The trio of music icons – Kenny Chesney, Tony Brown and June Carter Cash – were named Tuesday as the 2025 class to the Country Music Hall of Fame. They will be formally inducted later this year during the Hall’s annual Medallion Ceremony, nearly 65 years after the inaugural class of Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose.

The stadium-filling superstar Kenny Chesney will join the Country Music Hall of Fame this year alongside musical matriarch June Carter Cash and powerhouse producer Tony Brown. Why it matters: Induction into the Hall of Fame is the biggest and most exclusive honor in country music.

Carter Cash and musician-producer-label exec Tony Brown have been given country music's highest honor: They were named as the latest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony held Tuesday (March 25) at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.