The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 49 (Class of 2030) Results
After the Round 48 Results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 49 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2030 (who released their first record in 2004) to the mix. With 20 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 49:
Round 49 Nominees
- 50 Cent
- Avril Lavigne***
- Backstreet Boys
- Black Eyed Peas
- Brandi Carlile
- Busta Rhymes**
- Drive-By Truckers
- Evanescence***
- Fall Out Boy***
- Fayboy Slim
- Gorillaz
- Gwen Stefani*
- Jennifer Lopez
- Jewel***
- John Legend
- John Mayer
- Kelly Clarkson
- Kings of Leon***
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lil' Kim***
- Ludacris***
- M.I.A.
- Maroon 5***
- Matchbox Twenty
- Mos Def**
- My Chemical Romance
- My Morning Jacket***
- Natalie Merchant**
- NSYNC
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Regina Spektor**
- Robyn
- Sara Bareilles*
- Sean Combs***
- Sia
- Sufjan Stevens***
- The Decemberists***
- The National***
- The Shins**
- 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
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Geto Boys
Gin Blossoms
Minor Threat
Paul Weller
Rosanne Cash
Screaming Trees
Spoon
Styx
The Prodigy
113 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
54.00% (61): Busta Rhymes, Fatboy Slim (+13.80%), Jewel, Queens of the Stone Age (+22.20%)
51.30% (58): Robyn (+13.00%), LCD Soundsystem (+15.80%), Natalie Merchant
50.40% (57): Backstreet Boys (+14.90%)
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44.20% (50): Brandi Carlile (+13.40%)
43.40% (49): Li’ Kim
39.80% (45): Drive-By Truckers (+9.00%)
38.90% (44): 50 Cent (+8.10%)
33.60% (38): John Mayer (+5.60%), Sufjan Stevens (+11.20%)
32.70% (37): M.I.A. (-0.90%)
31.90% (36): The National
31.00% (35): Black Eyed Peas (-1.70%), Gorillaz (+3.00%), My Chemical Romance (-4.50%), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (+3.90%)
30.10% (34): Gwen Stefani, Matchbox Twenty (+1.10%), NSYNC (+0.20%)
29.20% (33): Kelly Clarkson (+2.10%
28.30% (32): Avril Lavigne (+4.00%)
27.40% (31): Sean Combs
26.50% (30): Evanescence, Jennifer Lopez (-4.30%), Maroon 5 (+4.10%). My Morning Jacket
25.70% (29): Fall Out Boy (+7.00%), Kings of Leon (+6.10%), Sia (-0.50%)
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23.00% (26): Mos Def
21.20% (24): John Legend (-6.80%)
20.40% (23): Ludacris
15.90% (18): Sara Bareilles, The Decemberists (+5.60%)
14.20% (16): Regina Specktor
13.30% (15): The Shins
Veterans Committee Ballot Results
54.90% (62): Styx
52.20% (59): Minor Threat
50.40% (57): Buffy Sainte-Marie, Geto Boys
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44.20% (50): Gin Blossoms
39.80% (45): Screaming Trees
31.90% (36): Rosanne Cash
27.40% (31): The Prodigy
25.70% (29): Spoon
23.00% (26): Paul Weller
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2030:
- Backstreet Boys
- Busta Rhymes
- Fayboy Slim
- Jewel
- LCD Soundsystem
- Natalie Merchant
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Robyn
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2030:
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Geto Boys
- Minor Threat
- Styx
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):
- John Legend
- Ludacris
- Mos Def
- Regina Specktor
- Sara Bareilles
- The Decemberists
- 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:
- NONE
The 27 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 50. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2031 (artists who released their first record in 2005).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 49 Ballot: 3 Doors Down, Air, Animal Collective, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold, Badly Drawn Boy, Ben Folds Five, Blitzen Trapper, Bloc Party, Brandy, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cee-Lo Green, Coheed & Cambria, Danger Mouse, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, Deftones, Disturbed, Dropkick Murphys, Eagles of Death Metal, Enrique Iglesias, Eve, Father John Misty, Feist, Fountains Of Wayne, Franz Ferdinand, Gary Clark Jr., Gillian Welch, Gov't Mule, Grizzly Beat, Idina Menzel, Incubus, India.Arie, Interpol, Iron and Wine, J Dilla, Jack Johnson, James Blunt, Jars of Clay, Joanna Newsom, Joe Bonamassa, Jurassic 5, Kaiser Chiefs, KT Tunstall, Le Tigre, Limp Bizkit, M83, Macy Gray, Mark Ronson, Mastodon, Matisyahu, Maxwell, MF Doom, Miranda Lambert, Monica, Montell Jordan, Nada Surf, Neko Case, Nelly, Nelly Furtado, New Radicals, Nickelback, OK Go, Old Crow Medicine Show, Opeth, Peaches, Phoenix, Pitbull, Placebo, Rammstein, Raphael Saadiq, Ray LaMontagne, Rilo Kiley, Rob Zombie, Robbie Williams, Robert Miles, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ryan Adams, Semisonic, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Sigur Ros, Slipknot, Snow Patrol, Solange, Son Volt, Susan Tedeschi, T.I., Tegan and Sara, The Avett Brothers, The Dandy Warhols, The Derek Trucks Band, The Donnas, The Hives, The Hold Steady, The Libertines, The Mars Volta, The Neptunes, The New Pornographers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Pussycat Dolls, The Wombats, Three Six Mafia, Timbaland, Train, TV On The Radio, Umphrey's McGee, Velvet Revolver, Vienna Teng, Will Smith, Wyclef Jean
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