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'A football game at RiRi concert': Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show gets more views than the game

With her performance, Rihanna surpassed Katy Perry's record for the most-watched performance at the halftime show

GLENDALE, ARIZONA: Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance was watched by 118.7 million viewers, 5 million more than the actual game. The big game itself reached a whopping 113 million viewers worldwide, but Riri's star power brought in more viewers.

According to preliminary data provided by Forbes, about 107 million people watched the television broadcast of the American football final, and 6 million viewers watched the game on various streaming platforms. However, Rihanna's performance drew far more viewers than the final. The audience for her performance was 15 percent higher than the average audience of 103.4 million for the 2022 halftime show featuring Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J Blige, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent.

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Riri performed at the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday, 12 February. The star last performed live back in 2018, and when it was announced that she would be performing the legendary halftime show back in September, 2022, fans were super thrilled. Badgal kicked off her set with the iconic 'B****h Better Have My Money,' which was followed by 'Where Have You Been' and 'Only Girl.'

The sky lit up with fireworks when she started singing, 'We Found Love.' Rihanna then performed her iconic songs 'Rude Boy,' 'Work,' and 'Wild Thoughts' while dancing with a huge troop of background dancers. This was followed by 'Pour it Up,' 'All of the Light' and 'Run the Town.' Then, Riri sang her heart out to 'Umberella' and ended her performance with 'Diamonds.'

Top 3 most-viewed SuperBowl Halftime performances 

Prior to Rihanna's performance, Katy Perry's performance at the 2015 Super Bowl was the most-watched performance of all time, with 118.5 million viewers. The 'Teenage Dream' singer started her show on a giant tiger where you could hear her roar. She brought out Lenny Kravitz for her breakthrough hit 'I Kissed A Girl' and rap icon Missy Elliott, who performed hits like 'Work It' and 'Lose Control.'

Lady Gaga's dynamite performance in the 2017 Super Bowl at Houston’s NRG Stadium garnered 117.5 million viewers, which made her performance the second most viewed performance.

Coldplay's colorful performance at the 2016 Super Bowl was watched by a whopping 115.5 million viewers, placing them third in the audience rankings. Coldplay turned the stadium into their concert stage and also brought out Beyonce and Bruno Mars. But now Rihanna's performance has overtaken Katy Perry's, and Rihanna holds the record for the most-watched performance at the legendary halftime show.

'A football game at Rihanna's concert'

This highly anticipated performance got more views than the actual game, and her fans online have a lot to say about it. A fan tweeted, "They had a football game during a Rihanna concert." A Twitter user shared a GIF of many people running in the same direction towards something with the caption, "Everybody running to watch Rihanna’s halftime performance." Some avid Rihanna fans claims that they downloaded the fox sports app just to watch her performance, by saying "i literally only downloaded the fox sports app to watch her performance, got it on my phone during the end of the 2nd quarter and then deleted it after half time." "it’s rihanna, what did y’all expect," another fan tweeted proudly. 

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