Mickey Guyton

The NFL has a tumultuous record surrounding issues of race, but the league made the right call when it invited the country music singer to perform the national ...

It should be celebrated as a victory for her, for country music, and — even though we’ve still got a long way to go — for the America that could be. We won’t post them here, but Guyton does on Instagram. “Get the F out of our country music!” tweeted a now-suspended account with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” right in its handle name. At the time, Guyton was the lone Black woman with a major label deal in Nashville, a distinction that underscores the country music industry’s long history of exclusionary and systemic racism while freely incorporating Black innovations into its sound. More singles were released — “Black Like Me,” “Heaven Down Here” — and her long-awaited album finally got a release date. But while a vast portion of tonight’s viewing audience were no doubt Googling Guyton’s name — excluding the NBC camera crew who awkwardly misidentified “America the Beautiful” singer Jhené Aiko as Guyton —  the Texas native is no newcomer. Dressed in vibrant blue and backed by a diverse 10-person choir wearing all white, Guyton showed off her massive range in the rendition — starting the song high, and soaring ever higher as her accompaniment filled in.

But country artists have seen some opportunities via the National Anthem. In 2021, Eric Church performed with Jazmine Sullivan. It was fine, but a rather ho-hum ...

But there were certainly no flaws in the performance, and it certainly deserves consideration in the pantheon of top performances in the modern era. The first point of intrigue for any National Anthem rendition—especially at the Super Bowl—is if it will be performed live. As awards shows and other national events continue to hemorrhage viewers, the Super Bowl is one of the few moments where American unites around TV sets, even if for some it’s more about the commercials, and even if others tune out in protest, or tune in the puppy bowl instead.

Mickey Guyton stunned with her rendition of the "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the Super Bowl.

(NEXSTAR/AP) — Country singer Mickey Guyton said earlier this week she had a lot of experience singing the national anthem. An important, this is an important time. “Well, normally I just go up there and I just sing the national anthem,” said Guyton. “I know it so well.

And she made sure to savor every second of the historic moment. Guyton, a four-time Grammy nominee, delivered a strong performance, but she clearly wasn't in ...

She became the first-ever Black artist to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album of the Year. However, she wasn't able to get under where it counted for those that had money on the line. She clocked in around 1 minute and 51 seconds, easily hitting the over listed as a prop-bet in most sportsbooks.

Country singer Mickey Guyton, who will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, has run into countless roadblocks trying to launch a career in Nashville.

That fall, Guyton was finally able to release that debut album, “Remember Her Name.” It’s up for best country album at this year’s Grammys in April; the title track has two nods as well, for country solo performance and country song. “I was trying to write that country hit that every label is looking for, that magical unicorn.” Nothing was working, and she started to lose focus on what she even wanted to say with her music. But it was not unusual in country music, where the myth persists that women — radio’s target demographic — don’t like to listen to female artists. Years later, Guyton revealed she was told that another female artist had just released a ballad, and country programmers didn’t want to play two new slow songs from women in the same time frame. When Capitol Records Nashville deemed the single ready to send to country radio in 2015, executives were hopeful that programmers, who can make or break a country singer’s career, would remember her talent and help drive the song up the charts.

Following a show-stopping Super Bowl performance, country singer Mickey Guyton met Prince Harry and fans can't get enough of this encounter.

Between performing an incredible rendition of the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVI and meeting real life royalty, it's safe to say that 2022 is truly Mickey's year. Needless to says, fans were flabbergasted by the meetup and immediately flooded Mickey's comment section with messages like: The "All American" singer got an adorable snapshot with none other than Prince Harry himself.