Rock and Roll Hall of Fame needs to be less stingy with inductees

Now that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has inducted its latest class of performers (Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, T. Rex, The Doobie Brothers, The Notorious B.I.G. and Whitney Houston), attention shifts to who’s next in line.
My biggest complaint with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is that it’s miserly when it comes to letting in new members.
With its growing backlog of worthy inductees, it needs to add more than the usual five or six performers each year. I would suggest seven to 10 inductees for a few years. The hall also should abandon the idea that it can only induct one artist from each subcategory of popular music per year.
Some halls of fame are pickier than others by design. For instance, the Country Music Hall of Fame only selects three inductees per year, but it has a narrower scope than the Rock Hall. Yet, it still has a large backlog of worthy inductees, according to Billboard magazine. They include John Denver, Tanya Tucker and The Judds.
Elsewhere, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is difficult to get into, while the National Basketball Hall of Fame has much less stringent requirements.
The Rock Hall expects to announce nominees for its 2021 class in early April. Jay-Z and Foo Fighters are likely shoo-ins for nominations in their first year of eligibility. And I hope the voting committee doesn’t completely ignore the fan vote this time out.
Below are the artists I hope to see nominated this year. These are not predictions and they admittedly skew toward my own musical sensibilities.
Here’s my list in order of preference for induction. The first year of eligibility is in parentheses, based on data from Future Rock Legends.

1. Pat Benatar (2000)
2. The Go-Go’s (2006)
3. Joy Division/New Order (2004/2007)
4. Phil Collins (2007)
5. INXS (2006)
6. Thin Lizzy (1996)
7. Carly Simon (1997)
8. Bad Company (2000)
9. Duran Duran (2007)
10. The Smiths (2009)

Here are some Rock Hall predictions for 2021 from notable Hall watchers:

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame: 2021 Predictions (Zoot Marimba, The Music Zamboni; Sept. 3, 2020)

Predicted Rock Hall 2021 nominations (Alex Voltaire, Twitter; Sept. 22, 2020)

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominee Predictions (Nick Bambach, The Audio-Visual Repository; Oct. 10, 2020)

Will Anyone Listen to Me? My Picks for the Nominees List for the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Scott Keller, If My Records Could Talk; Oct. 29, 2020)