Beyoncé's Super Bowl 50 halftime performance

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Beyoncé's Super Bowl 50 halftime performance was a widely acclaimed, politically charged live show that prominently introduced her song "Formation" to a massive global audience.

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instanceOf Super Bowl halftime show appearance
live musical performance
associatedSingle Formation NERFINISHED
audienceType global television audience
broadcastOn CBS NERFINISHED
choreographyStyle marching formation
military-inspired dance
city Santa Clara, California NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Bruno Mars NERFINISHED
Coldplay NERFINISHED
costumeTheme Black Panther–inspired outfits
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
culturalImpact became a landmark moment in Super Bowl halftime history
elevated Formation into a protest anthem
date 2016-02-07
featuredSong Crazy in Love NERFINISHED
Formation NERFINISHED
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) NERFINISHED
Uptown Funk NERFINISHED
followedBy Formation World Tour announcement
genre R&B
dance
pop
inspiredBy Black Panther Party imagery NERFINISHED
introducedSong Formation NERFINISHED
location Levi's Stadium NERFINISHED
mediaDescription controversial
highly choreographed
politically charged
notableElement dance-off segment with Bruno Mars
field formations spelling messages
joint finale with Coldplay and Bruno Mars
large on-field dance troupe
partOfEvent Super Bowl 50 halftime show NERFINISHED
partOfTourCycle Lemonade era NERFINISHED
performedBy Beyoncé NERFINISHED
platform NFL Super Bowl halftime show NERFINISHED
politicalThemes Black Lives Matter NERFINISHED
Black empowerment
police brutality
precededBy Beyoncé's Super Bowl XLVII halftime show NERFINISHED
songPromotion major live debut of Formation
sparkedDebateOn policing in the United States
politics in entertainment
race in America
viewershipEstimate over 100 million viewers
wardrobeColorScheme black and gold

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Super Bowl 50 halftime show notableAspect Beyoncé's Super Bowl 50 halftime performance
this entity surface form: Beyoncé used the performance of Formation to reference Black Lives Matter and Black Panther imagery
Formation (music video) premieredOneDayBefore Beyoncé's Super Bowl 50 halftime performance