Janet Jackson Leads ‘Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’ 2019 Nominations

[Nikki B.]

 

Nominees for the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame have been announced and once again Janet Jackson leads the pack.

 

The superstar singer had been shortlisted for entry into the classes of both 2016 and 2017 – leaving many wondering whether it’ll be third time lucky.

 

Head below to find out more, including who else has made the ballot…

 

Organisers for the coveted honor revealed that the following are also up for possible induction:

 

LL Cool J, Def Leppard, Devo, John Prine, Kraftwerk, MC5, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Roxy Music, Rufus & Chaka Kahn, Stevie Nicks, the Cure, Todd Rundgren, and the Zombies.

 

If some of the names look familiar in the “induction†narrative, it’s because they are.

 

Indeed, nine of the 15 artists have been nominated before.

 

The RRHOF Class of 2019 is decided by an international body of more than 1,000 voting members.

 

However, fans can impact the vote by heading to RockHall.com and casting a ballot for their preferred artist (one vote per day). Voting kicks off today and ends December 9th.

 

Thereafter, the top 5 acts picked by the public will make up a special ‘fans’ ballot’ that is counted along with the traditional votes.

 

Set to take place March 29th 2019 at the Barclays Center in New York, tickets for the induction ceremony are set to go on-sale in January.

 

Who are you rooting for?

 

Your thoughts?

 

[Photo credit: Getty]

ThatGrapeJuice

[HiatusX]

Rage Against the Machine's self named album is probably one of my all time favorite albums; it's sooo good and it gets you in the mood to overthrow your own government. Rooting for them but a lot of deserving people are in that list tho

[GetRapper]

Hurray for Janet!!!

 

I'm shocked that Kraftwerk aren't in already, they've influenced every genre of music popular in the last 30 years including hip-hop.

[atreyuavenged]

 My vote would be Def Leppard. Not sure how Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, etc fit into Rock.

[rananicolee]

 My vote would be Def Leppard. Not sure how Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, etc fit into Rock.

Tupac's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

 

 

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Anyway, Def Leppard, Radiohead and Rage?! Awesome! 

[Nikki B.]

My vote would be Def Leppard. Not sure how Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, etc fit into Rock.

Janet’s song “Black Cat†went #1 not only on the Hot 100, but #1 on the Rock charts. She’s the only female act in Grammys history to be nominated in the Rock, Pop and R&B categories.

[DocumentaLy]

 My vote would be Def Leppard. Not sure how Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, etc fit into Rock.

 

It's a catchall phrase for popular music. Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted. And honestly, if they kept it for rock artists only, they would run out of people by time they got to nominating acts who debuted around 2000, due to rock losing all its mainstream influence.

[brume]

Well-deserved