Post by Sysop3 on Oct 16, 2019 20:20:14 GMT -5
The 16 nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 were announced Tuesday, and a whopping nine of them — most notably two of the only three female artists on the ballot, Whitney Houston and Pat Benatar — are first-time nominees.
It’s shocking that Houston — the most awarded female artist ever by Guinness World Records, one of music’s best-selling artists, a six-time Grammy-winner, and one of the greatest singers of all time — has never been up for the Hall before, and that she wasn’t inducted during her lifetime. (She became eligible in 2010, two years before her death.) It is possible that her lack of previous recognition was due to a lack of songwriting credits, or because her music was not “rock.” But considering that powerhouse soul divas like Aretha Franklin and Donna Summer and Houston’s ‘80s pop contemporaries Madonna and Janet Jackson are in the Hall, Houston’s nomination is well-deserved and long overdue.
The fact that Benatar — another one of the most successful female artists of the 1980s, and most definitely a rock artist — has never been nominated before has been a subject of yearly Hall protest, so she will likely do well in the fan vote. The other first-time nominees this year are the Notorious B.I.G., the Dave Matthews Band, the Doobie Brothers, Motörhead, Soundgarden, T. Rex, and Thin Lizzy.
Go here fora breakdown of the all of the nominated artists and their chances.
www.yahoo.com/entertainment/whitney-houston-pat-benatar-soundgarden-among-firsttime-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-for-2020-142002957.html