Cher, A Tribe Called Quest, Dave Matthews Band and Mary J. Blige will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024. Other artists are Ozzy Osbourne, Kool & The Gang, Peter Frampton and Foreigner.
This year's Musical Influence Award goes to Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton, while Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield will receive the Musical Excellence Award. (Interestingly, Buffett was not on the ballot this year, nor was the late singer-songwriter ever nominated in previous editions.) In addition, Suzanne de Passe, one of the first top female executives in the music industry and a figure in the Motown scene, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award. The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air as a special on ABC later and stream on Hulu the following day.
Cher, Kool & the Gang, Peter Frampton and Foreigner make the Rock Hall after their first nominations. A Tribe Called Quest was nominated twice before this year in 2022 and 2023, Mary J. Blige had a previous nod in 2021 and Dave Matthews Band was nominated in 2020. Ozzy Osbourne is technically the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame already, but as a member of Black Sabbath — not as a solo act.
Artists nominated for 2024 induction but not making the final cut are Oasis, Sinéad O'Connor, Sade, Mariah Carey and Eric B. & Rakim. Last summer, O'Connor died after a lifetime of inspiring honest artists and finding inner strength.
Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine, Willie Nelson, George Michael and the Spinners were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the class of 2023. This is a younger performer than this upcoming class.
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