Beyonce to Sing at Super Bowl

Beyonce Knowles is the latest name to be added to what will be a star-studded musical lineup for Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1st in her hometown of Houston, Texas.

Beyonce, 22, will sing the national anthem prior to kick off for the game. She joins a list of Super Bowl "Star Spangled Banner" interpreters that includes Garth Brooks, the Backstreet Boys, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Billy Joel, Jewel and last year's performers, the Dixie Chicks.

So far, the only other performer confirmed for the event is Janet Jackson, who will sing at halftime, though additional musicians are expected to be announced throughout the month.

Super Bowl XXXVIII will be held at Reliant Stadium and televised on CBS.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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