Fan voting for the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame class of 2022 has now ended and the outcomes are in.
Duran Duran completed out on prime with over 900,000 votes. A more in-depth margin introduced itself between Eminem’s second place standing at roughly 680,000 votes and Pat Benatar following shut behind in third with a little bit over 630,000 votes. Eurythmics (442,000) and Dolly Parton (393,000) got here in at fourth and fifth place, respectively.
These 5 artists will likely be positioned on a fan poll that will likely be tallied alongside the opposite ballots used to pick out this 12 months’s winners. Judas Priest got here in sixth place, lacking a spot on the poll by roughly 30,000 votes.
Three of the highest 5 fan voted artists — Duran Duran, Eminem and Parton – are first time nominees. Of the 17 complete nominees, (10 of which have been beforehand nominated), Eminem is the one one to be nominated for an induction within the first 12 months of his eligibility. (Artists are eligible for the Rock Corridor 25 years after the discharge of their first commercially out there recording.)
Parton, who has been eligible since 1989, initially declined her nomination, although the Rock Corridor confirmed shortly after that Parton wouldn’t be taken off voting ballots. Parton has maintained her normal stance that she doesn’t contemplate herself a rock artist, however just lately acknowledged that if she is inducted, she is going to “settle for gracefully” as a result of “the followers vote.”
“This 12 months’s poll acknowledges a various group of unimaginable artists, every who has had a profound affect on the sound of youth tradition,” John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Basis, mentioned in an announcement when the nominees had been first introduced. “Their music not solely moved generations but additionally influenced the sound of numerous artists that adopted.”
The official 2022 winners will likely be introduced someday in Might. Particulars concerning the induction ceremony haven’t but been revealed, however the occasion is presupposed to happen in Los Angeles within the fall.
The Case for All 17 2022 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame Candidates
They’re all worthy, however solely a choose handful will make it in.
