Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones for Super Bowl 2026 pregame

LOS ANGELES (AP):

The Super Bowl pregame show will open with a trio of standout performers in Northern California: Charlie Puth will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will take on America the Beautiful, and Coco Jones will sing Lift Every Voice and Sing.

The performances will take place February 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, before the NFL’s championship matchup and half-time show, featuring Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, the league announced on Sunday.

“These artistes bring a distinct voice to the moment, helping set the tone for a day that will captivate fans around the world,” said Jon Barker, senior vice-president of global event production for the NFL.

The pregame performances will air on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock.

The national anthem and Lift Every Voice and Sing will be performed by deaf performing artiste Fred Beam in American Sign Language. Julian Ortiz will sign America the Beautiful. In a historic first, the half-time show will include a multilingual signing programme featuring Puerto Rican Sign Language, led by interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme. All signed performances for the pregame and half-time shows will be presented in collaboration with Alexis Kashar of LOVE SIGN and Howard Rosenblum of Deaf Equality.

Puth is a four-time Grammy-nominated singer known for his songs Attention, We Don’t Talk Anymore and his 2015 breakout hit, See You Again, with Wiz Khalifa, from the Furious 7 movie soundtrack. His appearance will come ahead of his fourth studio album, Whatever’s Clever!, due on March 6.

Carlile has won 11 Grammys and won praise for her eighth studio album, Returning to Myself, which was released in October. She’s nominated for two Grammys with Elton John for their album, Who Believes in Angels?, released in April, and their song, Never Too Late, from his documentary film, Elton John: Never Too Late.

Jones is an R&B star who won a Grammy in the best R&B performance category for her song ICU in 2024 and released her début album, Why Not More?, which is nominated for best R&B album at next year’s ceremony. She also stars as Hilary Banks on Peacock’s television series, Bel-Air, entering its last season.