Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Eric B. & Rakim, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Jane’s Dependancy, Kool & the Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor, Ozzy Osbourne, Sade and A Tribe Known as Quest comprise an eclectic solid of nominees for the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the ultimate record of which might be revealed in late April.
Ten of the 15 nominees — Carey, Cher, Foreigner, Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Kravitz, Oasis, O’Connor, Osbourne and Sade — had been chosen after showing on the Rock Hall poll for the primary time.
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Osbourne was already inducted in 2006 as a member of Black Sabbath, whereas the enshrinement of the famously feuding Oasis and/or Sade might probably result in a reunion of the previous for the primary time in 15 years and the latter’s first reside look since 2011. O’Connor is the lone deceased artist to be nominated; she handed away in July 2023 on the age of 56.
This record will once more lengthen the controversy on what truly constitutes a rock artist, as Blige and Carey are two of essentially the most profitable R&B vocalists of their era and Cher has extra typically been related to pop and even dance music later in her profession. She didn’t mince phrases when discussing the Rock Hall throughout a December appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Present, telling the host, “I wouldn’t be in it now in the event that they gave me one million {dollars}. I’m by no means going to alter my thoughts. They will simply go you-know-what themselves.”
This 12 months’s induction ceremony might be held within the fall in Cleveland, the place the Rock Hall relies. It is going to stream reside on Disney+ and on Hulu the following day, whereas ABC will air a model at an as-yet-unannounced later date.
Final 12 months’s inductees included Rage Towards the Machine, Willie Nelson, George Michael, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Kate Bush and the Spinners. Hip-hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc and the late influential guitarist Hyperlink Wray had been inducted as Musical Affect Award winners, whereas R&B star Chaka Khan, Bob Dylan sideman Al Kooper and Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin acquired the Musical Excellence Award. Soul Practice creator Don Cornelius was honored with the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
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