10 memorable moments from Super Bowl halftime shows

The Super Bowl halftime show used to be a time when viewers around the world would reload their nacho/wing plates and make their pit stops, hopefully not simultaneously. Now, though, the halftime show has established itself as must-watch; more people watched last year's show with Madonna than watched the actual game. To keep the world's attention, you've got to bring some serious game. Here are the 10 most impressive moments from a half-century of halftime shows. Hold onto your wardrobes. – By Jay Busbee

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1. Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake (Super Bowl XXXVIII, 2004): And here we have it: The most significant moment in halftime show history, and indeed one of the landmark moments in American pop culture. At the conclusion of their performance (which also included P. Diddy and Kid Rock), Timberlake reached over and ripped off a section of Jackson's top, revealing her right breast. The result was immediate: a total crackdown on any form of even ... more
1. Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake (Super Bowl XXXVIII, 2004): And here we have it: The most significant moment in halftime show history, and indeed one of the landmark moments in American pop culture. At the conclusion of their performance (which also included P. Diddy and Kid Rock), Timberlake reached over and ripped off a section of Jackson's top, revealing her right breast. The result was immediate: a total crackdown on any form of even slightly racy entertainment in TV, music, movies and radio. Jackson's career suffered for years, though Timberlake skated easily enough. And "wardrobe malfunction" is now a part of the American vernacular. Anything that ever tops this will have to crack the Super Bowl in half. less