Jennifer Lopez and Shakira take over half

The Latin-pop singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will lead the halftime show of the next American Football Super Bowl. This was announced by the singers on Twitter. "It will not get bigger," Shakira wrote in a photo of herself and Lopez. She was very excited to be on the Super Bowl stage. Miami will be ready on February 2, 2020.

Jennifer Lopez said she had dreamed of appearing at the Super Bowl since 1996, when she saw Diana Ross fly to the sky at the Halftime Show. "Now it's even more special because the NFL is 100 years old and I'm going to perform with another Latina." She can not wait to "show what we girls can do on the biggest stage in the world".

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Shakira stated in a statement that she was honored to be standing next to another artist on one of the world's largest stages and to represent Latinos and Latinas from the US and the entire world. "And then on my birthday too!" The main sponsor of the event wrote on Twitter, it was the first time that the two "queens" together on a stage.

Shakira is from Colombia. Jennifer Lopez was born in New York, her parents are from Puerto Rico.

Fight against sinking viewership

The Super Bowl is the highlight of the American football season. The game and the Halftime Show are among the most watched TV broadcasts in the US. Even though you have recently dropped in viewership numbers: this February, the spectacle in the US attracted the fewest viewers for more than ten years. Still, there were still nearly a hundred million people on average.

The halftime show of the past Super Bowl had been rioting in the run-up: In the dispute over dealing with quarterback Colin Kaepernick last February, according to media reports, top stars like Rihanna, Pink and Cardi B did not perform. Finally, the pop group Maroon 5 led the halftime show - the reviews were not friendly.

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Kaepernick, then quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, had gone in the 2016/17 season before NFL games at the national anthem in protest against police violence and racism on the knee. With his protest Kaepernick triggered a movement, numerous players took over the gesture. This caused a great deal of excitement, as US President Donald Trump attacked the most African-American football stars. Kaepernick himself has been without a club since March 2017 and has not played any NFL games. He accuses the clubs of not wanting to hire him for political reasons.