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The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 42 (Class of 2023) Results

After the Round 41 Results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 42 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2023 (who released their first record in 1997) to the mix. With 22 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 42:

Round 42 Nominees

  • Aaliyah
  • Aimee Mann***
  • Aphex Twin***
  • Backstreet Boys***
  • Belle & Sebastian
  • Bikini Kill
  • Blink-182***
  • Christina Aguilera*
  • Common***
  • Counting Crows
  • Cypress Hill**
  • D'Angelo
  • Danzig**
  • Destiny's Child*
  • DMX
  • Drive-By Truckers*
  • Elliott Smith
  • Garbage
  • Garth Brooks
  • Jeff Buckley***
  • Jewel
  • Korn
  • Lil' Kim***
  • Matchbox Twenty**
  • MC Lyte**
  • Missy Elliott*
  • Modest Mouse
  • Morrissey**
  • Paul Weller**
  • Portishead***
  • Queens of the Stone Age*
  • Sean Combs (Diddy)*
  • Shakira
  • Shania Twain
  • Spice Girls
  • Sublime***
  • The (Dixie) Chicks
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Toni Braxton
  • Usher

*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

  • Alison Krauss

  • America

  • DJ Kool Herc

  • Minutemen

  • Ted Nugent

  • The Alan Parsons Project

  • The Dictators

  • The Tragically Hip

  • They Might Be Giants

  • White Zombie


108 Ballots Received


Full Results

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

66.70% (72): Missy Elliott

61.10% (66): Destiny’s Child

54.60% (59): Shakira (+19.00%)

53.70% (58): Blink-182

52.80% (57): Garbage (+16.40%)

51.90% (56): Aaliyah (+7.80%), Bikini Kill (+22.20%)

50.90% (55): Garth Brooks (+14.50%)

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44.40% (48): D’Angelo (+14.70%)

41.70% (45): Jeff Buckley (+18.00%), The Chemical Brothers (+7.00%)

40.70% (44): Shania Twain (+0.90%)

39.80% (43): Christina Aguilera

38.00% (41): Usher (-2.70%)

35.20% (38): MC Lyte

34.30% (37): Morrissey

32.40% (35): DMX (+12.90%)

31.50% (34): Korn (+2.70%), Queens of the Stone Age, Toni Braxton (+4.40%)

29.60% (32): Cypress Hill, Elliott Smith (-2.60%), Portishead, The (Dixie) Chicks (-3.50%)

28.70% (31): Sublime

26.90% (29): Aimee Mann (+2.30%), Backstreet Boys (+6.60%)

25.90% (28): Counting Crows (-2.90%), Drive-By Truckers, Modest Mouse (-1.20%)

25.00% (27): Jewel (-1.30%)

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24.10% (26): Paul Weller, Spice Girls (-1.30%)

20.40% (22): Sean Combs

19.40% (21): Belle & Sebastian (-8.60%)

18.60% (20): Aphex Twin

17.60% (19): Danzig

16.70% (18): Common (+4.00%)

13.90% (12): Lil’ Kim (+3.70%), Matchbox Twenty


Veterans Committee Ballot Results

52.80% (57): The Tragically Hip

51.90% (56): Alison Krauss, America, DJ Kool Herc

50.90% (55): Minutemen, They Might Be Giants

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33.30% (36): White Zombie

31.50% (34): The Alan Parsons Project

13.00% (14): Ted Nugent

12.00% (13): The Dictators


As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2023:

  • Aaliyah
  • Bikini Kill
  • Blink-182
  • Destiny's Child
  • Garbage
  • Garth Brooks
  • Missy Elliott
  • Shakira

The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2023:

  • Alison Krauss
  • America
  • DJ Kool Herc
  • Minutemen
  • The Tragically Hip
  • They Might Be Giants

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):

  • Aphex Twin
  • Belle & Sebastian
  • Common
  • Lil' Kim
  • Matchbox Twenty
  • Paul Weller
  • Sean Combs
  • Spice Girls

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:

  • Danzig
  • MC Lyte
  • Morrissey

The 19 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 41. In early Janurary, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2024 (artists who released their first record in 1998).


Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 42 Ballot: 311, 50 Cent, 808 State, Afghan Whigs, Air, Alan Jackson, Ani DiFranco, Annie Lennox, Arrested Development, Barenaked Ladies, Basement Jaxx, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Ben Folds Five, Black Eyed Peas, Blind Melon, Blues Traveler, Bob Mould, Body Count, Bone Thugs N’ Harmony, Brandy, Bright Eyes, Buena Vista Social Club, Buffalo Tom, Built To Spill, Bush, Busta Rhymes, Clint Black, Collective Soul, Cracker, Daniel Lanois, Deeee-Lite, Deftones, Derek Trucks, Digital Underground, DJ Shadow, Dream Theater, Dropkick Murphys, Eels, Elastica, Fatboy Slim, Fountains Of Wayne, Foxy Brown, Geto Boys, Gin Blossoms, Gov't Mule, Grandaddy, Gwar, Hootie & the Blowfish, Incubus, Insane Clown Posse, Jamiroquai, Jars of Clay, Jimmy Eat World, King's X, KRS-One, L7, Lisa Loeb, Low, Lush, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Martina McBride, Maxwell, Mazzy Star, Mercury Rev, Morphine, Mos Def, Mudhoney, Nada Surf, Natalie Merchant, Neko Case, Neneh Cherry, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nickelback, NSYNC, Orbital, Paula Abdul, Posies, Presidents of the USA, Primus, R. Kelly, Rancid, Raphael Saadiq, Real McCoy, Ricky Martin, Robbie Williams, Robyn, Rufus Wainwright, Saint Etienne, Seal, Sia, Sigur Ros, Skid Row, Slipknot, Sloan, Spin Doctors, Spoon, Stereolab, Suede, Sugar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Superchunk, SWV, Teenage Fanclub, The Apples in Stereo, The Breeders, The Hives, The Magnetic Fields, The Posies, The Prodigy, The Verve, Third Eye Blind, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tone Loc, Traveling Wilburys, Tricky, Uncle Tupelo, Underworld, Vanessa Williams, Vic Chesnutt, Vixen, Wallflowers, Will Smith, Wyclef Jean


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