Katy Perry to headline Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show

This week, it was announced that the spunky and fabulous Katy Perry will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show on NBC at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, Feb. 1st, 2015.

The announcement was made Sunday through a global announcement. 

According to NFL.com, Perry confirmed her performance through Twitter while watching the Dallas Cowboys – New York Giants game in Australia where she is currently on her Prismatic World Tour. 

The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show is the most-watched musical event of the year. More than 115 million viewers in the U.S. watched last season’s show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide.

Perry cemented her status as a best-selling superstar with the global success of three multi-platinum studio albums — her 2008 debut One of the Boys (which generated hit singles I Kissed A Girl, Hot N Cold, Thinking of You and Waking Up In Vegas), 2010’s Teenage Dream (which made her the only female artist to have five No. 1 singles from one album on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Firework, E.T. and Last Friday Night), and her current album, Prism.

Perry joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Madonna, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2.

Watch Katy Perry’s #HypedforHalftime video announcement with Pepsi HERE