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Beyonce at 2024 NFL Christmas Day Halftime Show and Kendrick Lamar at Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show

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Key Takeaways:

• Both artists are nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) on the 2025 Emmys.
• Beyoncé’s ‘Beyoncé Bowl’ additionally obtained nominations for choreography, directing, and manufacturing design.
• Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX efficiency is acknowledged for music route and choreography.

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are going head-to-head on the 2025 Emmy Awards. On Tuesday (July 15), nominations had been introduced, with the Beyoncé Bowl and Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show every scoring a number of nods.

Beyoncé’s NFL Christmas Day Halftime Show, which she co-directed with Alex Rudzinski final yr, picked up nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special and Outstanding Variety Special (Live). In each classes, she’ll be competing towards Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, in addition to The Oscars, SNL 50: The Anniversary Special, SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert, and the 77th Annual Tony Awards.

Additionally, Beyoncé Bowl choreographers Tyrik Patterson, Charm La’Donna, Christopher Grant, and Parris Goebel are up for Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming. According to Deadline, they’re being acknowledged for the chart-topping “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” “SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN’,” and “MY HOUSE.” Last however not least, the Netflix particular additionally picked up a nomination for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special.

Interestingly sufficient, La’Donna can be competing towards herself in the identical choreography class, due to her work on Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performances of “HUMBLE.” and “Not Like Us.” The Compton rapper and music director Tony Russell landed one other nomination for Outstanding Music Direction. By extension, JAY-Z’s Roc Nation, Jesse Collins Entertainment, and Lamar’s personal pgLang are all amongst this yr’s nominees.

It’s value noting that Lamar already has an Emmy win underneath his belt, and for nearly precisely the identical factor. In 2022, Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl halftime show, which featured Lamar alongside Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Eminem, took residence Outstanding Variety Special (Live).

Beyoncé, however, has garnered a number of nominations over time, together with nods for her Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show, visible album Lemonade, and Homecoming documentary on Netflix.