Super Bowl LV

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Tom Brady, wearing number 12 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, raises both arms in celebration on the field after winning Super Bowl LV, surrounded by teammates in uniform.

The Weeknd, wearing a red sequined jacket and black gloves, performs on stage during the Super Bowl LV halftime show, with stylized cityscape props around him.

Super Bowl LV

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Tom Brady, wearing number 12 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, raises both arms in celebration on the field after winning Super Bowl LV, surrounded by teammates in uniform. — Super Bowl LV champions Tom Brady (center) celebrating after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl LV, 2021.

Super Bowl LV was the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2020–21 season. Played on February 7, 2021, it featured the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football Conference (NFC) against the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football Conference (AFC). The Buccaneers defeated the Chiefs with a score of 31–9, marking their second Super Bowl title in franchise history. This game was notable for being the first Super Bowl where the home team, the Buccaneers, played in their home stadium, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.1234

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Tom Brady
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
…victories to advance to the Super Bowl. There the Buccaneers’ standout defense and Brady’s solid play led Tampa Bay to a decisive victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to capture the team’s second (and Brady’s seventh) championship.
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…victories to advance to the Super Bowl. There the Buccaneers’ standout defense and Brady’s solid play led Tampa Bay to a decisive victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to capture the team’s second (and Brady’s seventh) championship.
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Rob Gronkowski
Last hurrah in Tampa Bay
…his new team to the Super Bowl. In that game Gronkowski caught two touchdown passes from Brady early on to set the tone for what became a 31–9 rout of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Gronkowski played one more season after that before retiring for good in 2022,…
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…his new team to the Super Bowl. In that game Gronkowski caught two touchdown passes from Brady early on to set the tone for what became a 31–9 rout of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Gronkowski played one more season after that before retiring for good in 2022,…
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Kansas City Chiefs
Reid, Mahomes, and Kelce
…advance to a second consecutive Super Bowl, where the Chiefs were defeated by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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…advance to a second consecutive Super Bowl, where the Chiefs were defeated by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
…to advance to the second Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. The Bucs soundly defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl to win their second championship.
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…to advance to the second Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. The Bucs soundly defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl to win their second championship.
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The Weeknd
Breakthrough and albums
The Weeknd performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2021. The following year his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, appeared. The work was described as a “dance party in purgatory,” and it was narrated by Jim Carrey with guest appearances by Quincy Jones, Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys,…
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The Weeknd performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2021. The following year his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, appeared. The work was described as a “dance party in purgatory,” and it was narrated by Jim Carrey with guest appearances by Quincy Jones, Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys,…
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