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Tony Brown, June Carter Cash, and Kenny Chesney were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 19. This honor is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of country music in both the creative and business communities. New members, elected annually by an anonymous panel of voters chosen by the Country Music Association (CMA), are formally inducted in the invitation-only Medallion Ceremony held in the Museum’s CMA Theater.
Heartfelt, Emotional Medallion Ceremony Honors Tony Brown, June Carter Cash, and Kenny Chesney
The Country Music Hall of Fame inducted its 156th, 157th, and 158th members on Sunday, October 19. Musician, producer, and record label executive Tony Brown; singer, songwriter, and comedian June Carter Cash; and multiplatinum recording artist and songwriter Kenny Chesney joined the Hall of Fame during a star-studded Medallion Ceremony held in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater.
About the Medallion Ceremony
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s annual Medallion Ceremony honors the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame as they are formally inducted. The invitation-only event takes place in the Museum’s CMA Theater and is produced by the staff of the Museum. Friends, family, colleagues, and fellow Country Music Hall of Fame members honor the new inductees with tributes and songs. A Hall of Fame member inducts the member-elect by presenting the inductee with a commemorative medallion to be worn each time the membership gathers.
Bronze plaques bearing the inductees’ likenesses are unveiled for the first time during the ceremony before hanging permanently in the Museum’s Rotunda. Each inductee gives an acceptance speech. The remarks are always heartfelt, sometimes funny, and often emotional as the new members of the Hall of Fame reflect on their journeys to country music’s highest honor. The ceremony ends with everyone singing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”