Super Bowl LIX is just around the corner. Find out which artists will perform before kickoff, including the National Anthem, "America the Beautiful," and "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

Ledisi, a Grammy-winning jazz and soul artist who was born in New Orleans and spent much of her childhood growing up there, is slated to perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known popularly as the Black National Anthem.

In a move generating significant buzz among football fans, the NFL has confirmed that Grammy-winning artist Ledisi will open this year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans with a rendition of

Booker T. Washington endorsed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1905, and it became the official song of the NAACP in 1919. The NFL’s Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Troy Vincent, wrote about the song in a 2020 blog on the NFL Operations website:

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ahead of the Super Bowl and this year the song will once

Then NFL has made an official decision on the Black National Anthem for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans on Sunday.