The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 54 (Class of 2035) Results
After the Round 53 Results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 53 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2035 (who released their first record in 2009) to the mix. With 19 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 53:
Round 54 Nominees
- Adam Lambert*
- Avril Lavigne
- Carrie Underwood
- Cee-Lo Green**
- Childish Gambino
- Danger Mouse**
- Dashboard Confessional**
- Drake*
- Ellie Goulding*
- Father John Misty**
- Franz Ferdinand
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gwen Stefani
- Imagine Dragons*
- Iron & Wine**
- Jack White*
- Jason Isbell
- Jennifer Hudson***
- Justin Bieber*
- Kendrick Lamar*
- Kesha*
- Kings of Leon
- Miley Cyrus
- Mumford & Sons
- Panic! At the Disco!
- Paramore
- Sam Smith***
- Sara Barielles
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Solange
- Sufjan Stevens
- Tame Impala
- The Avett Brothers**
- The Decemberists
- The National
- The New Pornographers***
- The War on Drugs***
- TV on the Radio
- Twenty One Pilots*
- Tyler, The Creator*
*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
Babyface
Badfinger
John Hiatt
Kenny Rogers
Memphis Minnie
Sigur Ros
The Alan Parsons Project
The Funk Brothers
The Offspring
X-Ray Spex
109 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
75.20% (82): Kendrick Lamar
58.70% (64): Jack White
54.10% (59): Drake
53.20% (58): Childish Gambino (+11.10%), Gwen Stefani (+14.90%), TV on the Radio (+7.40%)
52.30% (57): Sufjan Stevens (+21.50%)
51.40% (56): Gary Clark Jr. (+20.60%)
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46.80% (51): Franz Ferdinand (+14.10%)
45.00% (49): Miley Cyrus (+14.20%)
44.00% (48): Kings of Leon (+11.30%)
42.20% (46): Mumford & Sons (+13.20%)
41.30% (45): Imagine Dragons
39.40% (43): Avril Lavigne (+12.30%)
37.60% (41): The National (+5.80%)
35.80% (39): Jason Isbell (+9.60%)
33.90% (37): Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (+3.10%)
32.10% (35): Sara Barielles (+2.20%), The Avett Brothers
31.20% (34): Carrie Underwood (+2.20%), The Decemberists (+3.20%)
29.40% (32): Panic! At the Disco (+3.20%)
28.40% (31): Danger Mouse, Tame Impala (+1.30%)
27.50% (30): Father John Misty, Jennifer Hudson (+0.40%), Paramore (-2.40%)
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22.00% (24): The New Pornographers, Tyler, The Creator
19.30% (21): Solange (-6.90%)
18.30% (20): Cee-Lo Green, Justin Bieber
13.80% (15): Dashboard Confessional
11.90% (13): Kesha, The War on Drugs (+2.60%), Twenty One Pilots
11.00% (12): Adam Lambert
10.10% (11): Sam Smith (+3.60%)
5.00% (5): Iron & Wine
2.80% (3): Ellie Goulding
Veterans Committee Ballot Results
53.20% (58): Babyface, Badfinger
52.30% (57): Kenny Rogers, The Funk Brothers, The Offspring
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45.90% (50): Memphis Minnie
31.20% (34): The Alan Parsons Project
22.90% (25): John Hiatt
20.20% (22): X-Ray Spex
16.50% (18): Sigur Ros
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2035:
- Childish Gambino
- Drake
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gwen Stefani
- Jack White
- Kendrick Lamar
- Sufjan Stevens
- TV on the Radio
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2035:
- Babyface
- Badfinger
- Kenny Rogers
- The Funk Brothers
- The Offspring
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):
- Adam Lambert
- Cee-Lo Green
- Ellie Goulding
- Iron & Wine
- Justin Bieber
- Kesha
- Sam Smith
- Solange
- The War on Drugs
- Twenty One Pilots
- Tyler, The Creator
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:
- Dashboard Confessional
- The Avett Brothers
- The New Pornographers
The 18 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 55. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2036 (artists who released their first record in 2010).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 54 Ballot: A Perfect Circle, Animal Collective, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold, Avicii, Best Coast, Blitzen Trapper, Bon Iver, Cage the Elephant, Calvin Harris, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Chickenfoot, Chromatics, Cloud Nothings, Corrine Bailey Rae, Darius Rucker, Deadmau5, Demi Lovato, Dido, Disturbed, Dizzee Rascal, Edward Sharpe & Zeroes, Eric Church, Esperanza Spalding, Explosions in the Sky, First Aid Kit, Fitz and the Tantrums, Five Finger Death Punch, Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords, Flo Rida, Fun., Gnarls Barkley, Gogol Bordello, Good Charlotte, Halestorm, India.Arie, Ingrid Michaelson, Interpol, Jack Johnson, James Blake, Jason Derulo, Jazmine Sullivan, Jenny Lewis, Joe Bonamassa, Jonas Brothers, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasasi Washington, Keane, Kid Cudi, Killer Mike, KT Tunstal, Lady A, Lamb of God, Le Tigre, Lilly Allen, Lupe Fiasco, M83, Mac Miller, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Mark Ronson, Mastodon, Matisyahu, Meghan Trainor, Miguel, Miranda Lambert, N.E.R.D., Nelly, Nelly Furtado, Nipsy Hussle, OK Go, Paulo Nutini, Peaches, Pitbull, Portugal the Man, Rascal Flatts, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spector, Rick Ross, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ryan Adams, Sean Paul, Selena Gomez, She & Him, T.I., Talib Kweli, The Hold Steady, The Libertines, The Mars Volta, The Neptunes, The Polyphonic Spree, The Pussycat Dolls, The Raconteurs, The Wombats, The xx, Them Crooked Ventures, Titus Andronicus, Tune-Yard, Velvet Revolver, Vienna Teng, Warpaint, Wiz Khalifa, Zac Brown Band
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