Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show Is The Most-Watched Of All Time

American rapper, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show is officially the most-watched halftime show performance of all time.

Roc Nation, Apple Music and the NFL recently made the announcement, and fans have been reacting.

Kendrick’s halftime show performance drew a larger audience than the Big Game itself, which Fox Sports reported had an average of 126 million viewers.

Lamar edged out Michael Jackson’s legendary 1993 performance, which drew 133.4 million viewers, and his performance also got more eyes than last year’s headliner, Usher, who had 123.4 million viewers.

They wrote, “We’ve broken the record again! The most watched Apple Music Halftime show EVER, with 133.5 Million viewers.”

WOW.

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper. Regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists of his generation, and one of the greatest rappers of all time, he was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to receive the honor.

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born on June 17, 1987, in Compton, California. He is the first child of former gang hustler Kenneth “Kenny” Duckworth (a.k.a. “Ducky”) and hairdresser Paula Oliver. Both of his parents are African Americans from the South Side of Chicago.

When they were teenagers, they relocated to Compton in 1984, due to his father’s affiliation with the Gangster Disciples. Lamar was named after singer-songwriter Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations. He was an only child until the age of seven and was described as a loner by his mother.

From April to May, he released the Drake-aimed diss singles “Euphoria”, “6:16 in LA”, “Meet the Grahams”, and “Not Like Us”; all of which were either positively received or acclaimed by critics. The latter installment marked the first rap song to lead the Hot 100 with a limited tracking week.