Nation star Toby Keith, who died final month, is heading to the Nation Music Corridor of Fame.
In a ceremony saying the inductees on Monday, Nation Music Affiliation CEO Sarah Trahern stated outcomes got here in that Keith had been elected within the Trendy Period class simply hours after the world discovered of his passing.
“We awoke that morning to the heartbreaking information that our pal Toby Keith had misplaced his lengthy battle with abdomen most cancers,” Trahern stated.
“My coronary heart sank,” she stated, “figuring out that we missed the possibility to tell Toby whereas he was nonetheless with us. However I’ve little doubt that he’s smiling down on us, figuring out that he’ll at all times be, — quote — ‘nearly as good as he as soon as was.’”
Trahern defined that election guidelines don’t permit an individual to be elected into the Nation Music Corridor of Fame within the yr of their dying, however stated that rule didn’t apply to Keith, who had already been chosen previous to his passing. Voting was closed on Feb. 2 and official outcomes had been tallied by Feb. 6, a day after the singer handed away.
The opposite inductees introduced Monday had been singer John Anderson and guitarist James Burton.
Keith died on Feb. 5 on the age of 62. He had been recognized with abdomen most cancers within the fall of 2021, and shared the information publicly in June 2022.
Keith has produced 32 No. 1-ranked songs, and 42 songs which have appeared within the Prime 10 of Billboard’s nation music chart.
He’s maybe greatest recognized for his 1993 single “Ought to’ve Been a Cowboy.”
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