Entertainment Sports Super Bowl Mickey Guyton Soulfully Sings the National Anthem at the 2022 Super Bowl Super Bowl LVI will see the Los Angeles Rams go head-to-head against the Cincinnati Bengals By Daniela Avila Daniela Avila Daniela Avila is an editorial assistant at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2021. Her work previously appeared on The Poly Post. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 13, 2022 06:40PM EST Mickey Guyton. Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Mickey Guyton is taking her talents to the football field. At the Super Bowl in Inglewood, California, on Sunday, Guyton opened the game by belting out "The Star-Spangled Banner" backed by a choir of singers clad in all white. Wearing a long-sleeve bright blue dress, Guyton nailed her performance, during which she was accompanied by someone playing a grand piano on the field. Guyton, 38, has now joined a prestigious list of national anthem performers that includes stars like Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood, Beyoncé and Whitney Houston. Mickey Guyton. Kevin Mazur/Getty/Roc Nation Mickey Guyton. Kevin Mazur/Getty/Roc Nation This year's Super Bowl LVI will see the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams face off for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. 2022 Super Bowl: Everything to Know About the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals Mickey Guyton. Steph Chambers/Getty Mickey Guyton. Kevin Mazur/Getty/Roc Nation When Guyton first learned that she was performing, she shared her excitement in a message to social media. For more on 2022 Super Bowl, listen below to our daily podcast on PEOPLE Every Day. "👏🏾Look👏🏾at👏🏾God. I am shook, I am grateful, I am praise dancing…" she wrote on social media. "So excited to be singing the national anthem at #SBLVI on February 13th!" Guyton, who released her debut album Remember Her Name in September, also celebrated the occasion with a video that showed her shocked reaction to the big news. "My God…what is my life right now!" the surprised star said in the clip. RELATED VIDEO: Mickey Guyton on Breaking Barriers and Mentoring Fellow Black Country Artists: We "Deserve to Be Here" The trailblazer, who last year became the first Black woman to be nominated for a country solo performance at the Grammys — and is nominated three more times this year — previously told PEOPLE that upon carving out a place for herself in country music as a Black singer, she's ready to open doors for others. "I truly feel that people have been wanting this change," she said in September. "I feel like that includes the industry, as well, and it feels incredibly good. It's not enough for just one Black person to make it every 10, 25, 30, 40 years. It has to be consistently. The same with women in country music." The upcoming Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show performers are Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. Super Bowl LVI is airing live from Los Angeles on NBC. Close