Billboard
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Beyonce had two tricks up her sleeve for her Super Bowl show in New Orleans: First, she briefly reunited Destiny's Child, the group that started her career. Second, the power went out after her performance, forever elevating Beyonce to mythical status.
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NY Daily News Top Performers
1. Prince
2. Beyonce
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Beyoncé, the human exclamation point, made a perfectly triumphant halftime star at Supe XLVII. The three-song cameo for Destiny made the air even more electric.
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3. Madonna
4. U2
5. Bruno Mars
6. Paul McCartney
7. Michael Jackson
8. Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Savion Glover
9. Aerosmith, ’N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly
10. Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock and Justin Timberlake
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USA Today Top Performers
1. U2
2. Prince
3. Beyonce
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Working with a band, dancers and a cheerleading troupe, — all consisting entirely of women — Beyoncé gave a commanding performance that saw her enter to legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi's famed "Excellence" speech superimposed over Run the World (Girls). A stop-time, a cappella chorus of Love on Top led to a ferocious take on Crazy in Love, followed by End of Time and Baby Boy. She then staged a mini-reunion of Destiny's Child with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, reprising hits Bootylicious and Independent Women Part I, as well as Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It). Minutes after her show-ending version of Halo, a power outage plunged the Mercedes-Benz Superdome into darkness for 34 minutes, as if to say, "Might as well shut 'er down; this night's not going to get any better."
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4. 'N Sync, Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly
5. Bruno Mars
Don't even waste your time sis.