Overview
- The performer class features Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Soundgarden and the White Stripes.
- Salt‑N‑Pepa and Warren Zevon receive the Musical Influence Award, Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye earn Musical Excellence, and Lenny Waronker is honored with the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
- The ceremony streams live Saturday from the Peacock Theater on Disney+, appears on Hulu the next day, and gets an ABC highlights special on Jan. 1.
- A Seattle supergroup is slated to salute Soundgarden with Nancy Wilson, Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell among participants, while Twenty One Pilots plan a White Stripes tribute.
- Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers will not attend due to health concerns, and bassist Carol Kaye has declined to participate.