Sheryl Lee Ralph To Perform 'Lift Every Voice And Sing' At Super Bowl LVII: 'Wake Me Up From This Dream'

NFL announced Tuesday that Stapleton, an eight-time Grammy winner, is set to perform the national anthem at this year’s event. During the performance, the U.S. Navy will fly over Arizona’s State Farm Stadium to commemorate 50 years of women flying in the service.

The pregame show will feature iconic R&B singer-songwriter Babyface, who will sing “America the Beautiful,” and Ralph will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” aka the Black national anthem.

Ralph wrote on Twitter, “Someone wake me up from this dream! I’ll be singing Lift Every Voice and Sing at Super Bowl LVII – See you there.”

Someone wake me up from this dream! I’ll be singing Lift Every Voice and Sing at Super Bowl LVII – See you there. @nfl @nflonfox @rocnation 📺: #SBLVII 2.12.23 on FOX pic.twitter.com/mo31Zz8HdC

— sheryl lee ralph (@thesherylralph) January 24, 2023

This year’s event will mark the second time the song has been performed at the Super Bowl. Alicia Keys first performed it at the 2021 game in a pretaped segment filmed during that season’s opening night kickoff game.