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The Top Super Bowl Halftime Show Performances

<p>The 2017 Super Bowl is days away&comma; and everyone is taking their bets on whether or not the Atlanta Falcons will come out as the champions&comma; or if the New England Patriots will take the title again after winning back in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Besides the game itself&comma; each year millions of people tune in to see who will slay the Halftime Show performance&period; Throughout the years some legendary artists have hit the stage to provide the entertainment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This year Lady Gaga will be hitting the stage&comma; but before she does&comma; let’s run down a list of some of the best Halftime Show performances throughout the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&colon; <strong>Michael Jackson<&sol;strong>&colon; Back in 1993&comma; the King of Pop Michael Jackson tore down the halftime stage with his classic hits&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Billie Jean&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Black or White&period;” He also ended his performance off with a positive message by performing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We Are The World&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Heal The World&period;” His wardrobe even inspired Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi;s 2016 halftime performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"idg8TNknvDU" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2&colon;<strong> Beyoncé &amp&semi; Destiny’s Child<&sol;strong>&colon; Remember back in 2013 when the Super Bowl turned out to be a Beyoncé concert&quest; She hit the stage and took us down memory lane with some of her classic hits&comma; but she had a surprise for her fans when she reunited Destiny’s Child back on stage&period; The group dismantled back in 2006&comma; but for one night we got to see them perform hits such as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bootylicious&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Independent Woman Pt&period;1” And let’s not forget that after they shut down the stage&comma; all of the lights went out in the Superdome&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"qJE8uG97ypI" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not to mention that was not their first time shutting down the football field&period; Check out this dope performance from 2004 during a Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"ScaNuE9RDZs" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>3&colon; <strong>Coldplay&sol; Beyoncé&sol; Bruno Mars<&sol;strong>&colon; Coldplay gave a memorable performance back in 2016 as they performed some of their well-known hits such as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Viva La Vida&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yellow&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Paradise&period;” Things definitely started to heat up when Beyoncé and Bruno Mars joined them to perform a mash-up of their hits&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Formation&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Uptown Funk&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"l6KkBWJhPf0" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>4&colon; <strong>Janet Jackson &amp&semi; Justin Timberlake<&sol;strong>&colon; In 2004 the Halftime show featured multiple artists such as Diddy&comma; Nelly and Kid Rock&period; However&comma; the most memorable moment from that particular show came from Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake&period; The two were on stage to perform Justin’s song&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Rock Your Body&comma;” and as we all know the performance ended with Justin ripping too much of Janet’s top off and exposing her right boob to millions of people throughout the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"npF1lkKEM9o" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>5&colon; <strong>Prince<&sol;strong>&colon; Prince turned the whole Dolphin stadium purple back in 2007 as he took to the stage to perform some of his hits like&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let’s Go Crazy&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Baby I’m A Star&comma;” &&num;8220&semi;Proud Mary&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and of course &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Purple Rain&comma;&&num;8221&semi; along with a few others&period; This performance would go down as one of Prince&&num;8217&semi;s most classic performances because he literally made it rain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"2Lml63hyiWc" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>6&colon; <strong>Katy Perry&sol; Lenny Kravitz&sol; Missy Elliot<&sol;strong>&colon; During the 2015 Halftime Show&comma; Katy Perry took to the stage to perform some of her hit singles&comma; such as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dark Horse&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;California Girls&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Kissed A Girl&comma;” alongside Lenny Kravitz&period; However&comma; her performance became even bigger when she had Missy Elliot join her on stage as a surprise guest&period; Missy performed her classics&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Get Your Freak On&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Work It&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lose Control&period;” Missy’s appearance helped boost her record sales after a long musical hiatus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"EE6Y&lowbar;r5VcdE" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>7&colon; <strong>Bruno Mars<&sol;strong>&colon; Before sharing the stage with Beyoncé and Coldplay in 2016&comma; Bruno Mars held it down and headlined the 2014 Halftime Show&period; Performing his singles &&num;8220&semi;Billionaire&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Locked Out Of Heaven&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Treasure&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;Just The Way You Are&comma;&&num;8221&semi; with the Red Hot Chili Peppers&period; He performance definitely proved his talents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"F2i0Bc3f7jk" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>8&colon; <strong>Madonna<&sol;strong>&colon; Madonna had the task of providing the halftime entertainment back in 2012&period; She brought quite of few artists with her&comma; one of those artists being Nicki Minaj&comma; who helped her perform&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Give Me All Your Luvin&comma;&&num;8221&semi; 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