Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be recognized with the Musical Influence Award. Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored for Musical Excellence. Lenny Waronker, noted producer and DreamWorks/Warner Bros. Records executive, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

The final 2025 fan ballot pre-inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are decided. See who made it, have a look at some fun facts and their top selling albums.

This year, for the fourth year in a row, four or more women are being inducted into the Rock Hall. Along with Lauper, The White Stripes’ Meg White, Salt-N-Pepa and Carol Kaye are receiving the honors. The institution has faced criticism in recent years for the lack of female representation among its inductees.