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Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
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This combination of file photos created on January 15, 2020 shows Pop diva Whitney Houston at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles February 23, 2000, and a man displaying a T-shirt tribute to rapper Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious B.I.G 18 on August 17, 1997 during his funeral procession in Brooklyn. Pop icon Whitney Houston and rapper The Notorious B.I.G. are among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, the institution announced on January 15, 2020. The late legends are joined by the synth-pop act Depeche Mode and the industrial experimental group Nine Inch Nails, along with the 1970s rockers The Doobie Brothers and English glam rock band T-Rex. STF / AFP.
by Joe Coscarelli
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NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- The pop singer Whitney Houston, the 90s industrial-alternative experimentalists Nine Inch Nails and the Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G. are among the latest inductees into the gradually broadening tent that is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, according to an announcement Wednesday.
Rounding out the class of 2020, which will be feted by the Rock Hall on May 2 in Cleveland, are the gothy synth-pop group Depeche Mode, which had hits throughout the 80s and 90s; the Doobie Brothers, who brought soul, country and jazz sounds into its top-selling 70s soft rock; and T-Rex, the English glam-rock band fronted by Marc Bolan until his death in 1977.
All told, the latest honorees which were voted in by a group of more than 1,000 artists, industry professionals and historians, as well as a fan vote that counts as one ballot cover a wide swath of genres and generations, in line with recent Rock Hall classes that have welcomed Tupac Shakur, Radiohead, the Cure and Janet Jackson into the fold.
The hall, founded in the early 1980s, has consistently faced criticism for its opaque internal politics and lack of diversity. Jackson even addressed this issue in her speech at last years induction ceremony: 2020 please induct more women.
In fact, only three women were up for induction this year on a list of 16 potential Hall-of-Famers, and just Houston, who died in 2012, was voted in. Pat Benatar, who made the ballot for the first time, did not make the cut, while Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, eligible since 1999, was left out after its fourth time on the shortlist. (Artists become eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first commercial recording.)
Other acts that failed to receive enough support included Dave Matthews Band, Motörhead and Thin Lizzy all first-time nominees and Judas Priest in its second year on the ballot. Dave Matthews Band led the fan ballot with over 1 million votes; Benatar took second place with nearly 900,000.
This years ceremony, which is typically taped to air later in edited form, will mark the first time that the speeches and performances will be broadcast live on HBO. Scheduled talent will be announced at a later date.
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