The tally for this year's Fan Vote after one week has Pat Benatar leading with just under 160,000 votes followed by The Doobie Brothers with 142,000 votes and Soundgarden with 135,000.
With 1.5-million votes cast, the rest of the list is as follows:
3) Depeche Mode
4) Judas Priest
5) Dave Matthews Band
6) Whitney Houston
7) Motörhead
8) Nine Inch Nails
9) Thin Lizzy
10) Todd Rundgren
11) The Notorious B.I.G.
12) T. Rex
13) Kraftwerk
14) Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
15) MC5
Todd Rundgren, who came in third in last year's Fan Vote but wasn't nominated, posted a warning onFacebook: "Google is managing the voting process this year, they may be vulnerable to data mining."
Voting at RockHall.com is open until January 10th, followed shortly thereafter by the announcement of the Class of 2020.