Basically, zero. Super Bowl performers get expenses and production costs covered, but Shakira and Lopez won’t receive payment for the show itself.

Oh should we say, sorpresa. J Balvin and Bad Bunny both popped up in the middle of the action at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium.

Lo’s vocals — and especially Shakira’s singing — appeared to be lip-synced. Shakira in particular drew criticism during a solo singing episode (see video below), in which her lips appeared ‘out-of-sync’ with the actual singing being heard.

Why the Super Bowl halftime show is lip-synced Commonly, performers at the Super Bowl halftime show lip sync. Live performances are usually rare because of all the time it takes to set up and break down the show.

The Super Bowl has used lip-synching during singers’ performances at the live-to-air sports event. Super Bowl producers have since admitted that they attempt to have all performers pre-record their vocals.

10 Famous Singers Caught Lip Syncing

• 10 Britney Spears.
• 9 Lindsay Lohan.
• 8 Rascal Flatts.
• 7 Beyoncé
• 6 Katy Perry.
• 5 Cher.
• 4 50 Cent.
• 3 Milli Vanilli.

Taylor Swift does not lip-sync on stage. She uses a technique known as a backing track, which is very popular among all-genre artists where they will sing along to their own vocals.

Madonna is a dancer who sings not I singer who dances. She makes efforts to give live performances but she undeniably lipsyncs a lot. The more intricate the choreography and you can be certain it’s lipsynced, however during slower moments it’s generally live. I know it’s somewhat taboo but performers often lipsync.

Lady Gaga warned Jennifer Lopez and Shakira not to lip-sync their performances at today’s Super Bowl halftime. However, performers for the National Anthem and at the Super Bowl halftime have extensively used backing tracks and prerecorded vocals in their performances.

The short answer is that they lip-sync on the set. Most of the times the raw sounds from the set aren’t used in the resulting video, so they can blast the song they’re making the video for on the set and the singer can physically sing along. The short answer is that they lip-sync on the set.

It saturates the market, lowering the standards of whats acceptable as a live performance. It’s setting a dangerous precedent for future musicians and concert goers. People don’t go to shows where lip-syncing is common practice because they value strong musicianship and musical integrity.

“A lot of people think that I don’t sing live,” Spears said. Accusations that Spears lip-syncs live flared at the beginning of June when video from a Tokyo concert surfaced showing the singer accidentally getting her microphone caught in her hair. While she tried to untangle the mic, her vocals remained audible.