Apple Music’s Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show starring Usher is now Emmy-nominated.
The performance is up for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 76th Emmy Awards, which will air live Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. It marks Usher’s first Emmy nomination.
Usher’s halftime show is up against the 66th Grammy Awards, the 76th Annual Tony Awards, The Oscars, and The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady.
The halftime show is also nominated in two other categories, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special and Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork For A Special. It’s worth nothing Usher is not nominated in these two categories.
Usher headlined the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime show on Feb. 11 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The record-breaking performance featured appearances by Usher’s collaborators Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Ludacris.
Per the NFL, Usher’s performance was the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show performance in history, with over 129.3 million viewers.
“I was not exaggerating when I shared with the world that my performance would be a celebration of the past 30 years of my career,” Usher said.
“I will never forget the energy from the cast & crew, the fans in the stadium, the guest performers and the adrenaline from this monumental milestone in my career. I’m so happy everyone enjoyed it, my goal always is to bring people together and feel good through my music and performance.”
Usher, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 BET Awards, will kick off his Past Present Future Tour in Atlanta on Aug. 14.
The extensive tour, which has dates through spring 2025, will make stops in North American cities, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Phoenix. The first leg will wrap up Nov. 30 in Houston.
On April 1, 2025, Usher will launch the U.K. leg at The O2 Arena in London. He will play multiple nights in Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin before returning to London to close out the tour on May 5 and May 6.
See the list of Emmy nominations for Apple Music’s Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show starring Usher below.
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Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special – 2024
NOMINEE:
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher
CBS
Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
Al Gurdon, Lighting Designer
Ben Green, Lighting Director
Harry Forster, Lighting Director
Mark Humphrey, Lighting Director
Eric Marchwinski, Lighting Director
Alen Sisul, Gaffer
Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – 2024
NOMINEE:
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher
CBS
Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
Shawn Carter, Executive Producer
Desiree Perez, Executive Producer
Jesse Collins, Executive Producer
Dionne Harmon, Co-Executive Producer
Dave Meyers, Co-Executive Producer
Aaron B. Cooke, Supervising Producer
Phil Sino-Cruz, Line Producer
Chelsea Gonnering, Line Producer
Usher, Performer
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork For A Special – 2024
NOMINEE:
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher
CBS
Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
Eric Becker, Technical Director
Rod Wardell, Technical Director
Rob Balton, Camera
Danny Bonilla, Camera
Kary D’Alessandro, Camera
Suzanne Ebner, Camera
Sean Flannery, Camera
Kevin French, Camera
Helena Jackson, Camera
Tore Livia, Camera
Adam Margolis, Camera
Allen Merriweather, Camera
Jofre Rosero, Camera
Keyan Safyari, Camera
J.M. Hurley, Video Control
Matt Conrad, Video Control
Terrance Ho, Video Control
See a full list of 2024 Emmy Awards nominees at emmys.com.
