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HER to sing at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris
PARIS (AP) — HER will perform at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
The five-time Grammy Award winner is predicted to sing the US national anthem live at the Stade de France as part of the stadium’s handover to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
HER has won Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Awards over the course of her storied profession. The 27-year-old from California won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2021 for her protest anthem “I can’t breathe.”
That same yr, she won an Oscar for best original song for the soulful “Fight for You” from the Judas and the Black Messiah soundtrack. She co-wrote each songs. The singer also wrote the animated Netflix series We the People, which earned her a Children’s and Family Emmy.
HER starred in the 2023 adaptation of “The Color Purple,” produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. In February, she guest-starred alongside Usher at the Super Bowl halftime show.
Los Angeles will host the Olympic Games for the third time, having previously hosted the games in 1984 and 1932. It can be the first time the city has hosted the Paralympic Games.