Charlie Puth’s Super Bowl 60 national anthem is shaping up as one of the most closely watched moments before kickoff at Levi’s Stadium. With sportsbooks posting dedicated over/under lines and bettors combing through his interviews, rehearsal hints and historical data, the focus has turned to how his performance might compare to past Super Bowl renditions.
Between his own promise to treat this as the finest musical moment of his career and the NFL’s history of marquee anthem singers, there is plenty of context to consider before predicting how long Puth will be on the mic.
Charlie Puth To Sing National Anthem At Super Bowl 60
Charlie Puth was chosen to perform the national anthem before the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara. CBS News notes that the 34‑year‑old pop artist, known for songs like “See You Again,” “Attention” and “We Don’t Talk Anymore,” has called “The Star‑Spangled Banner” both “one of the most beautiful pieces of music” and “the hardest to sing” because of its extreme vocal range.
In a social video, he explained that while many songs stay within a single octave, the anthem ranges from a low D to a high A, requiring precise control across that span.
According to reports, Puth actively campaigned for the job rather than waiting to be selected. Rolling Stone detailed how he recorded a simple demo of himself singing the anthem over a Rhodes keyboard and sent it to Roc Nation co‑founder Jay Brown, whose company works with the NFL on Super Bowl entertainment decisions.
“I’ve been told this, I don’t know if it’s true, but he played it for Jay-Z and Jay-Z loved it,” Puth told the magazine. “And it got to [NFL Commissioner Roger] Goodell and they all said that I could do it.”
Puth will be the second New Jersey native to perform the anthem at a Super Bowl, following Whitney Houston’s famous rendition at Super Bowl XXV. He has repeatedly cited Houston’s version as the standard and said he wants his own arrangement to be a “nod” to hers, while acknowledging he cannot match it.
Puth reportedly intends to sing in D major and has described this as the best performance of his life, with preparation that includes constant vocal work in the shower and while driving. He has also said he expects to sing live, with orchestral elements supported by some pre‑recorded components, so the arrangement will carry properly in a loud stadium.
What Is The Average Length Of National Anthem in Super Bowls?
Recent Super Bowl national anthem props are built around a two‑minute baseline. For Super Bowl 60, major sportsbooks have set the over/under in the 119.5 to 120.5‑second range for the vocal portion of the song, with timing starting on the first sung word and ending on the last, excluding any instrumental intro or outro.
Looking back at modern Super Bowls, recorded anthem times generally fall between 1:25 and 2:36. The fastest in that span was Aaron Neville at 1:25 in 1990, while Alicia Keys delivered the longest at 2:36 in 2013. Since 1990, 21 of 35 Super Bowl anthems have finished under two minutes, although there was a run beginning with Keys’ extended 2013 version where most performances landed above the two‑minute mark.
In more recent years, timings have tightened again: Jon Batiste hit exactly 2:00 in 2025, Reba McEntire clocked 1:35 in 2024, and Chris Stapleton came in at 2:01 in 2023.
For Puth, there is no prior full vocal Super Bowl‑style anthem to date. The closest reference is an old video of him playing a quick, instrumental piano piece at about 70–72 seconds, which is not representative of a stadium performance with vocals and orchestration.
Instead, expectations are being built around his stated plan to nod to Whitney Houston’s iconic Super Bowl XXV rendition, which was approximately 1:56, and the broader pattern of recent anthems clustering in the 1:30 to 2:10 window.
Against that backdrop, a betting line set just under two minutes essentially asks whether Puth’s live performance will shade slightly shorter or longer than the historical midpoint for Super Bowl national anthem timings.
