Who is Ledisi? Meet the Super Bowl 59 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' performer | Sporting News

The Super Bowl is the biggest event in American sports.

And while some viewers just want to watch the game itself, plenty of others are tuning in for the excitement surrounding it.

The NFL championship game is the must-see football event of the year.

Before kickoff, there will be plenty of pomp and circumstance in the pregame festivities.

Each year, the NFL selects artists to sing the national anthem, as well as "America the Beautiful" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing." This year, the latter song also known colloquially as the "Black National Anthem," will be sung by Ledisi.

SN'S PLAYOFFS HQ: Live NFL scores | Full NFL schedule | Updated NFL bracket Who is Ledisi? Ledisi was born in 1972 in New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl 59.

The 52-year-old released her debut album, "Soulsinger," in 2000.

So far in her career, she has released 11 studio albums with the most recent, "Good Life," coming out last year.

Also in 2024, Ledisi received an honorary doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music.

Ledisi has won one Grammy Award in her career.

She won it in 2021 and for Best Traditional R&B performance for her performance of "Anything For You" from her 2020 album "The Wild Card." Ledisi has also won two Soul Train Music Awards Honored.

pic.twitter.com/LWFeRTllxu Ledisi net worth We don't have an exact figure of Ledisi's net worth.

The best estimate was $1 million, from Celebrity Net Worth in 2023.

That figure has likely increased over the last two or so years.

NFL DRAFT NEWS: 2025 NFL Draft order Updated 2025 NFL Mock Draft Updated Top 100 big board 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' lyrics Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.

We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land..

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