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Lady Gaga Delivers Emotional Performance of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at Super Bowl 50: Watch

Ready for kickoff! Lady Gaga performed the national anthem prior to the start of Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, February 7.

The 29-year-old singer, who is also scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards and Oscars this month, took the field in a red-sequined, two-piece suit with matching eyeshadow to deliver an emotional version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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Gaga performs the national anthem prior to Super Bowl 50. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

Midway through the performance, the “Applause” singer started to tear up, but didn’t let that stop her from delivering a beautiful rendition of the anthem.

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Earlier in the day, Gaga teased her Little Monsters with a preview of her patriotic Gucci heels, which were custom-made by the brand’s creative designer, Alessandro Michele.

“Red White and Sparkly Blue,” the American Horror Story: Hotel actress captioned the post on Instagram. “Thank you Alessandro for my beautiful custom outfit tonight! #gucci”

Red White and Sparkly Blue. Thank you Alessandro for my beautiful custom outfit tonight! #gucci

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Gaga was accompanied by Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, who presented the anthem in American Sign Language.

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Earlier this week, the “Born This Way” singer shared her excitement about performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in an interview with NFL.com.

“I’ve always wanted to sing the national anthem at a major sporting event since I was a little girl, and for it to be the Super Bowl, it is the ultimate … ” Gaga trailed off, before calling the performance “one of the highest honors” of her career thus far.

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Gaga sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl 50. Christopher Polk/Getty Images

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As for her favorite rendition of the patriotic tune? “For me, it was Whitney Houston,” she said of the late singer’s stirring performance at the 1991 Super Bowl. “When I was little, I used to stand at the top of my staircase and sing along with her version. At home, the more I would sing it, the more my dad would say, ‘You’re getting pretty good, kid.’ So to be here now and to sing it to America, it’s just wonderful.”

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Last year, Broadway star Idina Menzel took to the Super Bowl stage to perform the national anthem in Glendale, Arizona.

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