The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 50 (Class of 2031) 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 50 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2031 (who released their first record in 2005) to the mix. With 15 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 50:
Round 50 Nominees
- 50 Cent
- Arctic Monkeys*
- Avril Lavigne
- Black Eyed Peas
- Brandi Carlile
- Bright Eyes***
- Death Cab For Cutie***
- Drive-By Truckers
- Ed Sheeran*
- Evanescence
- Fall Out Boy
- Fountains of Wayne***
- Franz Ferdinand***
- Gorillaz
- Gwen Stefani
- Jennifer Lopez
- John Mayer
- Kelly Clarkson
- Kings Of Leon
- Lil' Kim
- M.I.A.
- Maroon 5
- Matchbox Twenty
- Mos Def***
- My Chemical Romance
- My Morning Jacket
- NSYNC
- Panic! At The Disco*
- Rihanna*
- Rilo Kiley**
- Robbie Williams***
- Sean CombS
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings***
- Sia
- Sigur Ros**
- Sufjan Stevens
- The Decemberists***
- The National
- TV On The Radio***
- 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
Billy Stewart
Deee-Lite
George Strait
Gin Blossoms
Marianne Faithfull
Marty Robbins
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Paul Weller
Rainbow
The Delfonics
107 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
71.00% (76): Rihanna
52.30% (56): Brandi Carlile (+8.10%), Lil’ Kim (+8.90%)
51.40% (55): Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Lopez (+24.90%), NSYNC (+21.30%)
50.50% (54): Matchbox Twenty (+20.40%)
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46.70% (50): Arctic Monkeys
43.90% (47): Black Eyed Peas (+12.90%)
40.20% (43): 50 Cent (+1.30%), Drive-By Truckers (+0.40%)
38.30% (41): John Mayer (+4.70%)
37.40% (40): Kelly Clarkson (+8.20%)
35.50% (38): Gorillaz (+4.50%), Gwen Stefani (+3.50%), My Chemical Romance (+2.60%)
31.80% (34): M.I.A. (-0.90%), Sean Combs (+4.40%)
29.90% (32): Fall Out Boy (+4.20%)
29.00% (31): Avril Lavigne (+0.70%), Death Cab For Cutie, Kings of Leon (+3.30%). Sufjan Stevens (-4.60%), TV on the Radio
28.00% (30): Maroon 5 (+1.50%)
27.10% (29): The National (-4.80%), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (-3.90%)
26.20% (28): Evanescence (-0.30%), Mos Def (+3.20%)
25.20% (27): Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
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24.30% (26): Franz Ferdinand
22.40% (24): Robbie Williams
19.60% (21): Fountains of Wayne, My Morning Jacket (-6.90%), Panic! at the Disco!, Sia (-6.10%)
12.10% (13): Sigur Ros
11.20% (12): Rilo Kiley, The Decemberists (-4.70%)
8.40% (9): Bright Eyes
Veterans Committee Ballot Results
62.60% (67): Marianne Faithfull
57.00% (61): The Delfonics
52.30% (56): Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
50.50% (54): Paul Weller
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45.80% (49): Rainbow
41.10% (44): Gin Blossoms
28.00% (30): George Strait
24.30% (26): Marty Robbins
19.60% (21): Billy Stewart
18.70% (20): Deee-Lite
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2031:
- Brandi Carlile
- Ed Sheeran
- Jennifer Lopez
- Lil' Kim
- Matchbox Twenty
- NSYNC
- Rihanna
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2031:
- Marianne Faithfull
- Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- Paul Weller
- The Delfonics
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):
- Bright Eyes
- Franz Ferdinand
- My Morning Jacket
- Panic! At the Disco!
- Rilo Kiley
- Sia
- Sigur Ros
- The Decemberists
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:
- Fountains of Wayne
- Robbie Williams
The 23 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 51. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2032 (artists who released their first record in 2006).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 50 Ballot: 3 Doors Down, Animal Collective, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold, Badly Drawn Boy, Band of Horses, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Social Scene, Carrie Underwood, Cee-Lo Green, Coheed and Cambria, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cursive, Damian Marley, Danger Mouse, Dashboard Confessional, Deadmau5, Disturbed, Dropkick Murphys, Father John Misty, Feist, Foxy Brown, Gary Clark Jr., Gillian Welch, Grizzly Bear, India.Arie, Ingrid Michaelson, Interpol, Iron & Wine, J. Dilla, Jack Johnson, Joe Bonamassa, John Legend, Kaiser Chiefs, Kamasi Washington, Killer Mike, Kool Keith, KT Tunstall, Le Tigre, Ludacris, Lupe Fiasco, M83, Macy Gray, Mark Ronson, Mastodon, Matisyahu, Maxwell, MF Doom, MGMT, Miguel, Mike Patton, Miranda Lambert, N.E.R.D., Nada Surf, Neko Case, Nelly, Nickelback, Nipsy Hussle, OK Go, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paramore, Peaches, Phoenix, Portugal the Man, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor, Rob Zombie, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ryan Adams, Sara Bareilles, Savage Garden, Sharon Van Etten, Slipknot, Solange, String Cheese Incident, Susan Tedeschi, T.I., Tegan and Sara, The Avett Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, The Hives, The Hold Steady, The Jonas Brothers, The Libertines, The Mars Volta, The Neptunes, The New Pornographers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Pussycat Dolls, The Shins, The Wombats, Timbaland, Train, Umphrey's McGee, Velvet Revolver, Vienna Teng, Will Smith, Wyclef Jean, Zac Brown Band
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