Beyoncé performs ‘Cowboy Carter’ hits during Christmas NFL Halftime Show on Netflix

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Yes, yes, it’s true: fans turned up the volume on Christmas Day as Beyoncé took the stage during halftime of the Houston Texans-Baltimore Raven game.

The show was the first time she performed some of the music from her country album, “Cowboy Carter,” in front of a live audience.

Dressed in all white, Beyoncé entered NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston on a white horse and performed “16 Carriages” before transitioning into her cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” She was joined by Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Reyna Roberts, who all sang on the album with her.

Surprise performances included Shaboozey joining Beyoncé for “Sweet Honey Buckiin” and Post Malone joining her for “Levii’s Jeans,” which they performed in front of a jeans-clad truck. Both men collaborated with Beyoncé on songs for “Cowboy Carter”.

Beyoncé also sang “Jolene,” “Ya-Ya” and a mashup of “Spaghetti” and “Riiverdance.” She treated the crowd to a snippet of “My House,” which isn’t from the country album.

Among the sea of ​​back-up dancers was Beyoncé’s 12-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, who eventually joined her mother at the front to help close the show with “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Beyoncé held hands with Blue as the song began, but eventually ended her performance by ascending a platform towards the sky.

After the show ended, Beyoncé teased that something might be coming on January 14 in an Instagram post that showed her on a white horse.

The performance was streamed on Netflix, which hosted the NFL’s two marquee games on the holiday. Mariah Carey kicked off Netflix’s Christmas NFL doubleheader with a recording of her Christmas hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

Netflix described the concert at X like the “Beyoncé Bowl”. Several people who appeared to be present posted pictures on social media of light-up bands, which they said were distributed before the game.

A replay of the show will only be available for a few hours, Variety has reported. In the US, both Christmas games on Netflix will expire three hours after the live streams end, per the agreement between Netflix and the NFL

In the month leading up to game day, Beyoncé teased heh performance in various posts on social media, which were cross-promoted by the streaming giant.

In a video posted on Christmas Eve, she appeared to poke fun at the streaming issues Netflix has had during previous live events. The X account for Netflix subsequently temporarily changed its profile bio to read: “roasted by beyoncé 12.24.24”

“Cowboy Carter” was released March 29 and debuted atop the Billboard Hot 200 album chartas well as the chart’s best country album. She is the first black woman to lead the country albums chart.

It is also Beyoncé’s eighth studio album in a row to reach No. 1 on the Hot 200 chart, according to Billboard. That means every solo record she’s released since leaving Destiny’s Child has topped the chart.

“Cowboy Carter” garnered 11 Grammy nominations, including nods for the coveted Album of the Year and Record of the Year awards.

Billboard named Beyoncé the the biggest pop star of the 21st centuryclosely followed by Taylor Swift. The two women both launched global tours last year and attended each other’s concert film premieres, but Billboard noted that Beyoncé has “exemplified greatness in every imaginable form” since before Swift’s own music debut in 2006.

Beyoncé broke the record for the most certified titles for a female artist this month, according to Recording Industry Association of America.

“Texas Hold ‘Em,” the first single from her country album this year, went double platinum.