Rihanna will NOT be paid for her Super Bowl halftime performance

It is likely the largest audience he will play for during his career.

However, Rihanna won’t be getting a dime for her epic Super Bowl halftime show, where she revealed her second pregnancy with boyfriend ASAP Rocky on Sunday.

The 34-year-old singer apparently turned down the invitation to perform on several occasions before finally taking the stage this year.

It is believed that around 200 million will have watched the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.

Past stars to have performed during the slot include Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Justin Timberlake, and Coldplay.

While you might expect this type of gig to come with a big paycheck, the performers are never paid for their show.

It is common for stars to perform for free due to the fact that they are playing to the biggest audience of their career, which will have a huge impact on their sales.

In 2017, after her performance, Lady Gaga saw her album and single sales skyrocket by 1000 percent.

Meanwhile, JLo gained 2.3 million new followers on her social media platforms following her performance with Shakira in 2020.

In 2022, a host of legends including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and 50 Cent performed together.

After the show, Dr. Dre saw his album sales increase by 183 percent.

During the performance, the nine-time Grammy Award winner confirmed that she is pregnant with her second child after surprising fans with a baby bump during her highly anticipated return at Super Bowl 57.

Rihanna, who gave birth to her first child just nine months ago, sparked a social media frenzy when she took the stage and rubbed her belly in front of a global audience of millions.

He shares his first child, who was born on May 13, 2022, with rapper A$AP Rocky, who kept a low profile at the event. The two have kept their growing family under the radar, and so far neither musician has shared the name of her son.

A rep for the star confirmed the baby news shortly after the performance wrapped.

It’s her first time performing on live television since 2018, when she joined DJ Khaled onstage to sing Wild Thoughts at the Grammy Awards.

Rihanna began the show suspended from a platform above the field while singing her B**** Better Have My Money single. She was dressed in a loose fitting scarlet jumpsuit that hugged her curves and was tied loosely.

The hitmaker paired the suit with a set of chunky red sneakers. The platform she was suspended from then lowered onto the field, where she joined a troupe of white-clad dancers onstage.

She kept her dance moves to a minimum while letting the backup dancers take over.

Rihanna stayed true to the hits and didn’t reveal any new songs during her performance, which featured 12 songs. She had the crowd going wild when she transitioned to Where Have You Been, followed by the hit Only Girl (In The World).

We Found Love, Rude Boy and his hit Work followed, although his collaborator Drake did not appear on the last song. He continued with Wild Thoughts and Pour It Up.

The hitmaker chose some controversial songs, including an excerpt from her verse from rapper Kanye West’s All Of The Lights, and also performed part of Jay-Z’s Run This Town, which also featured West in his original version.

West fell out of favor after making numerous anti-Semitic comments, including praise for Adolf Hitler.

Rihanna concluded her performance with the one-two punch from Umbrella and then Diamonds as the closer.

She avoided some of the pyrotechnics of recent Super Bowl halftime performances and apparently gambled that her fans would be happy to see her without the added theatrics.

The superstar, who was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, hasn’t released a solo album since January 2016. Her only solo music in the last seven years came in October, when she released Lift Me Up in tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman for Marvel. . film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which earned the singer an Academy Award nomination.

Although Rihanna’s partner A$AP Rocky (real name: Rakim Mayers) stayed out of the spotlight for most of the game, he put on a sweet display by showing he was rooting for his love.

The rapper took the field in a black jacket paying tribute to the “Work” singer that featured her tattooed hand rising out of a cityscape while holding a football.

Her jacket also featured an American flag and NFL logo, and she also sported a Fenty cap to support Rihanna’s brands.

Rihanna’s pregnancy reveal was surprising, as she previously told Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis ahead of the performance that she had been hesitant to participate in the performance because she had recently given birth.

“I was like, ‘Are you sure? I’m three months postpartum. Should I be making big decisions like this right now? I might regret this,'” she said, via the hollywood reporter.

“When you become a mom, something happens that makes you feel like you can take on the world — you can do anything,” Rihanna continued. “And the Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world, so it was terrifying… there’s something exciting about the challenge of it all.

“It’s important that my son sees that,” he added.