The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 44 (Class of 2025) Results
After the Round 43 Results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 44 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2025 (who released their first record in 1999) to the mix. With 18 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 44:
Round 44 Nominees
- 50 Cent**
- Aimee Mann
- Ani DiFranco
- Aphex Twin***
- Belle & Sebastian***
- Black Eyed Peas
- Christina Aguilera
- Common
- Cypress Hill
- DMX
- Drive-By Truckers
- Elliott Smith
- Fatboy Slim***
- Jeff Buckley
- Jennifer Lopez*
- John Mayer*
- Korn
- Lil' Kim
- Lil Wayne*
- Ludacris*
- Modest Mouse***
- Muse
- My Morning Jacket*
- NSYNC***
- Paul Weller***
- Portishead
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Ricky Martin**
- Robyn
- Seal***
- Sean Combs***
- Shania Twain
- Spice Girls
- Spoon**
- Sublime
- System of a Down
- The (Dixie) Chicks
- The Breeders**
- The Prodigy**
- Toni Braxton
*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
Boz Scaggs
Johnny Ace
MC Lyte
Richard & Linda Thompson
Ry Cooder
Sun Ra
Suzanne Vega
The Alan Parsons Project
The Cult
The Jesus and Mary Chain
111 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
54.10% (60): The (Dixie) Chicks (+15.80%)
52.30% (58): Christina Aguilera (+15.90%), Jeff Buckley (+16.80%)
51.40% (57): Seal, Shania Twain (+12.10%)
50.50% (56): The Breeders
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46.80% (52): Toni Braxton (+7.50%)
45.90% (51): Ani DiFranco (+18.80%)
38.70% (43): Muse (+3.20%), System of a Down (+8.80%)
37.80% (42): Common (+7.00%)
36.90% (41): Elliott Smith (-0.50%)
35.10% (39): DMX (-0.40%)
34.20% (38): Portishead (+2.40%)
31.50% (35): Lil Wayne
30.60% (34): Queens of the Stone Age (+2.60%)
29.70% (33): Cypress Hill (+1.70%), Fatboy Slim, Jennifer Lopez, John Mayer
28.80% (32): Belle & Sebastian, Drive-By Truckers (-3.90%), Lil’ Kim (+2.60%)
27.90% (31): Paul Weller, Robyn (-2.90%), Sean Combs, Spice Girls (+0.80%), Sublime (-2.90%)
27.00% (30): Aimee Mann (+0.80%), Modest Mouse (+4.60%), Ricky Martin, The Prodigy
26.10% (29): Aphex Twin, Korn (-1.00%), NSYNC
25.20% (28): Spoon
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22.50% (25): 50 Cent
19.80% (22): Black Eyed Peas (-6.40%)
11.70% (13): Ludacris
8.10% (14): My Morning Jacket
Veterans Committee Ballot Results
51.40% (57): The Cult
50.50% (55): MC Lyte, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Jesus and Mary Chain
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36.90% (41): Suzanne Vega
35.10% (39): Sun Ra
33.30% (37): Boz Scaggs
32.40% (36): Johnny Ace
30.60% (34): Ry Cooder
28.80% (32): The Alan Parsons Project
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2025:
- Christina Aguilera
- Jeff Buckley
- Seal
- Shania Twain
- The Breeders
- The (Dixie) Chicks
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2025:
- MC Lyte
- Richard & Linda Thompson
- The Cult
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
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):
- 50 Cent
- Black Eyed Peas
- Ludacris
- My Morning Jacket
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:
- Ani DiFranco
The 29 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 44. In early Janurary, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2026 (artists who released their first record in 2000).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 44 Ballot: 2 Unlimited, 311, Against Me, Air, Annie Lennox, Backstreet Boys, Badly Drawn Boy, Basement Jaxx, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Bell Biv Devoe, Ben Folds Five, Blind Melon, Blues Traveler, Body Count, Bones Thugs N' Harmony, Brandy, Bright Eyes, Built to Spill, Busta Rhymes, C+C Music Factory, Cake, Camera Obscura, Cannibal Corpse, Clipse, Collective Soul, Coolio, Counting Crows, Cracker, Dar Williams, David Gray, Death Cab For Cutie, Deeee-Lite, Deftones, Derek Trucks, Dido, DJ Shadow, Dropkick Murphys, Elbow, Evanescence, Eve, Feist, Fountains of Wayne, Foxy Brown, Gogol Bordello, Govement Mule, Grandaddy, Guster, Halestorm, Hootie & The Blowfish, Idina Menzel, Incubus, Insane Clown Posse, Jamiroquai, Jars of Clay, Jewel, Jimmy Eat World, KRS-One, LeaAnn Rimes, Leftfield, Lisa Loeb, Live, Low, Macy Gray, Marilyn Manson, Mark Lanegan, Martina McBride, Matchbox Twenty, Maxwell, Mazzy Star, Mercury Reve, MF Doom, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Monica, Morphine, Mos Def, Nada Surf, Natalie Merchant, Naughty By Nature, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Radicals, Nickelback, Old Crow Medicine Show, Phoenix, Presidents of the USA, R. Kelly, Rancid, Raphael Saadiq, Ride, Rilo Kiley, Rob Zombie, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Sainte Etienne, Sara Evans, Sia, Slipknot, Sloan, Slowdive, Snap!, Snow Patrol, Son Volt, Spin Doctors, Stereolab, Suede, Sugar Ros, Sunny Day Real Estate, Susan Tedeschi, SWV, Teenage Fanclub, Tegan and Sara, The Apple in Stereo, The Charlatans UK, The Donnas, The Hives, The Magnetic Fields, The Shins, The Verve, Third Eye Blind, Timbaland, Train, Tricky, Uncle Tupelo, Wallflowers, Will Smith, Wilson Phillips, Wyclef Jean
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