The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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HOW SAMPSON OF DIGITAL DREAM DOOR
RATES THE 2025 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME NOMINEES

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best ... _x1-x.html

9 - OutKast
9 - Mariah Carey (Listed as Outside Genre Possibility)
7 - Joy Division/New Order
7 - The White Stripes
6 - Oasis
6 - Soundgarden
6 - Cyndi Lauper

NOT RATED - Chubby Checker
NOT RATED - Joe Cocker (Listed as Unlikely Candidate)
NOT RATED - Bad Company
NOT RATED - Billy Idol
NOT RATED - Manà
NOT RATED - Phish
NOT RATED - The Black Crowes

THE CURRENT ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME QUALIFICATION SCALE BY SAMPSON OF DIGITAL DREAM DOOR

10 - The Immortals
9 - Deserves To Be A First Ballot Lock
8 - Should Be Guaranteed An Induction
7 - An Eventual Induction Is Likely
6 - Should Be Nominated At Some Point
5 - Worthy Of At Least A Debate For A Nomination
4 - Not Insignificant, But Shouldn't Be Nominated
3 - No Business Being Debated By Committee
2 - No Business Being Even Mentioned
1 - No Business Visiting The Hall Of Fame Without a Ticket

THE OLD ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME QUALIFICATION SCALE BY SAMPSON OF DIGITAL DREAM DOOR

1 - Non-existant
2 - Mostly Insignificant
3 - Recognizable, But Minor Credentials
4 - Modest Accomplishments
5 - Worth Examining, But Will Often Fall Short
6 - Strong Case To Be Made
7 - Solid Choice
8 - Unquestioned Credentials
9 - Dominant Artist
10 - The Immortals

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Troy Smith - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025: Predicting who will be inducted
https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2 ... -inductees

Bad Company
Billy Idol
Cyndi Lauper
Joe Cocker
Mariah Carey
Outkast
Soundgarden
Joy Division/New Order

[Brian]

On Sampson's page about the 2023 nominees, he gave The White Stripes a 7. On that same page he gave Lauper a 6, which probably represents a more recent view than the source that you took that from. And on his 2024 nominees page, which is almost certainly more up-to-date, he demoted Oasis to a 6.

So Troy Smith is predicting that Outkast, Mariah, and Joy Division/New order all get inducted. I hope he's right.

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Fixed.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not completely finished with nominating and inducting 50s-60s acts in the main performers category. One per year at most.

FIRST SINGLES / FIRST ALBUMS

1964 / 1965 - The Zombies inducted in 2019
1958 / 1970 - Carole King inducted in 2021
1964 / 1974 - Tina Turner inducted in 2021
1959 / 1967 - Dolly Parton inducted in 2022
1957 / 1962 - Willie Nelson inducted in 2023
1961 / 1967 - The Spinners inducted in 2023
1965 / 1965 - Cher inducted in 2024

Chubby Checker, The Monkees, Jan & Dean are next.

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Final review of who will get honored into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025.
https://navonte.blogspot.com/2025/04/fi ... d.html?m=1

Predicting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2025 Class
https://ndbambach.substack.com/p/predic ... -roll-hall

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THE FAN POLL CLOSES MONDAY, APRIL 21 https://vote.rockhall.com

FANS BALLOT https://vote.rockhall.com/leaderboard

Phish 320,688
Bad Company 270,440
Billy Idol 251,592
Cyndi Lauper 228,605
Joe Cocker 225,170
Soundgarden 224,741
Chubby Checker 195,955

The Black Crowes 160,114
Mariah Carey 134,549
Joy Division + New Order 115,493
The White Stripes 107,263
Outkast 104,475
Oasis 96,518
Maná 33,723

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Rock Hall Fan Vote Ends Monday: Phish Leads, Chubby Checker 7th, But Mariah, Oasis, Black Crowes May Not Make the Cut
https://www.showbiz411.com/2025/04/19/r ... e_vignette

[Brian]

Chubby Checker has a pretty commanding lead over everyone below him in that poll. Changes in that poll have occurred pretty gradually, and there's only one day left in the poll. I would be very surprised if CC doesn't hold on to 7th place. It's funny that the above headline says that Oasis may not make the cut. Since they're in next to last place, I guess not. They would have to more than double their vote total in the next 24 hours.

