Now that the RockHall2020 inductees have been announced, joekjoek takes a look at the biggest snubs and surprises
The full list of inductees for the Class of 2020 is Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., and T. Rex. Photo: Getty Images Ahh, remember two days ago? The Academy Award nominations had just been announced, providing us all with the perfect opportunity to get upset. Some people huffed. Others puffed! It was a glorious time, but the news cycle moves quickly, and so the outrage subsided.
The Fan Vote is officially meaningless The Hall’s Fan Vote was introduced for the 2013 ballot as a way to finally give a voice to the general public. The idea is that the top five vote-getters comprise one ballot to be counted among the 1,000 or so others. Hardly a drop in the bucket, but since its inception, the Fan Vote has always produced a ballot where the majority of artists also make the official class of inductees. And the winner has been inducted every single time.
The Hall accidentally leaks their own list The day before the inductees were announced, a savvy user named “Freddie” on the essential Rock Hall fan site Future Rock Legends discovered something peculiar about the individual nominee pages. It’s common for them to disappear from the Hall’s site, as they prepare the special inductee pages. However, it became apparent that some of the nominees’ pages were being eliminated, while others were staying up but denying user access.
Whitney leapfrogs Chaka Khan If you follow the Hall and have already experienced its constant defiance of logic, this won’t come as much of a surprise to you. Chaka Khan has been nominated six times — twice as a solo artist and four times with her band Rufus. For whatever reason she’s perennially overlooked. Whitney Houston, on the other hand, is one of the most famous, best-selling artists of all time and made her first appearance on the ballot this year.
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