Group got over 300,000 online supporters, which means virtually nothing for the institution’s choice process
In recent years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame It has considered public opinion to choose, among the nominated artists, who will enter the institution. The weight is tiny: popular vote counts like just one of the more than a thousand participants, between musicians and other figures in the music industry. Still, it serves as a thermometer to know who fans would like to see among the honorees.
In the vote that considers those indicated for the so -called “2025 class”, the Phishthe celebrated name of alternative/psychedelic rock emerged in the 1980s, ranked first, with 330,000 demonstrations of interest. Complete the podium Bad Company (Second position – 281 thousand), famous hard rock supergroup of the 1970s, and Billy Idol (third – 260.5 thousand), icon of eighty New Wave, complete the podium.
Two of the most famous attractions on the list were in lower positions. Mariah Careypop artist whose possible entry has been questioned by rock fans, was in the ninth position, with 138 thousand votes. Oasisa well -known band that is even more in the people’s mouth for their meeting tour, accumulated 99,000 supporters and remained in the thirteenth – and penultimate – place.
What does this mean to the institution? Nothing. One vote for Phish will be accounted for among the more than a thousand curatorship participants. See then the complete ranking of the popular election:
- Phish – 330 thousand votes
- Bad Company – 281 thousand votes
- Billy Idol – 260.5 thousand votes
- Cyndi Lauper – 237,000 votes
- Joe Cocker – 234 thousand votes
- SOUNDGARDEN – 233 thousand votes
- Chubby Checker – 203 thousand votes
- The Black Crowes – 165 thousand votes
- Mariah Carey – 138 thousand votes
- Joy Division + New Order – 120 thousand votes
- The White Stripes – 110.5 thousand votes
- Outkast – 108 thousand votes
- Oasis – 99.5 thousand votes
- Mana – 34.5 thousand votes
Although Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland, the 2025 ceremony will take place in Los Angeles, also in the United States. The revelation of the chosen will be on April 27, Sunday, after an episode of the program American Idol. The party itself has no date announced.
The nominees to rock and roll hall of fame 2025
The organization of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Also revealed in February the artists and bands that compete for vacancies for the class of 2025. Normally, between six and eight names are selected.
See the nominees:
- Bad Company
- The Black Crowes
- Mariah Carey
- Chubby Checker
- Joe Cocker
- Billy Idol
- Joy Division/New Order
- Cyndi Lauper
- Manna
- Oasis
- Outkast
- Phish
- Soundgarden
- The White Stripes
Among the 14 competitors, eight were remembered for the first time. Outkast, Billy Idol, Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Black Crowes, Chuccy Checker, Maná and Phish They had never disputed a space until then.
Mariah Carey, Oasis, White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper, Joy Division/New Order and Soundgarden They were on the list of other years, but were not chosen. The first two names were in the match in 2024.
You can only apply for a place at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Artists and bands who released their first recording (album, EP, Single) at least 25 years before that edition. In other words, in this case, debut materials need to have come out up to 2000.
At the 2024 event, they were honored Ozzy Osbourne (which was already part of the institution as a member of the Black Sabbath), Dave Matthews Band, Cher, The Called Quest Tribe, Mary J. Blige, Peter Frampton, Foreigner and Kool & The Gang. The choice of artists occurs after a vote between about 1,200 authorities on the subject, such as musicians and other industry professionals. A popular vote is performed, but corresponds to only one of the many votes.
Highlights among the nominees of 2025
Some names remembered in 2025 catch the public’s attention. THE OasisIn particular, it has greatly moved the global news since its return to a worldwide tour, to start in the coming months.
THE Mannain turn, it enters history as the first artist or band with a repertoire primarily or exclusively in Spanish to be nominated. Already Billy Idol ended up, curiously, after Ozzy Osbourne Having said in 2024 that he should already be at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
There are other names that are surprised by the absence in the institution after so long. THE Bad Companyfor example, it was one of the most popular rock bands in the 1970s, but did not get its space, as well as Joy Division and New Order – Two legendary alternative rock names that were nominated together because one was born from the ashes of the other. SoundgardenGrunge icon of the 1990s, is another example of a band that is still out, although contemporaries like Nirvana and Pearl Jam have already entered.
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