There are a lot of great traditions on Super Bowl Sunday and the national anthem is always one of the most tear-jerking. That’s thanks in large part to the late-great Whitney Houston, whose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Star-Spangled Banner” is known to be one of the most challenging songs for a performer to belt, which is ironic since it was ...

We’ve all heard the two-minute song hundreds of times. We’ve even covered our hearts with our hands and belted out the anthem ourselves time and time again over the years—in school, at games, even in ...

Whitney Houston had no regrets about how she handled performing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV. On Jan. 27, 1991, the Grammy-winning singer, then 27, took to the field to perform the ...

And singing what is widely considered the greatest national anthem rendition of all — at the Super Bowl 30 years ago on Jan. 27, 1991 — Whitney Houston was inspired by another music legend. “She said, ...

For Houston, her bravura is front and center as she sings each note. But what made her performance so iconic was the way the heart of the national anthem revolved around the way she sang “free.” The ...

Happy New Year's Eve, y'all! Before we officially end 2021, we're revisiting on one of our favorite episodes of the year — our deep dive into Whitney Houston's 1991 national anthem. Sam chats with ...

Fans of Brandy surely know how much she’s idolized Whitney, who died in 2012. In fact, the powerhouse singers previously worked together in Disney’s Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, where Brandy ...

In 1991, Whitney Houston took the field at the now-defunct Tampa Stadium in Florida. She took everyone’s breath away with her rendition of the national anthem. Her performance was so iconic that it’s ...

Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national anthem still resonate 30 years later? Listen to this episode from our friends at It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders where they chat with author and ...

Coco Jones celebrated an icon in her 2026 Super Bowl performance. To perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Jones stepped onto the field at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 8 wearing an ...