Since 2020, the NFL Christmas games have been a holiday staple. Beyoncé is one of the most awarded women in Grammy history and will perform during the NFL Christmas Game Day this year. Viewers can see the games and her performance on Netflix on December 25.
The performance will take place in her hometown of Houston, Texas. This will be at halftime of the second game of the day between the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. It is her first live performance of songs from the ‘Cowboy Carter’ album she released in 2024.
Two previous NFL half-time Super Bowl performances
Beyoncé is not a newcomer to performing at NFL games. She headlined at the Super Bowl in New Orleans in 2013. Her bandmates in Destiny’s Child, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, joined her on stage. This was the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show at the time.
In 2016, Beyoncé joined Bruno Mars and Coldplay in Santa Clara, California for another most-watched halftime show. The Super Bowl draws high viewership figures and betting on the game is also extremely popular. Pennsylvania’s sports betting has been growing consistently since it became legal, and gamblers can also place legal sports bets in many other states in the US.
2024 NFL Christmas Game Day Halftime Performance
The details of Beyoncé’s performance are under wraps, but she is likely to feature some of the guests from her ‘Cowboy Carter’ album. The album is her eighth studio album and features many other artists.
For example, she enlisted Linda Martell, a black singer. Martell’s 1970 album, ‘Color Me Country’, had the first charting country hit by a black woman. In the ‘Cowboy Carter’ album, Beyoncé recontextualizes music like folk, country, and Americana. It’s a reminder to listeners that these forms of music originated with Black artists.
For the past decade, Beyoncé’s albums have been about issues like power, family, sexuality, bending rules, and more. They are intended to provoke discussions. On the ‘Cowboy Carter’ cover, she holds an American flag while riding a white horse. She wears a red-white-and-blue outfit and a pageant sash. The album covers different eras and styles, and the artist stated on Instagram “This ain’t a country album. This is a Beyoncé album.”
Some of Beyoncé’s best songs
The song Irreplaceable from the album ‘B’Day’ in 2006 is one of Beyonce’s best songs ever and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks. It was her fourth number-one single as a solo artist.
Another of her best songs is Crazy in Love, featuring Jay-Z. It peaked at No. 3 in 2003 and stayed there for eight weeks. The iconic Single Ladies from the album ‘I am … Sasha Fierce’ also reached No. 1 quickly and stayed there for four weeks.
Beyoncé’s newest single Texas Hold ‘Em from the ‘Cowboy Carter’ album shot up to No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. She is the first woman to top both Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
On Spotify, Halo is her most streamed song with over 655,000 daily streams. Crazy in Love, Cuff It, and Perfect Duet also have many daily streams.
NFL series and games on Netflix
Netflix has been playing ball with the NFL for a while. It featured the hit series Quarterback in 2023. Next was Receiver, which follows five of the best NFL pass catchers in the 2023 season.
There are no annual live events that can quite compare with the audiences NFL football is able to attract. This year, Netflix will show the first game between the Kansas Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 PM ET. The second game between the Texans and the Ravens will take place at 4.30 PM ET. Halfway through the second game, you can look forward to Beyoncé’s performance.
Netflix is one of the world’s leading online streaming platforms with over 280 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries. The NFL is excited to be the first professional sports league to partner with Netflix and bring live games to fans from across the world. Watching the NFL Christmas games on Netflix could well become an annual family tradition.