Rock Hall Class of 2023


New York | Barclays Center | November 3, 2023 | Public Event | Disney+ (Live) / ABC

The following artists were nominated and inducted in 2023. Click here for a list of artists who were first eligible in 2023 and haven't gotten in yet.

ArtistInducted ByCategory
George MichaelAndrew RidgeleyPerformer
Kate BushBig BoiPerformer
Missy ElliottQueen LatifahPerformer
Rage Against the MachineIce-TPerformer
Sheryl CrowLaura DernPerformer
The Spinners[no inductor]Performer
Willie NelsonDave MatthewsPerformer
Don Cornelius[no inductor]Non-Performer
DJ Kool HercLL Cool JEarly Influence
Link WrayJimmy PageEarly Influence
Al Kooper[no inductor]Musical Excellence
Bernie TaupinElton JohnMusical Excellence
Chaka KhanJazmine SullivanMusical Excellence
⇦ 20222024 ⇨

Nominees who didn't make the cut in 2023

These artists were officially nominated in the Performer category for induction in 2023, but didn't receive enough votes from the "international voting body of rock experts" to get in that year. Roughly 72% of nominated artists who don't get in eventually get inducted in a later year.

NomineeEventually Inducted
A Tribe Called Quest2024
Cyndi LauperNot yet
Iron MaidenNot yet
Joy Division/New OrderNot yet
SoundgardenNot yet
Warren ZevonNot yet
The White StripesNot yet

Nominating Committee who determined the 2023 performer ballot

Rick Krim, ChairmanSandy AloueteJames Bernard
Nathan BrackettCliff BurnsteinAnthony DeCurtis
Bill FlanaganDavid FrickeElysa Gardner
Holly George-WarrenJody GersonKaren Glauber
Meg GriffinDave GrohlGreg Harris
Mike KaufmanLenny KayeAlan Light
Rob LightAmy LindenDarryl McDaniels
Tom MorelloAmanda PetrusichPaul Shaffer
Seymour SteinJohn SykesAhmir "?uestlove" Thompson
Steven Van Zandt

⇦ 20222024 ⇨


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