Charlie Puth has the honor of singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl LX.
“It’s a very musically difficult song to sing,” Puth said during a February 2026 press conference ahead of the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. “You’re hitting five more notes about the octave, and that’s incredibly difficult. I think it’s important not to over-sing it.”
Puth said that despite the song’s difficulty, he hopes Super Bowl 60 viewers will “feel inspired” by his rendition of the United States national anthem.
“I want everybody to know that music is such an amazing thing and can change so many people’s lives,” he said. “Other than food, it’s the thing … that everyone loves music. I haven’t met some who didn’t love music. I just think it can color every aspect of your day so vividly, and it’s such an honor [to sing the national anthem].”
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How Charlie Puth Prepared to Sing the National Anthem at the 2026 Super Bowl
During a 2026 press conference, Charlie Puth broke down how he prepared to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
“A lot of signing in the shower, a lot of singing alone in the car,” he quipped. “Just a lot of playing the record and how I feel it’s going to sound in my head, and we’ll see how it happens on the big day.”
Ahead of Puth’s rendition, Brandi Carlile and Coco Jones will perform “America the Beautiful” and “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” respectively.
Revisiting Charlie Puth’s Career Highlights
Charlie Puth rose to fame in 2015 with his breakout hit, “See You Again,” with Wiz Khalifa. Puth has since released three studio-length albums and been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
The “Attention” singer has also written songs for artists including Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and John Legend.
“If I don’t like something, I’m gonna scratch it out in red. But if something’s urgent, I’ll also write it in red,” Puth exclusively told Us Weekly in August 2025 of his songwriting process. “I find that when I write lyrics in my own handwriting, things seem to flow better. When I’m just typing something out, it doesn’t feel like there’s as much personality to it.”
Charlie Puth Has Been Married for Nearly 2 Years
Charlie Puth married Brooke Sansone, his childhood friend, in September 2024 after two years of dating.
“As my life gets more turbulent and I travel everywhere, it’s really nice to have someone close to you that you’ve known for a very long time,” Puth said on The Howard Stern Show in 2022. “[Brooke has] always been very, very nice to me, and I would assume when times inevitably hard in the future, because what is life without valleys and peaks, she would be there for me, as well.”
Charlie Puth and Wife Brooke Sansone Are Expecting Their 1st Baby
Charlie Puth revealed in his “Changes” music video in October 2025 that his wife, Brooke Sansone, is pregnant.
“Something I never expected about the countdown [to fatherhood] is [that it will] be directly aligned with the album coming out,” he told Entertainment Tonight in February 2026 about his Whatever’s Clever! record that will be released the next month. “I think they’re a week apart. Baby arrives, and then, album arrives. I don’t know how you time something like that.”
While speaking with ET, Puth teased that he had “strict instructions” from Sansone not to share their list of potential baby names.
“She was like, ‘Remember, don’t tell anybody,’” he quipped. “So, following the wife’s instructions. It’s a surprise for everybody, except us, we know.”
Charlie Puth Plans to Balance Parenthood and Touring
“It’s going to be a challenge,” Charlie Puth acknowledged to Entertainment Tonight in February 2026. “I’m going to accomplish it. If I have to get off stage and fly right back just to spend the night with my wife and baby, I will do whatever it takes. I mean it.”
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