After the Round 26 results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 27 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2008 (who released their first record in 1982) to the mix. With 18 spots available from last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 27:

Veterans Committee Ballot

• Bernie Taupin

• Clyde McPhatter

• Jeff Beck

• John Denver

• Little Walter

• Ohio Players

• Raspberries

• Rick Springfield

• The "5" Royales

• The Big Bopper

Visual Results

Full Results

(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)

75.40% (89): Madonna

72.00% (85): Beastie Boys

66.10% (78): Metallica

62.70% (74): Janet Jackson

55.90% (66): Sonic Youth

53.40% (63): Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force (+18.70%)

51.70% (61): Bad Company (+21.90%), Lionel Richie (+7.30%), The Bangles (+8.20%)

50.80% (60): “Weird Al” Yankovic (+20.20%)

50.00% (59): Miami Sound Machine (+12.10%)

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46.60% (55): Black Flag (+16.00%), Brian Eno (+3.90%)

39.80% (47): X (+5.90%)

33.90% (40): KC & The Sunshine Band (+3.30%)

33.10% (39): Husker Du (+3.30%), The Jam (+3.30%)

32.20% (38): Boston (+0.70%), Ozzy Osbourne (+0.70%)

30.50% (36): Grace Jones (+3.10%)

28.80% (34): Patti LaBelle, Sting

28.00% (33): Los Lobos (+0.60%), Squeeze (-0.20%), Steve Winwood (-1.00%)

27.10% (32): Television (+5.30%)

26.30% (31): Billy Idol (-0.30%), Iggy Pop

25.40% (30): Lucinda Williams, Luther Vandross (-6.10%)

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24.60% (29): Bad Brains (-1.20%), Joe Jackson, Motley Crue (-2.80%), The Damned

21.20% (25): Bauhaus

20.30% (24): Teddy Pendergrass

19.50% (23): Bryan Adams, Huey Lewis and the News (-5.50%)

18.60% (22): Ashford & Simpson

7.60% (9): 10,000 Maniacs

Veterans Committee Ballot Results:

55.90% (66): Clyde McPhatter

55.10% (65): Jeff Beck

52.50% (62): Little Walter, Ohio Players, The “5” Royales
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39.00% (46): John Denver

30.50% (36): Bernie Taupin

22.00% (26): Raspberries, Rick Springfield

17.80% (21): The Big Bopper

Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 27 Ballot: Adam and the Ants, Ambrosia, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Barry Manilow, Big Black, Billy Squier, Boney M., Bonnie Tyler, Bryan Ferry, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buzzcocks, Camel, Cocteau Twins, Culture Club, Dead Kennedys, DJ Kool Herc, Don Henley, Echo and the Bunnymen, Eddie Money, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, George Strait, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Jeffrey Osbourne, Jim Steinman, John Hiatt, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kurtis Blow, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Leo Sayer, Madness, Marillion, Marshall Crenshaw, Meat Puppets, MFSB, Michael McDonald, Mike Oldfield, Ministry, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Misfits, Missing Persons, Mission of Burma, Montrose, Neu!, Nick Lowe, Oingo Boingo, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pere Ubu, Public Image Ltd., Rainbow, Reba McEntire, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Thompson, Rick Derringer, Robert Cray, Robert Palmer, Robyn Hitchcock, Shonen Knife, Social Distortion, Split Enz, Steve Earle, Sugarhill Gang, Suicide, Sylvester, Talk Talk, Tavares, Tears for Fears, Ted Nugent, Teena Marie, The Alan Parsons Project, The Average White Band, The Blues Brothers, The Boomtown Rats, The Brothers Johnson, The Cramps, The Dictators, The English Beat, The Fall, The Gap Band, The Hoodoo Gurus, The Human League, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Neville Brothers, The Psychedelic Furs, The Smithereens, The Specials, The Undertones, The Village People, Toto, Twister Sister, UB40, Wham!, Whitesnake, Whodini, Wire, X-Ray Spex, XTC, Zapp

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