The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has for its Class of 2024, including “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” Mary J. Blige, Grammy winner Mariah Carey, and Cher, known as the “Goddess of Pop.”
Also among the contenders for the Rock Hall are also Foreigner, Dave Matthews Band, Oasis, Lenny Kravitz, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest, Jane’s Addiction, SinĂŠad O’Connor, Sade, Kool & Gang, Peter Frampton and Eric B. & Rakin.
This is the first time Carey, Cher, Sade, Foreigner, Frampton, Oasis, Kravitz, Kool & The Gang and the late O’Connor are on the ballot,.
But while many of the artists may be celebrating, the nomination isn’t exactly music to Cher;s ears.
Back in Decđśember, the pop diva, 77, slammed the Rock Hall for snubbing her for years.
“You know what, I wouldnât be in it now if they gave me a million dollars. Iâm not kidding you,â she admitted in an interview on the “Kelly Clarkson Show.”
“Iâm never going to change my mind. They can just you-know-what themselves.”
Meanwhile, this week’s nominations mark the first time Osbourne will be considered as a solo artist; he was already inducted in 2006 as the frontman of Black Sabbath.
Other nominees have previously been nominated for the Rock Hall, but haven’t yet made the cut.
Blige was nominated in 2021, A Tribe Called Quest in 2022 and 2023, Jane’s addiction in 2017 and Eric B. & Rakin in 2012, per USA Today.
Last year, Rock Hall inductee Sheryl Crow told The Post she wished Frŕ˛ampton, who is nominated for the first time, would be inducted.
âItâs like one of those things where I go, âOh, why am I getting in and heâs not in yet?â” said the singer, adding that she’d also like to see Melissa Etheridge be inducted.