Hall of Fame Reasons

All the nominees are deserving, but they can't all get in this year.

The singer was a pioneer for female artists and a powerhouse hitmaker.

They've dominated the fan-ballot voting. But that's not the only reason this group should get in.

They've had huge hits and health issues, breakups and hiccups, and seemingly countless comings and goings, then reunion and triumph.

The Seattle grunge band helped define a sound in the '90s.

Phil Lynott and his colleagues brought a new level of storytelling to heavy music, and deserve to be honored for it.

Each artist nominated for next year's class deserves induction.

He became an underground sensation, a hit-music maker and then a huge influence on successive generations of singer-songwriters.

They're influential, artsy and one of the most visual bands on the planet. Why haven't they been inducted yet?

She's already enshrined as a member of Fleetwood Mac - but Stevie Nicks deserves her own place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

They were foul-mouthed, revolutionary proto-punks. And it's about time the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acknowledged them.

Eligible for induction since 2004, they were a finalist once, in 2012.