TheSuper Bowl is now the most-watched television event of the year in the United States. With an audience that large, it's no wonder that musicians covet the halftime performance spot. Below, you will find our list of 17 notable Super Bowl halftime shows.

1. Super Bowl XXV -- 1991
2. Super Bowl XXVI -- 1992
3. Super Bowl XXVII -- 1993
4. Super Bowl XXVIII -- 1994
5. Super Bowl XXIX -- 1995
6. Super Bowl XXX -- 1996
7. Super Bowl XXXI -- 1997
8. Super Bowl XXXII -- 1998
9. Super Bowl XXXIII -- 1999
10. Super Bowl XXXIV -- 2000
11. Super Bowl XXXV -- 2001
12. Super Bowl XXXVI -- 2002
13. Super Bowl XXXVII -- 2003
14. Super Bowl XXXVIII -- 2004
15. Super Bowl XXXIX -- 2005
16. Super Bowl XL -- 2006
17. Super Bowl XLI -- 2007
18. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

New Kids on the Block

Gloria Estefan/Brian Boitano/Dorothy Hamill

Michael Jackson/3,500 local children

Clint Black/Tanya Tucker/Travis Tritt/The Judds

Tony Bennett/Patti LaBelle/Arturo Sandoval/Miami Sound Machine

Diana Ross

Dan Akroyd/John Goodman/Jim Belushi/James Brown/ZZ Top

Boyz II Men/Smokey Robinson/Martha Reeves/The Temptations/Queen Latifah

Stevie Wonder/Gloria Estefan/Big Bad Voodoo Daddy/Savion Glover

Phil Collins/Christina Aguilera/Enrique Iglesias/Toni Braxton

Aerosmith/*N'SYNC/Britney Spears/Nelly/Mary J. Blige

U2

Shania Twain/No Doubt/Sting

Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake/P. Diddy/Kid Rock/Nelly

Paul McCartney

The Rolling Stones

Prince

Helen Davies, Marjorie Dorfman, Mary Fons, Deborah Hawkins, Martin Hintz, Linnea Lundgren, David Priess, Julia Clark Robinson, Paul Seaburn, Heidi Stevens, and Steve Theunissen