Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the , a class that also includes folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and .
Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton earned the Musical Influence Award, while MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield will get the Musical Excellence Award. Pioneering music executive Suzanne de Passe won the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
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The induction ceremony will be held Oct. 19 at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. It will stream live on Disney+ with an airing on ABC at a later date and available on Hulu the next day.
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Osbourne, who led many parents in the 1980s to clutch their pearls with his devil imagery and sludgy music, goes in as a solo artist, having already been inducted into the hall with metal masters Black Sabbath.
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Cher 含羞草研究社� the only artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past six decades 含羞草研究社� and Blige, with eight multi-platinum albums and nine Grammy Awards, will help boost the number of women in the hall, which critics say is too low.
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Nominees were voted on by more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry professionals. Fans voted online or in person at the museum, with the top five artists picked by the public making up a 含羞草研究社渇ans含羞草研究社� ballot含羞草研究社� that was tallied with the other professional ballots.
Last year, Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, 含羞草研究社淪oul Train含羞草研究社� creator Don Cornelius, Kate Bush and the late George Michael .
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