Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year in a row Sunday.

Here is everything to know about Jon Batiste ahead of his performance of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl 59.

Watch Jon Batiste perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 2025. Batiste's singing of "The Spar-Spangled Banner" was met with tears.

Jon Batiste injected Super Bowl 59 with soul. After four consecutive years of country singers handling national anthem duty – Reba McEntire the most recent – Sunday's audience was granted Batiste’s rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner,

Jon Batiste is kicking off Super Bowl LIX with his rendition of the National Anthem. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer, musician and composer – who doubles as leader of the house band for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – belted out the anthem at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans,

Jon Batiste helped kick off the Super Bowl 2025 festivities with a jazzy rendition of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sunday (Feb. 9) in New Orleans. Wearing a black suit by Paul Smith, the Louisiana native sat in front of a white piano painted by his wife,