(15 May 2024)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles – 1 February 2024
1. Medium Jordin Sparks posing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordin Sparks, recording artist – on preparing for the Grammys this Sunday:
“That’s how it goes. I’m actually not worried. I know everything’s going to work out because it always does. And I’d rather just enjoy it instead of stress. So, I think that’s been the cool thing about stepping into this person of who I am. Usually, I would have been freaking out like, ‘I’m not going anywhere, I’m not doing anything.’ But I’m good."
3. Medium Jordin Sparks posing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Glendale, Ariz. – 12 February 2023
4. Medium of Jordin Sparks being interviewed
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jordin Sparks, Super Bowl in-stadium host and recording artist/ actor: "I’m the in-game host, so you’ll see me on the Jumbotron a little bit throughout the wall, a lot of it throughout the game. But I was born and raised here in Arizona, so to be able to have this here at home, it feels really good, feels really comfortable. It’s really exciting. At the same time, I have sang in the stadium a numerous amount of times, so it feels good to be able to be here, get the energy started, get the feel started. We got a little while yet until the game starts, but it’s going to be fun."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles – 3 February 2023
6. Various of Jordin Sparks on a arrivals line
STORYLINE:
Jordin Sparks, the singer-songwriter who shot to stardom on “American Idol,” will perform the national anthem before the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day weekend.
Sparks also performed the anthem before “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” in 2015.
"We know that Jordin’s voice and performance will deliver an emotional and stirring rendition of the national anthem as part of pre-race ceremonies for the Indy 500,” Indianapolis Motor Speedway president J. Douglas Boles said Wednesday.
“The national anthem moment pays honor to the country we love, sets the stage for the hair-raising U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flyover, and gets us one step closer to those final, dramatic and electric moments leading up to the start of the Indianapolis 500.”
Sparks has won an American Music Award and People’s Choice Award and been nominated for a Billboard Award, Dove Award, two MTV Awards and two Grammys. She made her Broadway debut starring in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash “In the Heights” and her film debut playing the lead role in the film “Sparkle.”
The Indy 500 historically has had some of the biggest names in music perform the anthem, ranging from Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith to country star Martina McBride. Jewel performed the anthem last year.
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