Gold medal winning “Final Five” visited the Empire State Building just days after their incredible win at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The group, made up of Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, and Madison Kocian, took in the NYC views as part of their post-win New York tour.

Actor, singer, dancer and producer Corbin Bleu made an appearance at the Empire State Building. Bleu is most well-known for his role as Chad in Disney Channel’s High School Musical trilogy. He has since returned to the iconic franchise during season 3 of High School Musical The Musical:The Series. The Disney+ show premiered on July 23rd, 2022.

American actress, Blake Lively, visited the Empire State Building in attendance of the lighting ceremony celebrating the return of UK travelers to NYC. The event was hosted by British Airways, NYC & Company, and the British Consulate. Blake has called New York home for several years and was overjoyed to light the building in red, white, and blue.

WWE wrestlers Bianca Belair and Montez Ford were invited to ESB to celebrate the lighting of the building in honor of Monday Night Raw. The Empire State Building shinned its tower lights in orange, yellow, and teal to celebrate WWE’s return to New York City with a live episode of Monday Night Raw at Madison Square Garden. The reigning WWE Raw Women’s Champion and the formed Raw Tag Team Champion both competed in the events.

NBC News' TODAY Show hosts Al Green, Hoda Kotb, and Carson Daly, celebrate the 70th Anniversary at the Empire State Building on January 13, 2022 in New York City.

Taylor Swift atop the 103rd floor of the Empire State Building for her album launch

Charlie D’Amelio was joined by her sister Dixie as well as her parents Marc and Heidi at the Empire State Building to promote their Hulu series “The D’Amelio Show”. Charli got her start by posting many viral videos on Tiktok. The D’Amelio Show premiered on Hulu on September 2, 2021, just a week after the family visited ESB.

Dixie D’Amelio was joined by her sister Charli as well as their parents Marc and Heidi at the Empire State Building to promote their Hulu series “The D’Amelio Show”. Dixie got her start by posting many viral videos on Tiktok. The D’Amelio Show premiered on Hulu on September 2, 2021, just a week after the family visited ESB.

Sean Ono Lennon Visits the Empire State Building - 2020

Actress and talk-show host Drew Barrymore celebrated the premier of her daytime talk show by lighting up the Empire State Building yellow. The Drew Barrymore Show premiered on September 14th2020,featuring appearances from Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Adam Sandler. Barrymore said that her experience at ESB was a “memory to keep forever.”

Global icon and supermodel, Cindy Crawford visited the Empire State Building to join in the ceremonial lighting for International Women’s Day. The tower lights shined blue to honor the IWD and the nonprofit Delivering Good. In her post-modeling career, Crawford has become an advocate and philanthropist for women’s issues and childhood cancer.

Namibian model, Behati Prinsloo was invited to light up the Empire State Building in honor of World Wildlife Day, in partnership with United Nations. She flipped the switch to turn the tower lights blue and green with a gold mast. The 2020 UN World Wildlife Day shared a theme of“Sustaining all life on Earth”, as 2020 was known as the “biodiversity super year”.

The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 12) visits the Empire State Building

Monsta X Visits the Empire State Building, 2020

Kumail Nanjiani visits the Empire State Building, 2020

Thomas Doherty visits the Empire State Building, 2020

The Rockettes visit the Empire State Building, 2019

Priyanka Chopra visits the Empire State Building, 2016

Lea Michele visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Miss Universe visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Lin Manuel Miranda visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Suniel Shetty visits the Empire State Building in honor of Diwali, 2019

Caroll Spinney and Big Bird visit the Empire State Building

Jennifer Garner visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Meghan Trainer visits the Empire State Building

Zion Williamson visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Zara Larsson visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Georgia Fowler visits the Empire State Building, 2019

The cast of Orange is the New Black visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Zac Efron and Zendaya visit the Empire State Building, 2018

Nacho Figueras visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home Cast (Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon) visits Empire State Building, 2019

South Korean pop group, BTS, took over the Empire State Building in partnership with iHeartMedia to shine the tower lights purple. The lights celebrated the band’s iHeartRadio live concert at iHeartRadio Theatre. The group visited just a day before to be a part of a ceremonial lighting at the NYC landmark.

Members of WWE Wrestlemania visit the Empire State Building, 2019

Eli Manning visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Serena Williams visits the Empire State Building, 2014

Yara Shahidi visits the Empire State Building, 2018

Camille Kostek visits the Empire State Building, 2019

The Cast of Grownish visits the Empire State Building, 2019

Kristen Bell visits the Empire State Building, 2018

The Cast of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel visits the Empire State Building, 2018

Zendaya visits the Empire State Building, 2018

Millie Bobby Brown visits the Empire State Building, 2018

John Cena visits the Empire State Building, 2018

Hailee Steinfeld visits the Empire State Building, 2018

Brazilian supermodel, most known for her work as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, visited the Empire State Building in 2018. She joined a ceremonial light of the building in celebration of the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special. The fashion event returned to New York City for its final show.

Andy Cohen visits the Empire State Building, 2019

English actress Elizabeth Hurley was invited to light the Empire State Building pink in honor of Estee Lauder’s 2018 Breast Cancer Campaign. Hurley’s best-known role was her part as Vanessa Kensington in “Austin Powers”. Hurley lit the building to back Estee Lauder’s Guinness World Records title to illuminate 40 global landmarks.

Steve Carrell visits the Empire State Building, 2017

Sterling K Brown visits the Empire State Building, 2016

Emma Watson visits the Empire State Building, 2016

Taylor Swift visits the Empire State Building, 2015

Dakota Fanning visits the Empire State Building, 2016

Jude Law visits the Empire State Building, 2016

Pharrell visits the Empire State Building, 2015

Nick Cannon visits the Empire State Building, 2015

Hugh Jackman visits the Empire State Building, 2015

Adrian Grenier visits the Empire State Building, 2015

Taye Diggs visits the Empire State Building, 2015

David Beckham visits the Empire State Building, 2014

Artist, Ed Sheeran, performed at the Empire State Building during the holiday music to light show. The exclusive iHeartRadio Holiday Pop Up Party was presented by State Farm. The event featured thousands of LED lights and a 5-song performance by Sheeran.

Susan Sarandon visits the Empire State Building, 2014

Whoopi Goldberg visits the Empire State Building, 2014

Olivia Munn visits the Empire State Building, 2013

Alec Baldwin visits the Empire State Building, 2013

Adam Sandler visits the Empire State Building, 2012

Rihanna visits the Empire State Building, 2009

Heidi Klum visits the Empire State Building, 2012

Model Chrissy Teigen visits the Empire State Building, 2010

Tom Cruise Visits the Empire State Building, 2011

Justin Bieber visits the Empire State Building

Arianna Huffington visits the Empire State Building

Pierce Brosnan

Ashanti visits the Empire State Building

Kylie Jenner and Tyga visit the Empire State Building

Naomi Campbell visits the Empire State Building, 2013

Actress and singer Ariana Grande visited the Empire State Building a day after winning the New Artist of the Year Award at the AMA’s. Before Ariana Grande was a pop star, she was a lead in the hit Nickelodeon show “Victorious.” Grande lit ESB in fall colors to officially kick-off Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Week.

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Iron Man

Gwen Stefani kicked off ESB’s holiday music-to-light show with her song, “You Make It Feel Like Christmas.” The American actor, singer and songwriter got her start writing songs for the band No Doubt before becoming a solo artist. Stefani was joined by her now husband Blake Shelton to get New York City in the Christmas spirit.

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