Madonna Tapped For Super Bowl Halftime Show

First Published: December 5, 2011 10:38 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Madonna arrives onstage in style at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany on August 18, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Material Girl will be taking the stage on footballs biggest night. Madonna, who has sold more than 300 million records, will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. The NFL and NBC announced Sunday during the Detroit-New Orleans game that the Grammy Award-winning singer will highlight the show at Lucas Oil Stadium on Feb. 5. The show is the most-watched musical event of the year, with more than 162 million in the U.S. tuning in to see The Black Eyed Peas performance with Slash and Usher in Dallas at halftime of Green Bays Super Bowl win over Pittsburgh last February. Madonna, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will join such acts as Bruce Springsteen&The E Street Band, Prince, U2, Paul McCartney, The Who and the Rolling Stones to perform during recent Super Bowls. She will collaborate with a team from Cirque du Soleil, choreographer Jamie King, and artists from Moment Factory. Madonna, currently in the studio working on a new album, has a new film W.E. which she directed, wrote and produced and will open nationally two days before the NFLs signature event. The Super Bowl and halftime show, sponsored by Bridgestone Americas, will be broadcast worldwide on NBC. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.