My metric for inductability without artists who were most prominent in the 1970s or before, artists who are more likely to get in through a side category and artists who are likely doomed because of the induction of a single person (Chic, Rufus and The Commodores).
Should the nominating committee mostly (or entirely) ignore the 1970s and before moving forward, it becomes a very small list indeed.
1. Beyonce - 5.50930
2. Diana Ross - 5.50441
3. Kanye West - 4.50987
4. Daft Punk - 4.50435
5. Mariah Carey - 4.43182
6. Beck - 4.41954
7. Dr. Dre - 4.40836
66. Bryan Adams - 2.10063 *
67. Three Dog Night - 2.1000
68. Pointer Sisters - 2.10000
69. Styx - 2.10000 - *
70. Blur - 1.50949
71. The National - 1.40895 *
72. Flaming Lips - 1.40891
73. Sleater-Kinney - 1.40831
74. Gang of Four - 1.40729 *
75. Slayer - 1.40633
76. Cocteau Twins - 1.40565 *
77. System of a Down - 1.40451
78. Megadeth - 1.40000
79. Jeff Buckley - 1.31806 *
80. LCD Soundsystem - 1.30950
81. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 1.30813 *
82. Aaliyah - 1.30455 *
83. Destiny's Child - 1.30412 *
84. Cranberries - 1.30107 *
85. My Chemical Romance - 1.30000 *
86. Stone Temple Pilots - 1.30000
87. The Black Crowes - 1.22339 *
88. Los Lobos - 1.21457 *
89. Sting - 1.21394 *
90. Black Keys - 1.20639 *
91. Sarah McLachlan - 1.20226 *
92. Don Henley - 1.20080 - *
93. Maroon 5 - 1.20000 *
94. Scorpions - 1.20000 *
95. Blink-182 - 1.20000 - *
So, in just three years, Iron Maiden went from potentially finishing 14th in 2023 (latest one returning makes me feel they finished really bad, I don't believe Warren Zevon was #14 that year) to potentially making the top three this year?
They were notified about two weeks before voting ended, and both Iron Maiden and Wu-Tang Clan already had pretty high odds on Kalshi one to two weeks before the deadline, while the other nominees were still pending. So they were apparently already in at least a week or two before voting closed, and now Iron Maiden might even finish in the top three?
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