This past February, Kendrick Lamar led the Halftime Show festivities, netting 133.5 million viewers — the most of any halftime show, per Billboard. Read the original article on MassLive.

If it happens, Metallica would be the first rock band to headline the Super Bowl halftime show since The Who in 2010 (unless you count Coldplay in 2016). Past Super Bowl performers have been largely pop/hip-hop acts, including recent headliners Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Rihanna, Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd and Shakira/Jennifer Lopez.