They should just change the name to Popular Music Hall of Fame if they want to broaden it like this. I see a bunch of pop, R&B, Heavy Metal acts and few actual rock & roll artist with these nominees.
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I really liked Kate Bush back in the day but has she had a particularly noteworthy career overall? I’ll admit I lost track of her decades ago
She took a 12 year hiatus when she had her son. I just skimmed her wiki page, and I can't think of many more important artists. She was writing songs when she was 11.
All 10 of her studio albums reached the UK Top 10.
She was the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist to enter the album chart at number one.
Bush's eclectic and experimental musical style, unconventional lyrics, and literary themes have influenced a diverse range of artists. She has been nominated for 13 British Phonographic Industry accolades, winning for Best British Female Artist in 1987, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. In 2002, Bush was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Bush was appointed a CBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music.
In addition to her music, her dancing has been critically acclaimed and proven influential, as well as enduring in the popular consciousness. Critics have noted her "pioneering synthesis of music and movement" and called her work "modern dance at its most powerful".
I’ll get roasted for complaining but Dave Matthews Band got screwed here. They broke the record last year for fan votes, were the first band to win the fan vote and not get inducted and this year not even a nom......this hall is a joke! Also, not sure how soundgarden didn’t make the noms again this year.
Need some more seasoning : RATM, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z
The rest : There is nothing wrong with just being really good.
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