Beyoncé Delivers Epic Gift Of A Halftime Performance During Nfl Christmas Gameday Live On Netflix

BEYONCÉ DELIVERS EPIC GIFT OF A HALFTIME PERFORMANCE DURING NFL CHRISTMAS GAMEDAY LIVE ON NETFLIX

Post Malone, Blue Ivy Carter and Shaboozey among the guest performers in her hometown of Houston, Texas

Enjoy “Beyoncé Bowl” again as a standalone special coming soon to Netflix

Photo by Julian Dakdouk

Houston, December 25, 2024 — Beyoncé performed a show-stopping halftime performance during Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday as the Houston Texans hosted the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium live on Netflix.

This special performance took place in Beyoncé’s hometown of Houston, Texas, produced by her company, Parkwood Entertainment and Jesse Collins Entertainment.

The expansive performance of music, fashion and history featured a slew of guest performers in a roof-raising twelve-plus minutes showcasing the first live performance of songs from her genre-bending and record-breaking COWBOY CARTER album. The 11-time Grammy-nominated, juggernaut album recently became the most nominated album by a female artist.

The set included, among others, “16 CARRIAGES,” “BLACKBIIRD,” “AMERIICAN REQUIEM,” “YA YA,” “SPAGHETTII/RIIVERDANCE,” “LEVII’S JEANS,” “JOLENE,” and the ubiquitous smash, “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” that ended the set with Beyoncé literally lifting to the rafters.

The guests who brought their sizzle to the show included performers Post Malone, C2C 2025 bound Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, and Tiera Kennedy.

Blue Ivy Carter, Beyoncé’s eldest daughter, joined in as a featured dancer. The Texans Cheerleaders also joined in, representing the home team. And in a beautiful tribute to Western and Rodeo culture, Beyoncé included as special guests, Mexican Cowgirl, Melanie Rivera, Bull-riding legend, Myrtis Dightman, Jr., known as the “Jackie Robinson of Rodeo,” Miss Rodeo Texas Princess 2004 and Miss Rodeo Texas 2015, Nikki Woodward, and the first Black Rodeo Queen in Arkansas, Ja’Dayia Kursh. Joining them in the rousing caravan were Houston Texans owner, Cal McNair and his wife, Hannah.

The energy turned all the way up with the addition of close to 200 members of Texas Southern University’s Ocean of Soul Marching Band. The HBCU, world-class band delivered on all its known for, powerful sound, precision and choreography,

Photo by Julian Dakdouk

Beyoncé is no stranger to electrifying NFL halftime appearances having performed at two Super Bowl games. She headlined Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was joined onstage by Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, her bandmates in Destiny’s Child. The performance became the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history at the time. For Super Bowl XV, on February 7, 2016, she joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars in Santa Clara, California for one of the most-watched Super Bowl halftime shows with 115.5 million tuned in to get in “Formation.”

Netflix members can re-live the full halftime performance of “Beyoncé Bowl,” as a standalone special, when it comes to the service later this week. For additional details on “Beyoncé Bowl” please visit www.netflix.com/BeyonceBowl.

Back on Dec 11th In a fun video she shared on social media and YouTube, the "Texas Hold 'Em" singer was seen dressed in an all-white look with a matching snow-covered cowboy hat as she magically turned on the lights on her cactus Christmas tree. She flashed a smile before the words, "HALFTIME SHOW THIS CHRISTMAS HOUSTON, TX," appeared onscreen.

In November it was announced that Beyoncé would be performing live during halftime of the Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans game on Christmas Day as part of Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday.

She announced the news with an epic video of her standing on a red rose-covered car, catching a football with one hand.

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LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyoncé's eighth studio album act ii COWBOY CARTER arrived following the successful release of two lead singles, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" and "16 CARRIAGES" on February 11, Superbowl Sunday.

"TEXAS HOLD 'EM" landed across nine different genres on US music charts including Pop, Hot AC, Country, Rhythmic, Urban, and R&B, and making history with Beyoncé becoming the first Black female artist to reach No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No. 1 on the Hot 100 Chart with a Country song. It also spent four weeks at the top of the UK music charts.

COWBOY CARTER, executive produced by Beyoncé, is about genres, all of them, while deeply rooted in Country. This is the work of an artist who thrives in her freedom to grow, expand, and create limitlessly. It makes no apologies, and seeks no permission in elevating, amplifying, and redefining the sounds of music, while dismantling accepted false norms about Americana culture. It pays homage to the past, honoring musical pioneers in Country, Rock, Classical, and Opera.

