\n\tThe wonderwall of secrecy has come down and the voters\u2019 wishes for who will make it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year have become known. The eight performers voted into the class of 2026 are:<\/p>\n
\n\t\u25cf Phil Collins<\/a> \n\tThere were 17 nominees put up for selection this year, more than ever. The results of the balloting mean that nine contenders did not make it in for 2026 (the Hall would surely prefer that you not call them snubs). These are: the Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Mariah Carey, Melissa Etheridge, Lauryn Hill, INXS, New Edition, Pink and Shakira.<\/p>\n \n\tBut the Hall finds other ways to be encompassing, so there aren\u2019t just eight inductees this year, but a whopping 18. The remaining 10 are selected outside of the wider voter process, by Rock Hall committee members, and come in not as \u201cperformers\u201d per se but in the categories of Early Influences, Musical Excellence and the singular Ahmet Ertegun Award. These additional inductees are:<\/p>\n \n\tEarly Influence Award:<\/p>\n Celia Cruz<\/p>\n Fela Kuti<\/p>\n Queen Latifah<\/p>\n MC Lyte<\/p>\n Gram Parsons<\/p>\n \n\tMusical Excellence Award:<\/p>\n Linda Creed<\/p>\n Arif Mardin<\/p>\n Jimmy Miller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Rick Rubin<\/p>\n \n\tAhmet Ertegun Award:<\/p>\n \n\tThese honorees were announced live on-air during a Monday night episode of \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201d by 2022 Hall of Fame inductee Lionel Richie and Ryan Seacrest, in a Hall of Fame-themed episode.<\/p>\n \n\tThe induction ceremony will take place Nov. 14 in Los Angeles and be seen on ABC and Disney+ at some point in December, producers announced. In the previous three years since Disney got rights to air the show (2023-25), the full show was aired live on Disney+ before an edited version was shown months later on ABC, but it appears that a live broadcast has been scotched for 2026.<\/p>\n \n\tCollins was already a member of the Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, but this year marked the first time he was on the ballot as a solo artist. Two other first-timers besides Collins made it in on their first nomination: Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan.<\/p>\n \n\tOasis, Iron Maiden and Joy Division\/New Order got voted in on their third try. It was the second time being up for the honor for Sade and Idol.<\/p>\n \n\tNotably, Parsons had been nominated three times before \u2014 the last time being more than 20 years ago \u2014 and Kuti got a nom twice, previously, but neither had been voted in. Their induction now in the Early Influence category represents one of the work-arounds the committee has come up with for artists who have proven time and again that they can\u2019t sway enough voters to get in\u2026 and yet who constantly come up on the top of nearly everyone\u2019s \u201chow is it possible they aren\u2019t in?\u201d lists. (Cruz, Queen Latifah and MC Lyte had never been nominated.)<\/p>\n \n\tNew Edition was the winner of the \u201cfan vote,\u201d which is seen as a growing tally online every year; with that collective vote not counting for much in reality, though, the group failed to earn a spot in the top eight.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Billy Idol
\u25cf Iron Maiden<\/a>
\u25cf Joy Division\/New Order
\u25cf Oasis<\/a>
\u25cf Sade
\u25cf Luther Vandross
\u25cf Wu-Tang Clan<\/p>\n