Nominations for the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been rolled out on Thursday (October 8) and leading the pack of nominees this year is none other than Queen of pop, Janet Jackson.

Other nominees for the 2015 class are Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, the Cars, N.W.A, Nine Inch Nails, the Smiths and Yes. Also rounding out the list are Chaka Khan, Chic, The J.B.’s, Los Lobos, Steve Miller and the Spinners.

As always the winner is selected by the fans and the top vote-getters will be announced in December and inducted next April at a ceremony in New York. HBO will broadcast the ceremony later in the year. According to Rolling Stone:

From now until December 9th, fans can vote on RollingStone.com for the nominees they’d like to see inducted. The top five acts will comprise a “fan’s ballot” that will count as one of the ballots that determine the class of 2016.

In order to be eligible for this year’s ballot, artists or bands need to have released their first single or album in 1990 or earlier. Some of the nominees have appeared on previous ballots, but this is the first appearance for Chicago, Cheap Trick, the Cars, Chaka Khan, The J.B.’s, Janet Jackson, Los Lobos and Steve Miller. Chic, however, have now been nominated a record 10 times. This also marks the fourth time that N.W.A has been on the ballot and the third time for Deep Purple and the Spinners.

Currently at time of posting, Janet is leading the pack in first place, you can place your vote by clicking HERE.

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