Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces 17 Nominees for 2026

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced 17 nominees for its class of 2026 on Wednesday, presenting one of its most diverse ballots to date with artists spanning rock, pop, hip-hop, R&B and Latin music. The list includes first-time contenders such as Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, Shakira and Lauryn Hill, alongside returning nominees like Mariah Carey and Oasis.

The nominees are The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Melissa Etheridge, Lauryn Hill, Billy Idol, INXS, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, New Edition, Oasis, Pink, Sade, Shakira, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan. Ten of them—Buckley, Collins, Etheridge, Hill, INXS, New Edition, Pink, Shakira, Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan—are appearing on the ballot for the first time. The remaining seven have been nominated before: The Black Crowes, Carey, Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis and Sade.

Eligibility requires an artist's first commercial recording to have been released at least 25 years earlier. Pink, whose debut album Can't Take Me Home arrived in 2000, enters in her first year of eligibility. At the other end, INXS debuted with a self-titled album in 1980. Collins, already inducted in 2010 as...