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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees 2025 Announced

The nominees for the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were announced early Wednesday, February 12.

The winners will be announced later this year.

A few surprises this year. How did the Rock Hall get some of these right finally? Rock band Bad Company? Blues rockers The Black Crowes? Joe Cocker? Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol and fan favorite hip-hop outfit Outkast, jam ban Phish, Soundgarden, and rockers The White Stripes. When is the last time you raised a fist in the air for one of your favs nominated in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Probably never. Or rarely.

As Bert from our Rock & Blues Muse Group on Facebook said, “They snubbed Little Feat again.” They sure did.

Most of the nominees are nominated for their first time. An international panel of more than 1200 artists, music industry professionals, and histories make up the voting panel and incudes a fan voting section.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced a list of 14 Performer Nominees to be considered for 2025 Induction.

Bad Company
The Black Crowes
Mariah Carey
Chubby Checker
Joe Cocker
Billy Idol
Joy Division/New Order
Cyndi Lauper
Maná
Oasis
Outkast
Phish
Soundgarden
The White Stripes

Artists or bands become eligible for nomination 25 years after releasing their first commercial recording. Among this year’s 14 Nominees, eight are appearing on the ballot for the first time: Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Maná, Outkast, and Phish.

“These remarkable Nominees have each created their own musical style and attitude, impacting generations of music lovers and contributing to the ever-evolving sounds and continued growth of rock & roll”, said John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.

Nominee ballots will be distributed to an international voting panel composed of over 1,200 artists, historians, and music industry professionals. The selection criteria include an artist’s impact on music culture, influence on other musicians that have followed, as well as the scope and longevity of their career and body of work.

The 2025 Performer Inductees will be revealed in late April, along with those Inductees entering the Hall under three special committee categories: Musical Influence, Musical Excellence, and the Ahmet Ertegun Non-Performer Award.

This year’s Induction Ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in the Fall, with exact dates and ticket sale details following soon.

Select Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members and donors receive exclusive opportunities to secure tickets to the Induction Ceremony. Visit HERE for more information.