Coldplay’s Chris Martin Declares Rihanna to Be the “Greatest Singer of All Time”
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On Sunday, February 12, Rihanna will be taking the stage for her first live public performance in years for the Super Bowl halftime show. Another former Super Bowl halftime performer has declared the Fenty Beauty founder a “higher power” when it comes to singing, and he wants everyone to prepare themselves.
Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed at the big game in 2015, and in a recent interview with Zane Lowe, he called Rihanna “the best singer of all time.”
“You have to be an idiot not to recognize that she’s the best singer of all time,” he insisted. “I don’t know Rihanna very well. I’m mainly just a fan, and we have performed with her a few times and it is rarer and rarer for her to just sing, which is what makes it even more special, and in a strange way, it shows that she really, really wants to do it.”
Although Chris says he doesn’t know her, Coldplay worked with Rihanna on her track “Love on the Brain” and in 2011 for their album Mylo Xyloto on the song “Princess of China.” They have since performed live together a few times, and Chris is clearly enamored by her onstage.
When asked what he expected from the halftime show, Chris essentially said he’ll just be happy to be there.
“So it’s hard for me, I’m very biased because I’m such a big Rihanna fan,” he told Lowe. “I mean, I think she could just walk out in sweatpants and sing and that would be just great.”
When Chris played the Super Bowl, he had quite an iconic performance himself, though much credit for that goes to Beyoncé, who opened the show along with Bruno Mars.
Rihanna may be planning some surprise guests for her performance as well, even if the show is technically only 12 minutes long.
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