SUPER BOWL FAB: Jennifer Hudson SINGS "America The Beautiful" + Alicia Keys PERFORMS "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Tonight at the New Orleans Superdome, Jennifer Hudson performed "America The Beautiful" and Alicia Keys sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" to kick off Super Bowl XLVII.  Salute the nation inside....

Earlier this evening, millions of viewers around the world watched as Jennifer Hudson sang "America The Beautiful" with a chorus of school children from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
 

Watch Jennifer with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus here:

And following Jennifer's performance, Alicia Keys gave a very controlled performed of "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

And just to make it a little interesting, after she sang "...and the home of the brave" she threw in a jazz-tingled rift.

 
Watch Alicia sing our national anthem below: