- - Who Is Singing the National Anthem, 'America the Beautiful' and 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 2026 Super Bowl?

Emily BlackwoodFebruary 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM

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Charlie Puth; Brandi Carlile; Coco Jones.

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The 2026 Super Bowl kicks off on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m.

Before the game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks begins, three performers will take the stage

The performances will include the national anthem, "America the Beautiful" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Pregame musical duties at the 2026 Super Bowl will be handled by three nationally acclaimed artists.

Before the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots go head-to-head on Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium, Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile and Coco Jones will perform the trio of iconic songs that have long marked the start of football's biggest game of the year.

"Beyond the game itself, the Super Bowl is a global celebration," Jon Barker, senior vice president of global event production for the NFL, said in a statement. "These artists bring a distinct voice to the moment, helping set the tone for a day that will captivate fans around the world."

The NFL announced the lineup in November 2025, after naming Bad Bunny as the performer for the halftime show. Though there's an opening ceremony performance by Green Day starting at 6 p.m. ET, the pregame ceremony doesn't start until 6:30 p.m.

Here’s everything to know about the Super Bowl 2026 pregame show performers.

National Anthem: Charlie Puth

Charlie Puth performs "We Don't Talk Anymore" onstage at "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" 2026

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Puth will kick off the pregame show by singing the national anthem alongside renowned deaf music artist Fred Beam. The Grammy-nominated singer, best known for his hits like "See You Again" and "We Don't Talk Anymore," admitted to Rolling Stone that he actually auditioned for the gig.

"I feel like people don’t really think of me as, like, a stand-alone vocalist at times," he told the outlet in January 2026. "I actually have always wanted to do this, and I recorded a little demo ... sent it to Roc Nation. I’ve been told Jay-Z loved it, and it got to [NFL Commissioner Roger] Goodell and they all said that I could do it."

Though he'll follow Whitney Houston as the second New Jersey native to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, Puth said he "can't ever touch what she did."

"I just want to do my own thing with the hardest piece of music ever written," he said. "And I just wanna show people that I can do it."

“America the Beautiful”: Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile performs during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.

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In what will surely be a powerhouse performance, Carlile will follow Puth with a rendition of "America the Beautiful." Not only is she an 11-time Grammy winner, two-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, but "The Story" singer is also a Seattle native — making the moment especially meaningful as the Seahawks take the field.

“Number one, when you’re born and raised in this country, it’s like you use the Super Bowl as a barometer to gauge when something’s huge," she told The SoCal Sound in January 2026. "So, if you’re like, 'Oh my God, this thing is so big, it could be the Super Bowl.' You know, it is actually the definition of massive."

Carlile added that performing on such a prominent stage carries added weight for her as a queer artist.

"That’s not a crystal ball that queer people get to touch very often," she said. "More and more now, but it’s something that’s never lost on me."

Deaf music performer Julian Ortiz will join her on stage for "America the Beautiful."

"Lift Every Voice and Sing": Coco Jones

Coco Jones performs during 2025 Essence Festival Of Culture at Caesars Superdome on July 04, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Jones will conclude the pregame ceremony by singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn commonly referred to as the Black national anthem. It was originally written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900. The NFL officially added the song to its pregame lineup in 2021.

A Grammy-winning R&B singer and actress, Jones is best known for her breakout role on Bel-Air and her 2024 hit “ICU,” which earned her the award for Best R&B Performance. She will be joined onstage by Beam for "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

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