64 Artists Not in the County Music Hall of Fame

There are 149 members of the Nation Music Corridor of Fame and no fewer than 64 in ready. These males, girls and teams have Corridor-worthy resumes and supporters. Is that this going to be the yr they get their Corridor of Fame medallion?

Usually, the Nation Music Corridor of Fame inducts three members annually. One is a Trendy Period artist, eligible 20 years after reaching nationwide prominence. Then there’s a Veterans Period artist, eligible after 40 years. Lastly, there is a rotating third class: Non-Perfomer, Songwriter and Recording and/or Touring Musician.

Most debates round who the subsequent Nation Music Corridor of Fame inductee ought to be heart on Trendy Period artists, as there are merely fewer individuals who can current an artist like Gene Watson’s credentials with authority. Thus we discover ourselves questioning who’s extra worthy: Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw or Shania Twain?

• Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose and Hank Williams have been the inaugural class of Nation Music Corridor of Fame artists in 1961.
• 15 nation artists are in each the Nation Music and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame.
• Roy Rogers is within the CMHOF twice, as each a member of the Sons of Pioneers and as a solo artist.

As you scroll by means of this checklist, you may discover a number of eligible artists that hardly appear sufficiently old to be in a Corridor of Fame — taking a look at you, LeAnn Rimes — and several other extra you will not imagine aren’t in already (cough, cough, Dwight Yoakam). We selected from artists who both gained artist awards on the CMA and ACM Awards, have been nominated steadily or simply dominated a decade, a la Eddie Rabbitt.

If any artists has expressed ideas on the Corridor of Fame, that is famous beneath. In contrast to these eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a rustic singer will usually stay quiet till it is time to settle for that medallion. In COVID years, that is been October.