Toby Keith earned Country Music Hall of Fame vote 1 day after death

Nation star Toby Keith, who died ultimate month, is heading to the Nation Music Hall of Fame. 

In a ceremony saying the inductees on Monday, Nation Music Affiliation CEO Sarah Trahern said outcomes bought right here in that Keith had been elected throughout the Modern Interval class merely hours after the world found of his passing.

“We wakened that morning to the heartbreaking data that our buddy Toby Keith had misplaced his prolonged battle with stomach most cancers,” Trahern said.

“My coronary coronary heart sank,” she said, “understanding that we missed the likelihood to inform Toby whereas he was nonetheless with us. Nevertheless I’ve little query that he is smiling down on us, understanding that he’ll on a regular basis be, — quote —  ‘almost nearly as good as he as quickly as was.’”

Trahern outlined that election pointers do not allow a person to be elected into the Nation Music Hall of Fame throughout the yr of their dying, nonetheless said that rule did not apply to Keith, who had already been chosen earlier to his passing. Voting was closed on Feb. 2 and official outcomes have been tallied by Feb. 6,  a day after the singer handed away.

The alternative inductees launched Monday have been singer John Anderson and guitarist James Burton.

Keith died on Feb. 5 on the age of 62. He had been recognized with stomach most cancers throughout the fall of 2021, and shared the knowledge publicly in June 2022.

Keith has produced 32 No. 1-ranked songs, and 42 songs which have appeared throughout the Excessive 10 of Billboard’s nation music chart. 

He is perhaps best acknowledged for his 1993 single “Must’ve Been a Cowboy.” 

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