The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 56 (Class of 2037) Results
After the Round 54 Results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 56 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2037 (who released their first record in 2011) to the mix. With 28 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 56:
Round 56 Nominees
- A$AP Rocky*
- Alabama Shakes*
- Animal Collective**
- Ariana Grande*
- Audioslave**
- Bon Iver
- Cage the Elephant***
- Carrie Underwood
- Danger Mouse
- Father John Misty***
- Fleet Foxes***
- Foster the People***
- Frank Ocean*
- Gnarls Barkley
- Grimes***
- Jason Isbell
- Jennifer Hudson
- Jon Batiste**
- Jonas Brothers**
- Justin Bieber***
- Kacey Musgraves*
- Kesha***
- Lily Allen**
- Mark Ronson
- One Direction*
- Panic! At the Disco!
- Paramore
- Sam Smith***
- Sara Barielles
- Selena Gomez**
- Solange
- Tame Impala
- The Libertines**
- The Lumineers*
- The Mars Volta**
- The Neptunes**
- The War on Drugs***
- The Weeknd*
- Twenty One Pilots***
- Velvet Revolver***
- *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
Ben Folds Five
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Fairport Convention
Gin Blossoms
Lightnin' Hopkins
Natalie Cole
Orbital
Public Image Ltd
The Sir Douglas Quintet
The Undertones
101 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
74.30% (75): The Weeknd
58.40% (59): Frank Ocean
54.50% (55): Kacey Musgraves
52.50% (53): Bon Iver (+25.40%), Carrie Underwood (+22.60%), Paramore (+11.40%)
51.50% (52): Alabama Shakes, Tame Impala (+19.70%)
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46.50% (47): The Neptunes
44.60% (45): Jason Isbell (+13.80%)
43.60% (44): Audioslave
40.60% (41): Mark Ronson (+11.60%)
37.60% (38): Jennifer Hudson (+4.90%), Sara Barielles (+6.80%)
35.60% (36): Ariana Grande, Panic! At the Disco (-0.80%)
33.70% (34): Solange (+7.50%)
31.70% (32): Fleet Foxes (+13.00%)
29.70% (30): Jon Batiste
28.70% (29): Gnarls Barkley (+2.50%)
25.70% (26): Danger Mouse (-1.40%)
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23.80% (24): Animal Collective, Cage the Elephant (+4.20%), Justin Bieber (+1.40%)
22.80% (23): Father John Misty (+5.00%), The Libertines, The Mars Volta
21.80% (22): Twenty One Pilots (+7.80%)
19.80% (20): Lily Allen
17.80% (18): Velvet Revolver, The War of Drugs (+4.70%)
16.80% (17): One Direction
14.90% (15): Grimes (-5.70%), Selena Gomez, The Lumineers
13.90% (14): Jonas Brothers
11.90% (12): Kesha (-1.20%)
10.90% (11): Sam Smith (+2.50%)
9.90% (10): Foster the People (+3.40%)
2.0% (2): A$AP Rocky
Veterans Committee Ballot Results
53.50% (54): Lightnin’ Hopkins
52.50% (53): Natalie Cole, Public Image Ltd.
51.50% (52): DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Gin Blossoms
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44.60% (45): Ben Folds Five
35.60% (36): Fairport Convention
28.70% (29): The Sir Douglas Quintet
17.80% (18): The Undertones
11.90% (12): Orbital
**As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2037:
- Alabama Shakes
- Bon Iver
- Carrie Underwood
- Frank Ocean
- Kacey Musgraves
- Paramore
- Tame Impala
- The Weeknd
**The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2037:
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- Gin Blossoms
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Natalie Cole
- Public Image Ltd.
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 56 Ballot: 30 Seconds to Mars, Adam Lambert, Alt-J, Anderson .Paak, Angel Olsen, Avenged Sevenfold, Avicii, Band of Horses, Baroness, Bastille, Beach House, Big Sean, Blitzen Trapper, Bloc Party, Blood Orange, Brandy Clark, Breaking Benjamin, Broken Social Scene, Calvin Harris, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cee-Lo Green, Charlie Puth, Charly Bliss, Chickenfoot, Chief Keef, Chris Brown, Chromatics, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Coheed & Cambria, Death Grips, Deerhunter, Demi Lovato, Dirty Projectors, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Khaled, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes, Ellie Goulding, EMA, Eric Church, Esperanza Spalding, Felt, Fiery Furnaces, First Aid Kit, Fitz and the Tantrums, Five Finger Death Punch, Fun., Future, Future Islands, Futureheads, Ghost, Girl Talk, GRiZ, Grizzly Bear, Grouplove, Iggy Azalea, Ingrid Michaelson, Interpol, Iron + Wine, Jack Harlow, Jack Johnson, Jason Derulo, Jason Mraz, Jay Reatard, Jazmine Sullivan, Jenny Lewis, Jessie J, Joanna Newsom, Julia Michaels, Kaiser Chiefs, Kamasi Washington, Khruangbin, Kid Cudi, Killer Mike, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, KT Tunstall, Kurt Vile, Lady A, Len Price 3, Little Big Town, Lupe Fiasco, Lydia Loveless, Lykke Li, Mac Miller, Machine Gun Kelly, Madvillain, Matisyahu, Maximo Park, Meghan Trainor, MGMT, Michael Bublé, Miguel, Ne-Yo, Of Monsters and Men, Parquet Courts, Paulo Nutini, Pitbull, Polyphonic Spree, Portugal the Man, Rascal Flatts, Real Estate, Rebecca Black, Rick Ross, Robin Thicke, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rooney, Ryan Bingham, Scissor Sisters, Sharon Van Etten, She and Him, Skrillex, Talib Kweli, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tenacious D, The Darkness, The Head and the Heart, The Hold Steady, The Postal Service, The Pretty Reckless, The Raconteurs, The Wombats, The xx, Them Crooked Vultures, Thundercat, Tinariwen, Titus Andronicus, tUnE-yArDs, Wiz Khalifa, Wolf Parade, Wolfmother
This is the conclusion of our year-long project for the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project. Thank you to everyone who has participated or followed each week.
There will be a follow-up blog or podcast episode discussing the project sometime in May. There will be more details once all that’s figured out and what our next steps are. In the meantime, check out the full list of inductees inducted by our voting body.
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