


Īl Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson. YearĬarl Gardner, Cornell Gunter, Billy Guy, and Will "Dub" Jones. The performers category is meant for recording artists and bands that have "influence and significance to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll". 1.3 Non-performers (Ahmet Ertegun Award).As of May 2021, there were 351 inductees. As of 2017, new inductees are honored at an annual ceremony held alternately in New York and at the Hall of Fame in Cleveland prior to that, the ceremonies rotated between Cleveland, New York, and Los Angeles. Starting in 2012, fans could vote on a fan ballot with an equal weight to the other ballots.

This number varies for example, seven were inducted in 2019. The performers that receive the highest number of votes are inducted. Ballots are then sent to more than 1,000 "rock experts" who evaluate the candidates and vote on who should be inducted. In order to be inducted, an artist must be nominated by a committee that selects a number of candidates, the highest being 16 for the 2020 class. Artists become eligible for induction in that category 25 years after the release of their first record. The only category that has seen new inductees every single year is the performers category. In 2000, " sidemen" was introduced as a category. Originally, there were four categories of induction: performers, non-performers, early influences, and lifetime achievement. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, established in 1983 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential musicians, bands, producers, and others that have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll.
