Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reveals 2024 inductees: Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Frampton and more …

The 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced live on ABC this evening by Ryan Seacrest and 2022 inductee Lionel Richie during the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night” episode of “American Idol,” where the Top 14 finalists took on songs from legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees as America voted live for the Top 12. See the full class of 2024 inductees below.

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Performer Category:

• Mary J. Blige

• Cher

• Dave Matthews Band

• Foreigner

• Peter Frampton

• Kool & The Gang

• Ozzy Osbourne

• A Tribe Called Quest

Musical Influencer Award:

• Alexis Korner

• Big Mama Thornton

• John Mayall

 Musical Excellence Award:

• Dionne Warwick

• Jimmy Buffett

• MC5

• Norman Whitfield

 Ahmet Ertegun Award:

• Suzanne de Passe

Music’s highest honor, the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction will be live on Saturday, October 19, at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. The 2024 ceremony will once again stream live on Disney+ with a special airing on ABC at a later date and available on Hulu the next day.

“Rock & Roll is an ever-evolving amalgam of sounds that impacts culture and moves generations,” said John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “This diverse group of inductees each broke down musical barriers and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps.”

The Induction categories include the following:

• Performers: artists who have created music whose originality, impact, and influence have changed the course of rock & roll.

• Musical Influence Award: artists whose music and performance style have directly influenced, inspired, and evolved rock & roll and music impacting youth culture.

• Musical Excellence Award: given to artists, musicians, songwriters and producers whose originality and influence creating music have had a dramatic impact on music.

• Ahmet Ertegun Award: non-performing industry professionals who have had a major influence on the creative development and growth of rock & roll and music that has impacted youth culture.

To be eligible, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. Four out of the eight inductees in the Performer category were on the ballot for the first time, including Cher, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang and Peter Frampton. Nominees that failed to make the cut this year were Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Sade, Sinead O’Connor, Jane’s Addiction and Eric B. & Rakim.

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