Oasis, Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan are this year’s inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Also on the list is Phil Collins, who is now a two-time inductee, having previously been inducted as a member of supergroup Genesis, and Billy Idol.
The 1980s have assumed default status as the Rock Hall’s decade of choice for new inductees this year. The other five artists who are to be inducted as performers are Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan.
Along with the class of 2026, Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, Queen Latifah and MC Lyte will be entered via the early influence award, along with Linda Creed, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller and Rick Rubin as music excellence award honorees, and Ed Sullivan as the Ahmet Ertegun Award recipient.
Nominated for 2026 but not inducted are New Edition, Pink, INXS, The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Shakira, Lauryn Hill, Melissa Etheridge and Mariah Carey.
While all get in on their third nomination this year, Carey is left as one of just a dozen artists who have been nominated for the Rock Hall at least three times but still have not been inducted as a performer.
More than 90 per cent of the nearly 1000 inductees so far are male.
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Author: Al Dente
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