Jay-Z is taking the biggest sports stage in 2027. We look back at how his wife shifted the bar for the halftime show in 2013

Years before Beyoncé revolutionized what it means to deliver a knockout headlining performance at Coachella in 2018, she shifted the bar at the Super Bowl halftime show. In 2013, Beyoncé took the stage at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans with a career-spanning performance that, in hindsight, doesn’t even scratch the surface of how her artistry would unfold over the decade that followed.

The performance opened with “Run the World (Girls),” followed by “Love on Top” and “Crazy in Love.” Jay-Z didn’t join Beyoncé for their collaboration, with a source reportedly telling US Weekly at the time that the rapper “wanted that to be her moment and didn’t want to take away from it.” Next year, Jay-Z will get the spotlight himself as the Super Bowl LXI halftime show headliner.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s joint discography has expanded over the years to include the classic single “Drunk in Love,” the…