COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is in downtown Nashville and has been called the “Smithsonian of country music,” and was created to preserve, celebrate, and share the important cultural asset that is country music. The doors opened in 1967 on Nashville’s Music Row and moved to its current downtown location in 2001, and in 2014, unveiled a $100 million expansion. that doubled its footprint. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum now includes 350,000 square feet of dynamic galleries, archival storage, retail stores, and event space, along with classrooms in the Taylor Swift Education Center, and performance space in the CMA Theater and Ford Theater, which regularly host nationally recognized live music and cultural events. If you are interested in learning more about the museum or visiting click here.

TABLE OF CONTENTS-INDUCTEES BY DECADE (1960s to Present)

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s

1960s

  1. Bob Wills
  2. Eddy Arnold
  3. Ernest Tubb
  4. Fred Rose
  5. Gene Autry
  6. George D. Hay
  7. Hank Williams
  8. J.L. (Joe) Frank
  9. James R. “Jim” Denny
  10. Jim Reeves
  11. Jimmie Rodgers
  12. Red Foley
  13. Roy Acuff
  14. Stephen H. Sholes
  15. Tex Ritter
  16. Uncle Dave Macon

1970s

  1. Art Satherley
  2. Bill Monroe
  3. Chet Atkins
  4. Grandpa Jones
  5. Hank Snow
  6. Hubert Long
  7. Jimmie Davis
  8. Kitty Wells
  9. Merle Travis
  10. Minnie Pearl
  11. Owen Bradley
  12. Patsy Cline
  13. Paul Cohen
  14. Pee Wee King
  15. The Carter Family

1980s

  1. Cliffie Stone
  2. Connie B. Gay
  3. Flatt and Scruggs
  4. Floyd Tillman
  5. Grant Turner
  6. Hank Thompson
  7. Jack Stapp
  8. Johnny Cash
  9. Lefty Frizzell
  10. Little Jimmy Dickens
  11. Loretta Lynn
  12. Marty Robbins
  13. Ralph Peer
  14. Rod Brasfield
  15. Roy Horton
  16. Roy Rogers
  17. Sons of the Pioneers
  18. The Duke of Paducah (Whitey Ford)
  19. Vernon Dalhart
  20. Wesley Rose

1990s

  1. Brenda Lee
  2. Buck Owens
  3. Cindy Walker
  4. Conway Twitty
  5. Dolly Parton
  6. E.W. “Bud” Wendell
  7. Elvis Presley
  8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  9. Frances Preston
  10. George Jones
  11. George Morgan
  12. Harlan Howard
  13. Jo Walker-Meador
  14. Johnny Bond
  15. Merle Haggard
  16. Patsy Montana
  17. Ray Price
  18. Roger Miller
  19. Tammy Wynette
  20. Tennessee Ernie Ford
  21. Willie Nelson

2000s

  1. Alabama
  2. Barbara Mandrell
  3. Bill Anderson
  4. Bill Carlisle
  5. Carl Smith
  6. Charley Pride
  7. Charlie McCoy
  8. DeFord Bailey
  9. Don Gibson
  10. Don Law
  11. Emmylou Harris
  12. Ernest Stoneman
  13. Faron Young
  14. Floyd Cramer
  15. George Strait
  16. Glen Campbell
  17. Harold Bradley
  18. Homer and Jethro
  19. Jim Foglesong
  20. Ken Nelson
  21. Kris Kristofferson
  22. Mel Tillis
  23. Porter Wagoner
  24. Ralph Emery
  25. Roy Clark
  26. Sam Phillips
  27. Sonny James
  28. The Delmore Brothers
  29. The Everly Brothers
  30. The Jordanaires
  31. The Louvin Brothers
  32. The Statler Brothers
  33. Tom T. Hall
  34. Vince Gill
  35. Waylon Jennings
  36. Webb Pierce

2010s

  1. Alan Jackson
  2. Billy Sherrill
  3. Bobby Bare
  4. Bobby Braddock
  5. Brooks & Dunn
  6. Charlie Daniels
  7. Connie Smith
  8. Cowboy Jack Clement
  9. Don Schlitz
  10. Don Williams
  11. Dottie West
  12. Ferlin Husky
  13. Fred Foster
  14. Garth Brooks
  15. Grady Martin
  16. Hank Cochran
  17. Hargus “Pig” Robbins
  18. Jean Shepard
  19. Jerry Bradley
  20. Jerry Reed
  21. Jim Ed Brown and The Browns
  22. Jimmy Dean
  23. Johnny Gimble
  24. Kenny Rogers
  25. Mac Wiseman
  26. Randy Travis
  27. Ray Stevens
  28. Reba McEntire
  29. Ricky Skaggs
  30. Ronnie Milsap
  31. The Oak Ridge Boys

2020s

  1. Dean Dillon
  2. Eddie Bayers
  3. Hank Williams Jr.
  4. Marty Stuart
  5. Pete Drake
  6. Ray Charles
  7. The Judds