The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced its nominees for the Class of 2025.
The 14 artists, in alphabetical order, are:
- Bad Company - first nomination
- The Black Crowes - first nomination
- Mariah Carey - second nomination
- Chubby Checker - first nomination
- Joe Cocker - first nomination
- Billy Idol - first nomination
- Joy Division/New Order - second nomination
- Cyndi Lauper - second nomination
- Maná - first nomination (first ever Spanish-language rock band to be nominated)
- Oasis - second nomination
- OutKast - first nomination
- Phish - first nomination
- Soundgarden - third nomination
- The White Stripes - second nomination
To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.
Nominee ballots will be sent to an international voting body of more than 1200 artists, historians and members of the music industry.
The selection criteria includes 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. And once again you can cast your ballot at Vote.RockHall.com.