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Pavone/Shutterstock The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as its name implies, is supposed to represent a veritable who's who of the musical genre; to be a celebration of grizzled, hotel-room-destroying, uncompromising rock stars. Inspired legions of head-banging, lighter-waving fans should be a prerequisite. But that's not how it works. The
actual rules for selecting nominees and inductees are rather different. A structured, clear-cut set of requirements might seem contrary to the defiant and anti-establishment spirit of rock 'n' roll, but there it is. There's a due process and numerous boxes that must be ticked for an act to be inducted into the prestigious group. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame breaks down
some of the requirements in a statement (per Loudwire): "an artist's musical influence on other artists, length and depth of career and the body of work, innovation, and superiority in style and technique" are all reportedly traits that artists worthy of the Hall of Fame must possess. Or, rather, they are "taken into account" when each year's list is compiled. Over 350 bands and artists have been
inducted to date (per The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame), including legendary names from ABBA and Alice Cooper to Frank Zappa and ZZ Top. While all of these possess the aforementioned qualities, there's a very specific requirement that has prevented some huge names from appearing among their number.
Jason Sponseller/Shutterstock As Yahoo News explains, nominated
bands or artists must have released their first commercial album at least 25 years before the year of their first nomination. This means, for instance, that rap titan Eminem was nominated for the first time in 2022 (yes, "Infinite" turned a quarter of a century old in 2021). The idea is to honor long and prestigious careers, after all. The official website states that there are four categories to the Hall
of Fame: Performers, Musical Excellence, Early Influences, and Ahmet Ertegun Award (the latter for industry experts who aren't musicians but have advanced rock 'n' roll's cause in other ways). As the Hall of Fame reports (via Future Rock Legends in 2012), "the Foundation's nominating committee selects nominees each year in the Performer category. Ballots are then sent to an international
voting body of more than 600 artists, historians, and members of the music industry." The tricky part is that only those nominees who receive 50% of the votes AND the most votes are given the honor of induction, but as Future Rock Legends points out, sometimes that 50% rule is moot. In addition, per Loudwire, fans can vote for inductions (at the official website or Cleveland, Ohio's Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame museum), with their five top picks being sent along to the voting committee. Jay-Z, the Foo Fighters, The Go-Go's, Carole King, Todd Rundgren and Tina Turner are the newest inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday morning. The hall said its 2021 class includes the "most diverse list of inductees in the history of the organization." Three are two-time inductees. Dave Grohl, who founded the Foo Fighters in Seattle in 1994 after the death of Kurt Cobain, was inducted with Nirvana in 2014. King, the iconic raspy-voiced singer-songwriter, was inducted with Gerry Goffin in 1990. And Turner, known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," was previously inducted with Ike Turner in 1991. “This diverse class of talented inductees reflects the Hall’s ongoing commitment to honor artists whose music created the sound of youth culture,” said John Sykes, chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. To be eligible for induction, artists have to had released their first record 25 years earlier and "have created music whose originality, impact and influence has changed the course of rock & roll," according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s and Jay-Z were on the ballot for the first time this year. Musicians and groups who were nominated but not inducted were Mary J. Blige, Kate Bush, Devo, Iron Maiden, Chaka Khan, Fela Kuti, LL Cool J, New York Dolls, Rage Against the Machine and Dionne Warwick. LL Cool J has been nominated six times without success. Khan has been nominated three times as a solo artist and four times as a member of Rufus. Rage Against the Machine and Rundgren have been nominated three times. Devo, Bush and the New York Dolls have been nominated twice. The Foo Fighters and Jay-Z were inducted in their first year of eligibility. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame allows fans to vote on the nominees. The top five artists in that vote make up a "Fan's ballot" that gets tallied with the rest of the ballots. Turner topped the fan vote. The 36th annual ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. ET Oct. 30 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland. The Ahmet Ertegun Award this year will go to Clarence Avant, 90, a music executive, film producer and entrepreneur who played a part in deals over the last 60 years that involved Black music talent, Black culture or civil rights. Dubbed the Black Godfather, a Netflix documentary about him premiered in 2019. The Musical Excellence Award will go to LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads. And the Early Influence Award will go to Kraftwerk, Gil Scott Heron and Charley Patton. Last year, Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and T.Rex were the inductees. Elisha Fieldstadt is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. What is the criteria for induction into the rock and roll Hall of Fame?ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR 2022 INDUCTION. To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.
Who is eligible for the rock and roll Hall of Fame in 2022?To be eligible, artists are required to have released their first record 25 years prior to Induction. Eminem, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon were on the ballot for the first time.
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Rock and roll hall of fame induction requirements
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