Congratulations to Hank Williams, Jr., Marty Stuart and songwriter Dean Dillon the 2020 Country Music Hall of Fame Class. Since 2009, the Hall of Fame has inducted artists based on a three-category system: Modern Era artists, who are eligible for induction 20 years after achieving national fame, and the Veterans Era stars who qualify for eligibility 45 years after reaching national fame. Both categories induct only one artist per year. The organization also inducts one Non-Performer, Songwriter and Recording and/or Touring Musician each year, with an inductee in one of the three categories revolving every year in a three-year cycle.
Here is a complete list of every artist enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame:
Alabama (band) |
Alan Jackson |
Art Satherley |
Barbara Mandrell |
Bill Anderson (singer) |
Bill Carlisle |
Bill Monroe |
Billy Sherrill |
Bob Wills |
Bobby Bare |
Bobby Braddock |
Bonnie Brown (musician) |
Brenda Lee |
Buck Owens |
Bud Wendell |
Carl Smith (musician) |
Carter Family |
Charley Pride |
Charlie Daniels |
Charlie McCoy |
Chet Atkins |
Cindy Walker |
Cliffie Stone |
Connie B. Gay |
Connie Smith |
Conway Twitty |
DeFord Bailey |
Dolly Parton |
Don Gibson |
Don Law |
Don Reid (singer) |
Don Schlitz |
Don Williams |
Dottie West |
Eddy Arnold |
Elvis Presley |
Emmylou Harris |
Ernest Stoneman |
Ernest Tubb |
Faron Young |
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant |
Ferlin Husky |
Floyd Cramer |
Floyd Tillman |
Frances W. Preston |
Fred Foster |
Fred Rose (songwriter) |
Garth Brooks |
Gene Autry |
George D. Hay |
George Jones |
George Morgan (singer) |
George Strait |
Glen Campbell |
Grady Martin |
Grandpa Jones |
Grant Turner (radio host) |
Hank Cochran |
Hank Snow |
Hank Thompson (musician) |
Hank Williams |
Hargus “Pig” Robbins |
Harlan Howard |
Harold Bradley |
Harold Reid |
Henry D. “Homer” Haynes |
Homer and Jethro |
Jack Clement |
Jack Stapp |
Jean Shepard |
Jeff Cook |
Jerry Bradley (music executive) |
Jerry Reed |
Jim Denny (Opry manager) |
Jim Ed Brown |
Jim Foglesong |
Jim Reeves |
Jimmie Davis |
Jimmie Rodgers (country singer) |
Jimmy Dean |
Jimmy Fortune |
Jo Walker-Meador |
Joe Allison |
Johnny Bond |
Johnny Cash |
Johnny Gimble |
Joseph Frank (promoter) |
Ken Nelson (American record producer) |
Kenneth C. “Jethro” Burns |
Kenny Rogers |
Kitty Wells |
Kris Kristofferson |
Lefty Frizzell |
Lester Flatt |
Lew DeWitt |
Little Jimmy Dickens |
Loretta Lynn |
Mac Wiseman |
Mark Herndon |
Marty Robbins |
Maxine Brown (country singer) |
Mel Tillis |
Merle Haggard |
Merle Travis |
Mike Reid (singer) |
Minnie Pearl |
Owen Bradley |
Patsy Cline |
Patsy Montana |
Paul Cohen (record producer) |
Pee Wee King |
Porter Wagoner |
Ralph Emery |
Ralph Peer |
Randy Owen |
Randy Travis |
Ray Price (musician) |
Reba McEntire |
Red Foley |
Ricky Skaggs |
Rod Brasfield |
Roger Miller |
Ronnie Milsap |
Rory Bourke |
Roy Acuff |
Roy Clark |
Roy Rogers |
Sam Phillips |
Sonny James |
Sons of the Pioneers |
Stephen H. Sholes |
Tammy Wynette |
Teddy Gentry |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
Tex Ritter |
The Browns |
The Delmore Brothers |
The Duke of Paducah |
The Everly Brothers |
The Jordanaires |
The Louvin Brothers |
The Oak Ridge Boys |
The Statler Brothers |
Tom T. Hall |
Uncle Dave Macon |
Vernon Dalhart |
Vince Gill |
Waylon Jennings |
Webb Pierce |
Wesley Rose |
Wilf Carter (musician) |
Willie Nelson |