<P> Nico Land from Salon noted that Gaga became the first artist to refer to the LGBT community during a Super Bowl halftime show when she sang "Born This Way". Land considered this a "crucial milestone" for the community . He said that "Putting LGBT issues on the main stage at the Super Bowl served as a powerful message of queer solidarity in the face on an unprecedented wave of challenges from our government ." Although Gaga did not openly criticize Trump, Land viewed the singer's opening performance was a subtle "dig" at the President . Singing "This Land Is Your Land", a protest anthem for the Women's Marches across the country following Trump's inauguration, Gaga referred to Trump's policies on immigration . According to Joanna Robinson from Vanity Fair, the performance was a "dog whistle" against Trump's plans to construct a wall between United States and Mexico . </P> <P> At the 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the halftime show was nominated in 6 categories: Outstanding Special Class Program, Outstanding Production Design for Variety, Nonfiction, Event or Award Special, Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special, Outstanding Music Direction, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special and won for Outstanding Lighting Design . It was also the most nominations received by a halftime show at the Emmy Awards . </P> <P> The Super Bowl LI halftime show was seen by 117.5 million television viewers in the United States, making it the second-most - watched halftime show behind Katy Perry's (2015). For the fourth year in a row, the viewership was higher than the game which was viewed by an audience of 111.3 million . A total of 5.1 million tweets were made regarding Gaga's performance, including 2.2 million during the actual show, which made her the most tweeted about entertainer in the show's history . According to statistics presented by Billboard, the most tweeted moment was captured when the show ended, followed by when Gaga waved at her parents from the stage, and finally when the singer descended from the NRG Stadium roof in a harness . The set list was also included in the most tweets tabulation with "Bad Romance" getting the highest number of tweets . "Telephone" was the second-most - tweeted song followed by "Born This Way". </P> <P> According to Nielsen SoundScan on the day of the show, Gaga sold 150,000 digital albums and songs in the United States, up by 1,000% from the previous day . The singer sold a total of 125,000 digital song downloads, led by "Million Reasons" (45,000 up by 900%), then "Bad Romance" (13,000), "Born This Way" (12,000) and "Poker Face" (10,000). Her albums sold more than 23,000 downloads with Joanne selling over 12,000 copies, followed by The Fame Monster (2009), which sold about 6,000 . Gaga acquired over 24,000 listeners on music streaming website Pandora Radio . Total station adds for the singer went up by 1,391% week - by - week with a cumulative 14.8 million stations and her songs received 2.5 billion spins . All the songs performed received significant spin boosts . This was a difference from the previous halftime shows, when Coldplay was up by 225%, Bruno Mars by 62%, and Beyoncé up 60% . </P>

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