The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot officially closed on Friday (April 29) with a grand total of five million votes. Duran Duran, Eminem and Pat Benatar landed in Top 3 with Duran Duran collecting nearly 934,000 votes, Slim Shady with around 684,000 and Benatar with approximately 634,0000.
The Eurythmics came in fourth place with over 440,000 votes, followed by Dolly Parton in fifth place who in recent months withdrew from Rock Hall consideration only to reconsider her stance this week. Finishing just outside the Top 5 was 3x-nominee Judas Priest, Carly Simon and Lionel Richie, both of whom are on the ballot for the first time in 2022.
As the Rock Hall explained, the number of fan votes doesn’t secure a place in the coveted Rock Hall. The top five artists selected by the public will comprise a “fans’ ballot” that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2022 inductees.
Eminem was an early fan favorite. In February, he was momentarily leading the charge by a good margin, while Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Dolly Parton and the Eurythmics rounded out the Top 5.
“We’ve officially hit one freaking million fan votes,” the Rock Hall shared in a tweet at the time. “@eminem, @duranduran, @benatargiraldo, @dollyparton and @eurythmicsmusic round out the current top five- with @lionelrichie in a close 6th. But there’s lots of time left, so continue to vote daily from the Fan Vote in bio.”
Eminem Has Royce Da 5'9 & LL COOL J's Rock Hall Vote - Along With Over 150K Others
A Tribe Called Quest, Devo, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, MC5, Dionne Warwick, Fela Kuti, New York Dolls and Kate Bush are also in the running for a spot in the Cleveland institution. The Class of 2022 will be announced in May, with an induction ceremony following in the fall.
I still have no idea why hiphop artists should be in the rock n roll hall of fame, like, imagine if we had a hip hop hall of fame and iron maden was voted in??? D’fuk
Your not supposed to understand nimrod boy!
Considering black people are responsible for both and music evolves from one form to another. I would say that its not too far fetched to be allowed
This is a dumbass take. Hip hop has evolved to be one of the most successful genres all on its own. Pathetic watching everyone stand around waiting to be acknowledged by outsiders. Hip hop needs its own hall of fame, fuck rock n roll.
Amazing how Nas is not there and he had one of the most influential and historical album ever that branched out hip hop for others. This popularity contest in music kills me. Eminem shit is not legendary. Let us be honest man!!! The masses always win with this guy! I would love to see who and what race voted him in! This is Ridiculous!!!
Eminem music is trash! Next topic!!! Fake stars..
If you think Eminem is trash, you know NOTHING about Hip hop!!!
Pat Benatar is a better rapper than Eminem imo.
Eminem is a self-hating cuckold.
Drake fuckbois getting their hate boners on early on some pinkie dick shit
Dominated? Duran Duran had so many more votes. Just saying.
Why all the Eminem hate? Especially when Jay z hasn’t dropped ANYTHING worth mentioning for years and years. Talk about getting rich and getting lazy. But yeah, let’s hate on Em…
I respect eminem but this is ridiculous…bone thugs n harmony , nas , wu tang clan , rakim , krs1 etc should be hall of fame before eminem