--- title: Watch John Legend Sing "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl description: The "Glory" singer nailed "America the Beautiful" canonical: https://time.com/3691397/super-bowl-john-legend-america-the-beautiful/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-01T23:37:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:03:07.766Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch John Legend Sing "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl og:description: The "Glory" singer nailed "America the Beautiful" og:url: https://time.com/3691397/super-bowl-john-legend-america-the-beautiful/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676ba3647a34bcb2/69877d183c16397ce0451878/523788a4c35e442db56c4ca826affc71-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: John Legend og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John Legend Sing "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl twitter:description: The "Glory" singer nailed "America the Beautiful" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676ba3647a34bcb2/69877d183c16397ce0451878/523788a4c35e442db56c4ca826affc71-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch John Legend Perform 'America the Beautiful' at the Super Bowl  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Feb 1, 2015 11:37 PM UTC  Singer John Legend perform "America The Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. Singer John Legend perform "America The Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz.David J. Phillip—AP  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Feb 1, 2015 11:37 PM UTC John Legend, currently nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar for his song “Glory” from _Selma_, performed “America the Beautiful” at the Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. tonight — and unsurprisingly, it was a gorgeous and soulful rendition. Watch up top. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3691397/super-bowl-john-legend-america-the-beautiful/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3691397/super-bowl-john-legend-america-the-beautiful/"},"headline":"Watch John Legend Perform 'America the Beautiful' at the Super Bowl","datePublished":"2015-02-01T23:37:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:03:07.766Z","description":"The \"Glory\" singer nailed \"America the Beautiful\"","url":"https://time.com/3691397/super-bowl-john-legend-america-the-beautiful/","keywords":["Music","Super Bowl topic","john legend","Super Bowl XLIX"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676ba3647a34bcb2/69877d183c16397ce0451878/523788a4c35e442db56c4ca826affc71-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676ba3647a34bcb2/69877d183c16397ce0451878/523788a4c35e442db56c4ca826affc71-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John Legend","caption":"John Legend","creditText":"David J. Phillip—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3691397/super-bowl-john-legend-america-the-beautiful/","name":"Watch John Legend Perform 'America the Beautiful' at the Super Bowl"}}]}] ```