Beyoncé appears in a promo photo for the singer's halftime performance at 

the Ravens v. Texans NFL game on Christmas Day. Parkwood Entertainment

The album is a cornucopia of sounds that Beyoncé loves, and grew up listening to, between visits and eventually performances at the Houston Rodeo – Country, original Rhythm & Blues, Blues, Zydeco, and Black Folk. The album wraps itself in pure instrumentation in a celebratory authentic gumbo of sounds using among others, the accordion, harmonica, washboard, acoustic guitar, bass ukulele, pedal steel guitar, a Vibra-Slap, the mandolin, fiddle, Hammond B3 organ, tack piano, and the banjo. There's also plenty of handclaps, horseshoe steps, boot stomps on hardwood floors and yes, those are Beyoncé's nails as percussion.

"The joy of creating music is that there are no rules," says Beyoncé. "The more I see the world evolving the more I felt a deeper connection to purity. With artificial intelligence and digital filters and programming, I wanted to go back to real instruments, and I used very old ones. I didn't want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs perfectly in tune. I kept some songs raw and leaned into folk. All the sounds were so organic and human, everyday things like the wind, snaps and even the sound of birds and chickens, the sounds of nature."

And the inspiration further takes into account Southern and Western culture beyond music, the Rodeo, Western films, and the stories of the original cowboys of the West. It was at the Rodeo where she first saw diversity and camaraderie among people who love Country music and an Americana lifestyle, steeped in community, culinary offerings, grills, and Western gear. And it was for everyone. Among the crowds were Black, Hispanic and Native American Cowboys, who made their valuable, authentic allowances to the culture. Their stories are synonymous with American history….SOURCE PRNewswire

Beyoncé Achieves Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Cowboy Carter’

The set also started at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, making Beyoncé the first Black woman ever to have led the list.

Beyoncé’s COWBOY CARTER galloped in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 13), debuting with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate. It’s the superstar’s eighth No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

With 407,000 units earned, Cowboy Carter claimed the biggest week of 2024 and the largest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) bowed with 1.653 million units on the Nov. 11, 2023-dated list. Cowboy Carter’s launch is also Beyoncé’s biggest week, by units, since her Lemonade album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the May 14, 2016, chart. The new effort also lands Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever.

COWBOY CARTER also launched at No.1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts. She’s the first Black woman ever to have led the Top Country Albums list, dating to its January 1964 inception. Cowboy Carter also claimed the biggest week for a country album, by units earned, since last July, when Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), opened at No. 1 on the July 22, 2023 chart with 716,000 units.

Skip Ewing Releases “Whenever A Child Is Born” (Radio Single) to Country Radio

The holidays came early for country artist Skip Ewing. The critically acclaimed songwriter released a new rendition of his fan-favorite Christmas track, “Whenever A Child Is Born” (Radio Single) to country radio. Inspired by the joy and wonder of Christmas, the song stands as a reminder of the sacredness of life, positioning every birth as a cause for celebration. Listen to “Whenever A Child Is Born” (Radio Single) here (preferred music platform). 

A sweeping Christmas anthem heralding the birth of every child as a miracle, “Whenever A Child Is Born” (Radio Single) reprises Skip Ewing’s role as a proven singer and creator of modern Christmas classics. Co-written by Ewing and Aaron Barker (George Strait, Aaron Tippin, Clay Walker), the lyrics of “Whenever A Child Is Born” (Radio Single) infuse universal appeal and spirituality, making it a song poised to resonate with listeners across the country.

Earlier this year, Skip released his brand-new studio album, ROAD TO CALIFORNIA. The new album, co-produced by Skip and Kyle Lehning, embraces musical diversity and lyrical depth, encompassing humor, grit, heartbreak, devotion, poeticism, and authenticity.  The album features the fan-favorite “Road Dog,” “Wreck of My Heart,” and “The Highway Won,” among others. From start to finish, the album speaks to Ewing’s versatility as an artist and as a songwriter who has had songs recorded by Kenny Chesney, Shania Twain, George Strait, Keb Mo, Willie Nelson, Keith Urban, and numerous others. 

Most recently, his song “I Would If I Could,” co-written with Dean Dillon, has been brought to the spotlight and taken on new life with two of the most successful artists of the past few years. Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson recorded a ‘Lost’ version of the song in December as part of Apple Music’s Lost & Found project, spotlighting Nashville songwriters by showcasing some of the best country tracks that have never been released. Prominent artist and songwriter ERNEST also recorded a version, this time as a duet with Wilson that is featured on his brand-new album, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. The song’s discovery has earned praise from Music Row, American Songwriter, Holler and many more. “Would If I Could” served as ERNEST’s debut radio single and was the most-added radio single on the week of its release.

With the release of Road To California, Skip’s success on “Would If I Could” and the official radio release of “Whenever A Child Is Born” (Radio Single), Skip continues to cement himself as one of the most talented country music singer/songwriters of our generation. Armed with innovative lyrics, powerful vocals and an exceptional musical panorama, Skip’s music continues to reach new heights and resonate with audiences far and wide. 

Follow Skip on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and his official website.