Who sang the national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game 2023? All you need to know

Four-time Grammy Award winner Jewel Kilcher sang the national anthem before the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. Popularly known by her stage name, "Jewel," she is one of the most famous artists in the world. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide.

Jewel has received 26 nominations across various award shows like the American Music Awards, MTV Awards, VH1 Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and Country Music Awards, winning eight accolades, including four Grammy awards.

Jewel endured a rags-to-riches story. She was born in Utah and grew up in Alaska. The four-time Grammy Award winner was a homeless teenager in San Diego. She battled through all these adversities to make the most of her talent in the music industry. Jewel has been featured on the covers of TIME Magazine and Rolling Stone.

Singing the national anthem before the 2023 NBA All-Star game wasn't her first gig in the NBA. She also performed in the 2003 NBA Finals. She performed at the halftime show of the San Antonio Spurs vs. New Jersey Nets' Game 3.

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Jewel achieves a new milestone with the 2023 NBA All-Star Game performance

Singing the national anthem at an NBA All-Star event is as significant of a milestone as it could be. For the struggles that Jewel endured before reaching the heights she has in her career, it's certainly one of the highlights for her to perform the national anthem on TNT at the 2023 NBA All-Star game, the 72nd edition of the annual basketball carnival in her hometown of Utah.

Several celebrities like Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck, Post Malone joined Jewel as other notable celebrities contributing as performers at the 2023 NBA All-Star weekend.

The game features top-two leading vote-getters LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo as the captains this year. The former MVPs drafted their teams an hour before tip-off.