Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne and Mariah Carey are among the nominees.There are also nominations for Sinead O’Connor, Cher, Sade, Mary J.
Blige, Jane’s Addiction and A Tribe Called Quest. Other finalists include Dave Matthews Band, Peter Frampton, Eric B. & Rakim, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang, and Lenny Kravitz.To be eligible to be nominated, an artist or band must have had their first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.
It’s the first time artists including Oasis, Osbourne, Carey, O’Connor, Cher, Sade, Frampton, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang and Kravitz have been nominated.Osbourne has already been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame previously as a member of Black Sabbath, and last year, his wife Sharon took aim at the awards for not inducting him as a solo artist.“I will never beg.
And I will never ask for favours I’ve never asked anyone for a favour,” she said at the time. “So, my thing is fuck you if you don’t realise that somebody really deserves to be here.
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