Daily Edit | Apr 23

Jelani Aryeh
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Ballona Record Co 

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A tradition unlike any other, the announcement of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees is met with both celebration and debate. This year’s class was no different, but how does the Hall get to this final list?

Each year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation’s Nominating Committee selects the group of artists nominated in the performer category. Ballots are then sent to more than 1000 historians, members of the music industry and artists—including every living Rock Hall inductee—and the five to seven performers receiving the most votes become that year’s induction class. Even if an artist has been previously nominated, if they don’t receive enough votes from the voting body that year, they would have to be nominated again to be eligible for induction.

Beginning in 2012, fans were given the chance to vote for the nominees they’d like to see inducted into the Rock Hall. The top five vote-getters in the public fan poll form one ballot, which is weighted the same as the rest of the submitted ballots.

The eight performers to be inducted this year include: 

• Mary J. Blige

• Cher

• Dave Matthews Band

• Foreginer

• Peter Frampton

• Kool & The Gang

• Ozzy Osborne

• A Tribe Called Quest

Music Influence Award: 

• Alexis Korner

• John Mayall

• Big Mama Thornton

Music Excellence Award: 

• Jimmy Buffett

• MC5

• Dionne Warwick

• Norman Whitfield

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