-national-anthem-review-1299505/) of singing the anthem, delivering a stirring, gospel-inflected version. “It’s going to be a celebration of my catalog in the best way we could have put it together.” That was the hardest, hardest part, deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate,” she said. “The setlist was the biggest challenge. The year prior, in 2021, [Eric Church](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eric-church-jazmine-sullivan-star-spangled-banner-national-anthem-super-bowl-lv-1124734/) and R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan paired up for their interpretation. [Super Bowl LVII halftime show](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-super-bowl-press-conference-halftime-show-1234676685/).

Chris Stapleton made "The Star Spangled Banner" sound like a blues standard. Babyface and Sheryl Lee Ralph were alternately restrained and exultant.

This marked the third year in a row that “Lift Every Voice” has been added to the pre-Bowl lineup for a musical triple play, although it had been a part of some NFL games for years prior to that. [Babyface](https://variety.com/t/babyface/) was even less showy than Stapleton, if also less rugged, also accompanying himself on guitar — albeit a flag-emblazoned acoustic one, with a full, pre-recorded backing track — as he sang the least belt-y version of “America the Beautiful” in memory, going for a quiet-storm approach to patriotism. But Stapleton confirmed what many of his fans already know — that he’s at least as much a classic blues singer as he is a country stylist.

Chris Stapleton's road to the Super Bowl anthem started as a respected Nashville songwriter and surged after an unforgettable performance with Justin ...

“I was crying,” Wright said, recalling the performance blew him away even though he had seen the show rehearsals. The TV audience was equally riveted, as “Chris Stapleton” — who was this long-bearded guy with the incredible booming voice in the cowboy hat? He picked the songs he connected to and that he wrote, and he went in there and delivered it with complete purity — he was never angling for a Grammy or CMA, he was just trying to make the best record he could possibly make.” When Stapleton (who was unavailable to comment for this story) started making his debut record “Traveller” after he signed to Universal’s Mercury Records in 2013, he was relatively unknown outside of country music, even though he was once part of the Grammy-nominated bluegrass band the SteelDrivers. The only problem that was Stapleton seemed perfectly content to write hits for other artists (Josh Turner’s “Your Man,” Darius Rucker’s “Come Back Song,” Trace Adkins’s “Swing”) and didn’t have much interest in a record deal. Flash forward a decade, and Stapleton, 44, will be in one of the brightest spotlights that exists in the world: Singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Watch country music star Chris Stapleton do a great, bluesy take on the Star-Spangled Banner ahead of the Super Bowl.

Stapleton earned a pair of Grammy Awards, for Country Album of the Year, and Best Country Solo Performance. He released From a Room: Volume 2 near the end of the year. Stapleton’s second studio album, From a Room: Volume 1 was released in 2017 and led to Stapleton’s second CMA for Album of the Year. From a Room: Volume 1 secured Stapleton’s second Grammy Award for Country Album of the Year. His fourth studio album, Starting Over, was released in November of 2020, and led to yet more honors for Stapleton. He will be joined on the tour by special guests, including Allen Stone, Charley Crockett, Marcus King, Margo Price, Marty Stuart, Nikki Lane and The War and Treaty on select dates.

Chris Stapleton, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Sheryl Lee Ralph all performed at Super Bowl LVII, while Rihanna will handle the Apple Music Halftime Show.

In 2017, [Luke Bryan](https://people.com/tag/luke-bryan/) handled the song. "She is rehearsing right now. "It's one of those calls you think you're not gonna get," Stapleton said at a press conference on Thursday.

One fan tweeted: “Chris Stapleton might've just sang my favorite Super Bowl rendition of the National Anthem (Whitney Houston aside).” Recommended.

[Follow live updates from the Super Bowl halftime show here.](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/super-bowl-rihanna-live-halftime-show-b2280827.html) “Grown-a** men crying to Chris Stapleton singing the national anthem,” another said. “Wow, this one is right up there with Whitney Houston’s performance. [lasted two minutes and one second](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/super-bowl-national-anthem-length-2023/mvycejrydiwfktpbxq2zrakc) – on Sunday night, another fan said: “Chris Stapleton needs to sing the National Anthem every year at the #SuperBowl. [Chris Stapleton](/topic/chris-stapleton)’s “breathtaking” rendition of the US national anthem at the [Super Bowl 2023](/topic/super-bowl-2023). [CODA ](/topic/coda)actor [Troy Kotsur](/topic/troy-kotsur), who performed the national anthem in sign language at the Super Bowl tonight.

One fan tweeted: “Chris Stapleton might've just sang my favorite Super Bowl rendition of the National Anthem (Whitney Houston aside).” Recommended.

[Follow live updates from the Super Bowl halftime show here.](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/super-bowl-rihanna-live-halftime-show-b2280827.html) “Grown-a** men crying to Chris Stapleton singing the national anthem,” another said. “Wow, this one is right up there with Whitney Houston’s performance. [lasted two minutes and one second](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/super-bowl-national-anthem-length-2023/mvycejrydiwfktpbxq2zrakc) – on Sunday night, another fan said: “Chris Stapleton needs to sing the National Anthem every year at the #SuperBowl. [Chris Stapleton](/topic/chris-stapleton)’s “breathtaking” rendition of the US national anthem at the [Super Bowl 2023](/topic/super-bowl-2023). [CODA ](/topic/coda)actor [Troy Kotsur](/topic/troy-kotsur), who performed the national anthem in sign language at the Super Bowl tonight.