Overview
- The 2026 class also features Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, KISS’s Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Walter Afanasieff, and the duo Terry Britten & Graham Lyle.
- The induction gala is scheduled for June 11, 2026 at New York’s Marriott Marquis.
- Eligibility requires a first commercial release at least 20 years prior, a threshold Swift meets with her 2006 debut single Tim McGraw.
- Nominees submit five representative works; Swift’s list included All Too Well (10 Minute Version), Blank Space, Anti-Hero, Love Story, and The Last Great American Dynasty.
- Ballots are distributed electronically to roughly 1,850 industry voters who select about six inductees each year, and Swift is also reported as the first recipient of both a Hall induction and its Hal David Starlight Award (2010).