Notorious BIG, T Rex, Nine Inch Nails and the Doobie Brothers all join US repository of the pop canon
![Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020: Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode and more inducted](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4adc45ff5ba396beb9f4abf450529940f9bc6daa/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f3e4940a8f1b3e3676f7d830bd5d658c)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, self-appointed definers of the pop
music canon, have announced the artists being inducted for 2020.
A group of more than 500 music industry figures voted in Whitney Houston, Notorious BIG, Depeche Mode, T Rex, Nine Inch Nails and the Doobie Brothers. Unlike 2019’s new additions, where five out of seven artists were
British, 2020’s selection includes two, in Marc Bolan’s T Rex and Depeche Mode.