Some of y'all are so transparent. First you wanna call the SB local, now you wanna talk about global? Dead @ comparing Bruno Mars to Carrie Underwood. Her debut album alone (7X platinum scanned) outsold his entire discography in the US.
Nearly 10 years ago when music sales were huge still and her winning on a REALITY SHOW when it was at its peak helped. C'mon now.
I like Carrie as much as the next guy, but seriously? Is this the biggest amount of starpower the NFL could find or something? Carrie immediately after AI, maybe, but not in her present career state.
Kelly Clarkson has a better discography for the Super Bowl than Carrie and has higher authority. And since the perfectly tweezed Toxicity claims football is only for middle america, Kelly has better list of Country super stars to bring out than Carrie, like Blake, Miranda, Reba, etc.
Better discography? That's all subjective. Besides Carrie Underwood is the best selling American idol winner, and she appeals to more middle America than Kelly Clarkson .