Super Bowl 2025 was about the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Philadelphia Eagles — but it was really a victory lap for halftime performer Kendrick Lamar, fresh off major Grammy wins and ready to take his Drake diss track to one of the biggest audiences in the U.S.

Kendrick Lamar took the field with SZA, Serena Williams and Samuel L. Jackson during his 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. See the best photos from the 13-minute performance here

This week marks the first time two performers from the year's halftime show are Nos. 1 and 2 in the wake of the show.

SZA shined on stage when she joined Kendrick Lamar to perform two songs during his controversial Super Bowl half-time show.

I’m not sure when else you’d see a Pulitzer Prize winner performing the halftime show at Super Bowl LIV, but 2025 owes us one, apparently. And so, Kendrick Lamar (who also won five Grammys at last week’s ceremony) hit the stage along with “unexpected” guest SZA — to perform 15 minutes of his biggest hits as the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs hit their locker rooms to prepare for the second half.

His “GNX” album returns to the top of the Billboard 200 with 236,000 equivalent album units following his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. With its latest jump from No. 4 to 1, “GNX” marks the set’s second week atop the chart following its release in November.

Kendrick Lamar is the first rap act with three of the top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time, in the wake of the 2025 Super Bowl.