Multi-award-winning artist Rihanna has been announced as the performer for this year's Super Bowl halftime show.
Even though the NFL season is still in its infancy, that hasn't stopped the league from trying to make sure that all eyes are focused squarely on the prize at the end of the season, and that is the Super Bowl, which this year will take place in Glendale, Arizona.
And whilst a lot of attention will naturally be pointed towards what is happening when the game kicks off and the players take the field, given the grand nature of the Super Bowl and the event that it has become, a lot of attention will be on who will be taking to the field to perform during the halftime show.
Over the years there have been some incredible performances, from Prince signing in the rain in Miami in 2007, to Lady Gaga rocking Houston in 2017 and of course who can forget Michael Jackson stealing the show back in 1993.
But this year it will be the turn of Rihanna to strut her stuff on arguably the grandest stage of them all in terms of sports and entertainment.
In a statement released by the NFL, they said "We are thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage," said Seth Dudowsky, NFL Head of Music. "Rihanna is a once-in-a-generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her career. We look forward to collaborating with Rihanna, Roc Nation and Apple Music to bring fans another historic Halftime Show performance."
The NFL has been in partnership with Roc Nation since 2019, which has allowed them to collaborate with fellow multi-award-winning artist Jay-Z to produce the show, and he added to the news by saying "Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment."
Rihanna's image says a thousand words
The woman of the hour didn't have too much to say when it came to the announcment herself, simply tweeting a photo of her holding a football to celebrate the moment:
Although when you have won 13 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Awards and 9 Grammys to name just a few, as well as selling more than 250 million records worldwide, you don't really have to say a lot at a time like this.
We for one certainly can't wait for halftime to arrive, although the question is, given the Super Bowl will be in the desert, whether or not she'll bring her Umbrella?