The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 51 (Class of 2032) Results
After the Round 49 Results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 51 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2032 (who released their first record in 2006) to the mix. With 17 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 51:
Round 51 Nominees
- 50 Cent
- Arctic Monkeys
- Avril Lavigne
- Black Eyed Peas
- Bright Eyes***
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Drive-By Truckers
- Evanescence
- Fall Out Boy
- Gary Clark Jr.***
- Gnarls Barkley*
- Gorillaz
- Gwen Stefani
- Janelle Monae*
- John Legend***
- John Mayer
- Kelly Clarkson
- Kings of Leon
- M.I.A.
- Maroon 5
- Miley Cyrus*
- Mos Def***
- My Chemical Romance
- Neko Case***
- Panic! at the Disco***
- Sara Barielles***
- Sean Combs
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Sia***
- Solange**
- St. Vincent*
- Sufjan Stevens
- Taylor Swift*
- The Derek Trucks Band***
- The Hold Steady**
- The National
- The Shins***
- TV on the Radio
- Will Smith**
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*indicates the artist is nominated in their first year of eligibility
**indicates the artist is appearing on the ballot for the first time after their first year of eligibility
***indicates the artist returned to the ballot after receiving less than 25% in a prior round
Veterans Committee Ballot
Ani DiFranco
Eddie Money
Fountains of Wayne
Maxwell
Rainbow
Roxanne Shanté
Social Distortion
Talk Talk
The Prodigy
Tower of Power
113 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
82.30% (93): Taylor Swift
56.60% (64): Janelle Monae
53.10% (60): 50 Cent (+12.90%), Black Eyed Peas (+9.20%), St. Vincent
51.30% (58): Arctic Monkeys (+4.60%)
50.40% (57): Drive-By Truckers (+10.20%)
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43.30% (49): Will Smith
42.50% (48): Sia (+22.90%)
40.70% (46): Sean Combs (+8.90%)
38.90% (44): John Legend
38.10% (43):Yeah Yeah Yeahs (+11.00%)
37.20% (42): John Mayer (-1.10%)
36.30% (41): TV on the Radio (+7.30%)
34.50% (39): Mos Def (+8.30%)
32.70% (37): Gwen Stefani (-0.90%), Kelly Clarkson (-4.70%), Maroon 5 (+4.70%), My Chemical Romance (-0.90%), Neko Case
31.90% (36): Death Cab For Cutie (+2.90%)
31.00% (35): M.I.A. (-0.80%)
30.10% (34): Gary Clark Jr., Gorillaz (-5.40%), Sufjan Stevens (+1.10%)
28.30% (32): Fall Out Boy (-1.60%), The National (+1.20%)
27.40% (31): Miley Cyrus
26.50% (30): Panic! At the Disco (+6.90%), Sara Barielles
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23.90% (27): Avril Lavigne (-5.10%), Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (-1.30%)
23.00% (26): Kings of Leon (-6.00%), The Shins
15.90% (18): Bright Eyes (+7.50%)
13.30% (15): Evanescence (-12.90%), Solange, The Derek Trucks Band
12.40% (14): Gnarls Barkley
5.30% (6): The Hold Steady
Veterans Committee Ballot Results
54.90% (62): Eddie Money, Talk Talk
51.30% (58): Ani DiFranco, Rainbow, The Prodigy
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34.50% (39): Social Distortion
31.90% (36): Tower of Power
25.70% (29): Roxanne Shante
24.80% (28): Maxwell
19.50% (22): Fountains of Wayne
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2032:
- 50 Cent
- Arctic Monkeys
- Black Eyed Peas
- Drive-By Truckers
- Janelle Monae
- St. Vincent
- Taylor Swift
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2032:
- Ani DiFranco
- Eddie Money
- Rainbow
- Talk Talk
- The Prodigy
The following artist(s) received less than 25% of the total vote this round and will need to re-nominated by the Nomination Commitee to appear on a future ballot (pending eligbility):
- Avril Lavigne
- Evanescence
- Gnarls Barkley
- Kings of Leon
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Solange
- The Hold Steady
- The Shins
The following artist(s) have reached the maximum number of nominations within their 10 years of eligibility and will now be considered for the veterans committee ballot:
- Bright Eyes
- Mos Def
- Neko Case
- Sean Combs
- Sia
- The Derek Trucks Band
- Will Smith
The 18 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 52. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2033 (artists who released their first record in 2007).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 51 Ballot: Animal Collective, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold, Badly Drawn Boy, Beach House, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Social Scene, Buena Vista Social Club, Carrie Underwood, Cee-Lo Green, Chromatics, Corrine Bailey Rae, Danger Mouse, Dashboard Confessional, Deadmau5, Deerhunter, DJ Khaled, Eric Church, Esperanza Spalding, Father John Misty, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Fountains of Wayne, Franz Ferdinand, Future Islands, Grizzly Bear, India.Arie, Ingrid Michaelson, Interpol, Iron and Wine, J. Dilla, Jack Johnson, Jennifer Hudson, Jenny Lewis, Joe Bonamassa, Jonas Brothers, Kaiser Chiefs, Kamasi Washington, Kelis, KT Tunstall, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, Lily Allen, Ludacris, M83, Macy Gray, Mark Ronson, Mastodon, Matisyahu, Miguel, Miranda Lambert, My Morning Jacket, Nickleback, Nipsy Hussle, OK Go, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paramore, Paulo Nutini, Peaches, Phoenix, Pitbull, Portugal the Man, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor, Rick Ross, Rilo Kiley, Rob Zombie, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten, Sigur Ros, Susan Tedeschi, T.I, Tegan & Sara, The Avett Brothers, The Decemberists, The Libertines, The Mars Volta, The Neptunes, The New Pornographers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Pussycat Dolls, The Raconteurs, The Wombats, Third Eye Blind, Timbaland, Train, Umphrey's McGee, Velvet Revolver, Vienna Teng, Wiz Khalifa, Wyclef Jean, Zac Brown Band
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