{"id":135270,"date":"2025-02-17T12:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T17:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/17\/kendrick-lamar-sza-team-up-for-a-super-bowl-halftime-first-on-billboard-200-chart\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T12:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T17:11:27","slug":"kendrick-lamar-sza-team-up-for-a-super-bowl-halftime-first-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/17\/kendrick-lamar-sza-team-up-for-a-super-bowl-halftime-first-on-billboard-200-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA Team Up for a Super Bowl Halftime First on Billboard 200\u00a0Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFollowing the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show (Feb. 9), headliner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> sees his <em>GNX<\/em> album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kendrick-lamar-gnx-returns-number-one-billboard-200-super-bowl-1235903744\/\">return<\/a> to No. 1 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a> for a second nonconsecutive week (rising 4-1 on the Feb. 22-dated chart), while his special guest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\">SZA<\/a> climbs 3-2 with her former leader <em>SOS<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith Lamar and SZA at Nos. 1 and 2, it marks the first time two performers from the year\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show have been Nos. 1 and 2 in the wake of the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kendrick-lamar-hip-hop-history-three-of-top-10-albums-on-billboard-200-1235903866\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/00-kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-lix-halftime-show-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/00-kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-lix-halftime-show-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tKendrick Lamar Makes Hip-Hop History With Three of the Top 10 Albums on the Billboard\u00a0200\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t02\/17\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBoth <em>GNX<\/em> and <em>SOS<\/em> had additional fuel firing up their increases on the latest chart, beyond the halftime show. On Feb. 7, <em>GNX<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kendrick-lamar-gnx-returns-number-one-billboard-200-super-bowl-1235903744\/\">issued<\/a> on physical formats for the first time (sparking Lamar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kendrick-lamar-gnx-returns-number-one-billboard-200-super-bowl-1235903744\/\">biggest sales week<\/a> since 2017). <em>SOS<\/em> was reissued on Feb. 9 with four additional bonus tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe latest Billboard 200 chart reflects activity generated in the U.S. in the tracking week Feb. 7-13. The Feb. 22-dated Billboard 200 will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Feb. 19, one day later than usual, owed to the Presidents\u2019 Day holiday in the U.S. on Feb. 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdditionally, before Lamar, the last Super Bowl halftime performer to be No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the immediate wake of their performance was Justin Timberlake in 2018, when his <em>Man of the Woods<\/em> album debuted atop the chart dated Feb. 17. The set was released on Feb. 2, 2018 \u2014 two days before he headlined Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis. (The Feb. 17, 2018-dated Billboard 200 captured album activity in the tracking week of Feb. 2-8.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn Lamar\u2019s halftime show, he was joined by SZA for a pair of songs: \u201cLuther\u201d (from <em>GNX<\/em>) and \u201cAll the Stars\u201d (from 2018\u2019s <em>Black Panther<\/em> soundtrack).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe halftime show also doubled as a preview of Lamar and SZA\u2019s co-headlining stadium tour, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kendrick-lamar-sza-2025-tour-dates-grand-national-tour-1235842994\/\">the Grand National Tour<\/a>, which is slated to begin on April 19 in Minneapolis. It will continue through the U.S. and Canada until July, when it moves to Europe. The trek is scheduled to wrap on Aug. 9 in Stockholm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kendrick-lamar-sza-team-up-super-bowl-halftime-first-billboard-200-chart-1235903883\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show (Feb. 9), headliner Kendrick Lamar sees his GNX album return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second nonconsecutive week (rising 4-1 on the Feb. 22-dated chart), while his special guest SZA climbs 3-2 with her former leader SOS. With Lamar and SZA at Nos. 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}