Rock and Roll Hall of Famebr Announces 2020 Nominees.br On Oct. 15, The Rock and Roll Hall of Famebr announced their 16 candidates for the class of 2020. .br Among the candidates are the Notorious B.I.G.,br Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nail, Dave Matthewsbr Band and the Doobie Brothers. .br Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, MC5, Thin Lizzybr and Soundgarden were also nominated. .br Each nominee had to have releasedbr their first commercial recordingbr in or before 1994 to be eligible.br According to Rock Hall chairman John Sykes,br the nominees are a mix of genres as the Rockbr Hall must “reflect a changing culture.” .br Nothing stays the same in music … Therefore,br really, the institution that honors it has to evolvebr with all the music. Just like hip-hop is very muchbr a part of the Hall of Fame now, everything we dobr … has to reflect a changing culture without everbr disregarding or turning our backs on the idealsbr and fundamentals of the Rock Hall, John Sykes, via ‘Rolling Stone’.br A voter pool of over 1,000 historians, journalists andbr music industry members will choose the 2020 class. .br Fans will also contribute to the process by voting forbr their “top five artists” through January 10 at rockhall.com.