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Two ckers on the ballot - Checker and Cocker.

Four ers on the ballot -

Checker, Cocker, Order, Lauper.

It’s black, it’s white.

The Black Crowes, The Whites Stripes

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The Rock Hall Fan Vote History and Totals (2013-2025)
https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Fan_Vote/

“We’re Getting In!” Bad Company's Simon Kirke Spills Rock Hall Secrets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdjLYW48UFo

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But in the end: Seeds for 2025
https://rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2 ... 5.html?m=1

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These were uploaded to YouTube yesterday….

Ed Sullivan induction??? Second Herb Alpert induction? Burt Bacharach and Hal David induction?

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees on The Ed Sullivan Show, Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ZBwyRd3e4

CBS Mornings: Herb Alpert celebrates 90 years and a return to the stage with new Tijuana Brass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e13lFDBNrZQ

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees to Be Revealed on ‘American Idol,’ Where James Taylor Will Serve as Mentor
You can find out who made it into the Rock Hall this Sunday at 8PM

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-n ... 235951874/

https://x.com/AmericanIdol/status/1916386837041492071

https://x.com/AmericanIdol/status/1916115045316006289

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The Musical Influence is ridiculous!!!!!

THE 2025 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

https://rockhall.com/2025-inductees/

Performers:
OutKast
The White Stripes
Soundgarden
Cyndi Lauper
Bad Company
Chubby Checker
Joe Cocker

Musical Influence:
Salt-N-Pepa
Warren Zevon

Musical Excellence:
Thom Bell
Nicky Hopkins
Carol Kaye

Non-Performer:
Lenny Waronker

Induction ceremony is November 8, 2025 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

OUTKAST, THE WHITE STRIPES, CYNDI LAUPER, SOUNDGARDEN LEAD ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 2025 CLASS
Salt-N-Pepa, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Warren Zevon, Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins, Carol Kaye, and Lenny Waronker will also enter the Cleveland institution
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 235325022/

Outkast, The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Chubby Checker & More to Join 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class: Full List
This is the sixth consecutive year that one or more rap acts has been in the induction class.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/ro ... 235956268/

[Brian]

I'm glad of course that Outkast made it, but I think the minimal expectation for a passing grade for the voting body would have been inducting both Outkast and Mariah. And then they didn't induct JD/NO or Oasis either. Outkast may have been the Hall's biggest snub of eligible post-1955 artists before. Now maybe it's Mariah.

I'm glad that The White Stripes made it, and glad that they inducted seven. It now looks like they may be inducting 7 or 8 every year.

I don't remember the Musical Influence category from before, but I can understand Salt-N-Pepa being inducted here, being an early female hip hop artist. I don't really see Zevon as influential, he would seem to fit better under Musical Excellence.

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https://futurerocklegends.com/Statistics/

THE 2026 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
BASED ON ELIGIBLE ARTISTS WITH THE MOST VOTES
ON FUTURE ROCK LEGENDS

01. Devo
02. Jethro Tull
03. The Monkees
04. Britney Spears
05. Mariah Carey
06. Alice In Chains
07. Backstreet Boys
08. Blink-182
09. Nickelback
10. Beyonce
11. Linkin Park

WHAT FUTURE ROCK LEGENDS VOTERS
GOT RIGHT IN THE RECENT PAST

2025 - Nothing!
2024 - Nothing!
2023 - Nothing!
2022 - Duran Duran * Eminem
2021 - Foo Fighters
2020 - Whitney Houston * Depeche Mode * Nine Inch Nails
2019 - Janet Jackson * Radiohead
2018 - The Moody Blues * Bon Jovi
2017 - Yes * Journey
2016 - Chicago * Deep Purple
2015 - Green Day
2014 - Kiss * Nirvana
2013 - Rush