Who carried out the Black nationwide anthem on the Tremendous Bowl?

LAS VEGAS — Famed soul singer Andra Day carried out “Elevate Each Voice and Sing,” extra generally often known as the Black nationwide anthem, at first of Tremendous Bowl LVIII. 

Andra Day gave a stirring, gospel-flavored rendition of “Elevate Each Voice and Sing,” a music that has develop into often known as the Black nationwide Anthem, earlier than the groups took to the sector for kickoff.

Carrying a protracted beige shirt with matching pants, a gold crucifix and enormous hoop earrings, Day started the music slowly, virtually mournfully. 

However because the music picked up, she lifted the mic from its stand and — backed by six Black ladies as a refrain — raised her personal voice to sing the later verses.

The choir was made up of members of the Sainted Trap Choir, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based singing group. The group is ready to carry out within the finals of the truth competitors present “America’s Bought Expertise: Fantasy League” Monday evening. 

Day advised the AP in the course of the week that she deliberate to calm her nerves with pregame prayers.

Her efficiency was the primary of three pre-game songs that historically kick off the Tremendous Bowl. Reba McEntire is singing the nationwide anthem, whereas Publish Malone is performing “America the Stunning.”

Reba has been singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” for 50 years, together with an anthem on the World Collection. However when she sings it on the Tremendous Bowl in just some minutes it is going to be for the most important viewers of her epic profession.

She mentioned she’s bought a number of nerves, but when previous performances are any indication, she may sing one of many quickest anthems in Tremendous Bowl historical past. Oddsmakers have put the over-under on her “Star-Spangled Banner” at 90.5 seconds. Final 12 months Chris Stapleton went previous the 2-minute mark

“Elevate Each Voice and Sing” is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also referred to as “The Black Nationwide Anthem.”

In response to the NAACP, the place Johnson served as govt secretary on the time the hymn was written, the music was “prominently used as a rallying cry in the course of the Civil Rights Motion of the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties.” 

Johnson’s brother composed the music for the hymn, which was initially written as a poem.

The organization said it was first carried out in public by a choir of 500 schoolchildren from the segregated Stanton College in Jacksonville, Florida, the place Johnson was principal. It was carried out to rejoice President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. 

It turned the official music of the NAACP in 1919.

Regardless of its lengthy historical past in Black tradition, the music has solely been featured at three Tremendous Bowls earlier than Tremendous Bowl 58. It first debuted on the massive recreation in 2021. 

Andra Day, a famed musician identified for her R&B and soul singing, carried out the Black nationwide anthem on the Tremendous Bowl. 

Since her musical debut in 2015, Day has earned a number of accolades, together with a Grammy in 2021. 

Day can also be an acclaimed actress, starring as the long-lasting singer Billie Vacation within the biographical drama “The USA vs. Billie Vacation” in 2021. 

Editor’s be aware: The preliminary model of this story mentioned “Elevate Each Voice and Sing” was written to rejoice Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. It was first carried out publicly to rejoice Lincoln’s birthday.