Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks & Def Leppard join Rock Hall Fame

Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard inducted as members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

After Janet Jackson’s third time as nominee and many saw it as overdue, given her prowess as a hitmaker with "All For You," ''That's the Way Love Goes," ''Nasty," ''Together Again" and "What Have You Done For Me Lately."
After the infamous 2004 Super Bowl appearance where her breast was briefly exposed by Justin Timberlake mistake, her career undergone suffered a fallout. Although she became eligible for the rock hall in 2007, it was not until 2016 that she was first nominated.
Jacksons exact words on Thursday "Thank you Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I am truly honored and I am happy to be in there with my brothers".

This year’s Nicks' second induction into the rock hall, since she's already there as a member of Fleetwood Mac. In 1981, she launched a solo career with her duet with the late Tom Petty, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." Other hits followed, including "Edge of Seventeen," ''Stand Back" and "I Will Run to You."

The most voted for, Def Leppard had more than half a million vote from funs. The British heavy metal band were huge sellers in the 1980s with songs like "Photograph" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me."
Joe Elliot said "When I look at the list of who's in, it's just obvious you'd want to be in that club, isn't it?" he told Billboard earlier this year. "When you think that every band that means anything in the world, starting from the Beatles and the Stones and any artist that influenced them your Chuck Berrys, your Little Richards, etc., etc. then of course you want to be in. Why wouldn't you?"

Def Leppard, Nicks and Roxy Music were voted in during their first years as nominees. Other 2019 nominees who didn't make the cut included LL Cool J, Devo, Rage Against the Machine, MC5, John Prine, Todd Rundgren and Kraftwerk.
34th induction ceremony next spring March 29 Radiohead, the Cure, Roxy Music and the Zombies will also be ushered in.

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