NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- Grammy-Award winning performer Billy Joel will sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, Feb. 4, the NFL announced.

Joel becomes the first performer to sing the National Anthem twice in the Super Bowl.

Joel has won six Grammys and been nominated for 23 total. He has sold more than 100 million records and has 33 Top 40 hits. He was awarded the Grammy Legend Award (1991), inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992) and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1999).

Super Bowl XL was watched by more than 141 million viewers in the United States last year. It is annually the nation's highest-rated TV program and the most-watched single-day sporting event. The game will be broadcast to a potential worldwide audience of 1 billion in more than 230 countries and territories.

This marks the second time Billy Joel has performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl in South Florida; he was featured in the Super Bowl XXIII pregame show in Miami in 1989.

Joel is among many performers who have been honored with singing the Super Bowl National Anthem, including: Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth Brooks, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams, Luther Vandross, Jewel, Cher, Faith Hill, the Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Beyonce Knowles and many more.