It’s a real-life boogie, a real-life hoedown.
Beyoncé performs hits from her genre-defying album ‘Cowboy Carter’ during the halftime show of the Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans Christmas Day game with a little help from her daughter Blue Ivy did.
The “Drunk In Love” singer took to the stage at NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston on Wednesday to open the show on a white horse and perform her hit single “16 Carriages.”
After dismounting, he performed “Blackbird” with country singers Tanner Addle, Brittany Spencer, Tierra Kennedy and Rayna Roberts.
Beyoncé stunned in a white crystal-encrusted bodysuit, chaps, and a white cowboy hat.
She brought in special guest performers including Shabuzi and Post Malone to perform “Sweet Honey Buckin'” and “Levii’s Jean,” respectively.
The Destiny’s Child alum also performed “Ya Ya,” “Jolene” and “My House.”
During a performance of “Texas Hold’em,” Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s eldest daughter Blue Ivy line danced to the track with her mother on the field.
The halftime show was the first time Beyoncé, 43, performed songs from her latest studio album since its release in March.
Last month, the NFL and Netflix announced that the most decorated artist in Grammy history would take center stage during the game in his hometown of Houston and bring along several special guests.
Despite Beyoncé’s country album reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spawning several hit singles such as “Texas Hold’em” and “16 Carriages,” the project received only one nomination at the 2024 CMA Awards. It also didn’t get any nominations.
“Cowboy Carter” also made the “Cuff It” singer the first black woman to top Billboard’s country album chart since Billboard’s inception in 1964.
The project introduced listeners to several black country artists, including Tanner Adele and Shabouzy. Shabuzi released the single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.
In September, Beyoncé defended her controversial decision not to release music videos for her seventh and eighth studio albums, “Renaissance” and “Cowboy Carter,” respectively.
“In a time when all we see is visuals, I thought it was important for the world to pay attention to voices,” she said in an October 2024 GQ cover story.
“Music is so rich in history and instrumentation that it takes months to digest, study, and understand. Music needed its own space to breathe.”
The “Single Ladies” songstress said visuals can sometimes “distract from the quality of the voice and the music.”
She added, “Years of hard work and attention to detail have been put into this album for over four years!” Music is enough. Fans all over the world became visual. We all got visuals during the tour. After that, I got more visuals from my movie. ”
Beyoncé is no stranger to performing at major sporting events in the NFL.
In 2013, she headlined the halftime show of Super Bowl XLVI in New Orleans, performing all her chart-topping hits, including “Crazy in Love” and “Love on Top.” Showed off.
The mother of three brought out former Destiny’s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams to perform “Independent Women, Pt.” 1 inch and “Bootylicious.”
Three years later, Beyoncé joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars for an epic performance at Super Bowl 50.
Queen Bey’s latest halftime show came just after her husband Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl along with his jailed friend Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000. . He vehemently denied it.
The couple, who married in 2008, have three children. They have daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, 7.
