Toby Keith Inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame a joyous yet Bittersweet moment for the country music Community as we have learned that Toby Keith will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in just a moment we are going to share a video with y'all of Toby Keith's son giving an emotional speech on behalf of his family representing his father just yesterday at the ceremony announcing the inductees it has never been a question on if Toby Keith will get into the Country Music Hall of Fame but when will Toby Keith get into the Country Music Hall of Fame which we now know that is happening Toby Keith is one of the three inductees alongside country music legend John Anderson and the iconic touring musician very very world-renowned musician outof country music Mr James Burton Toby Keith's passing was devastating just absolutely heart-wrenching heartbreaking and a passing that a lot of us are still having a hard time coming to terms with and sadly we have learned from the CEO The Day After Toby Keith's Passing of the Country Music Association Sarah trear that on February the 6th Toby Keith just a day later Toby Keith would have learned he would have been told that he was being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame ballots for voting for The Country Music Hall of Fame closed just days prior on February 2nd and a day after his passing on February 6 Toby would have been informed that he would have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year again if Toby's passing was not already very difficult enough this just adds another lay to how tragic and sad uh his passing was this year and how much of an effect that had on a lot of country music fans country music artist Toby had such an impact on this genre and he really stood for something and his loss uh is such a great loss in this community in this genre really in music in general we think about him daily and now we do have the opportunity to inform everyone to let everyone out there know that he will now be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame I I can't say it enough this is so so well deserved I mean from his chart topping debut single Why Toby Keith will be Inducted into the Hall of Fame should have been a cowboy back in 1990 3 Toby Keith released 21 Studio albums throughout his career 69 singles 65 of them hitting the Billboard Chart 54 reaches the top 40 40 of them made the top 10 and 20 went on to become number one hits and how can we not mention the amount of CMA honors ACM honors all of the awards and accolades that Toby Keith has received throughout his career to even include the BM my icon award which he took home just a couple of years ago in 2022 and if there was really any artist out there who could make you feel their passion their love their Drive their motivation for country music for this genre it was it was through Toby Keith he even spoke about how during his battle with stomach cancer that is the longest he had ever taken off in his entire career he loved the work he loved getting out to the fans he truly loved country music and you know we talk about this the time about how songwriting and lyrics are so important storytelling is so important in country music one part that Toby truly embraced was songwriting he was very proud of songwriting one of the only artists you know within several decades that really stuck to writing his own music and he was very proud of that it's not uncommon to mention writing rooms or giving credits to co-writers on songs nowadays we see it all the time but Toby Keith really hung on to the fact that he was a true songwriter and he was from his emotional ballads to his anthems to some of the more humor stuff that he did throughout his career there was always a story there with Toby and he has had just a remarkable remarkable career he may not have gotten to hear these words before his passing that he would be inducted but he's definitely hearing it in spirit smiling down on this amazing honor and recognition now just before we get to to Keith's son Steen giving his emotional speech on behalf of his family and representing his father as they announced the Hall of Famers for this year we are going to hear what the CEO of the Country Music Association had to say about the voting process and how Toby Keith was selected congratulations John welcome to the Hall of Fame before kicks and Ronnie return to share the impressive ACC of our modern era artist I'd like to share a few details surrounding this year's election process as usual nominations are made in the fall of 2023 and the first ballot was sent to the voters before the holiday with the final ballot closing on Friday February the 2nd our Professional Services Partners at deoy res released the results to us just a few days later this year we anticipated receiving the names of our final inductees on Tuesday February the 6th as we know now we woke up that morning to the heartbreaking news that our friend Toby Keith had lost his long battle with stomach cancer as you heard there and we mentioned earlier it was just one day after Toby's passing on February 6th that the inductees were announced revealed and unfortunately again on February 5th we we lost Toby and it such a hard loss and with this adds again another layer to it what's Bittersweet is just that a few hours later our team received word from deoy that he'd been elected in the modern era category truly one of the greatest honors of my job is getting to inform these inductees that they're the newest members of the hall class my heart sank that Tuesday after newon knowing that we missed the chance to inform Toby while he was still with us but I have no doubt that he's smiling down on us knowing that he will always be quote as good as he once was I should mention that while the rules of election do not allow someone to be elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in the year in which they pass away that doesn't apply this year as Toby Toby was selected before he died selection into the Country Music Hall of Fame is not just about celebrating at the induction ceremony or lifting a glass today to celebrate the announcement it's about the music the Artistry and the legacy of these artists and these individuals being remembered for the ages all three of our inductees are certainly deserving of that honor today congratulations big guy and now welcome back kixs and Ronnie to help us recap the remarkable Hall of Fame career of our modern era in dect Toby Keith you know as we are all excited that Toby Keith is getting in it is just it it gets harder and harder to hear that he is gone watching this um you can feel the the pain and the heartache and the emotion that everyone is feeling from his passing and this you know to add that layer we we've been talking about out here uh that he did not get to hear this information is um is very sad but I do believe that Toby wants us to celebrate which we should celebrate we need to celebrate his career and definitely celebrate this honor and recognition that he's having this year now that we've heard the CEO speak let's go ahead and get to Toby Keith's son's speech it was short sweet but emotional as he thanked the recognition of his father being an inductee into the Hall of Fame Toby Keith's Son Gives Emotional Speech About his Father thank you all on behalf of my whole family um we want to thank the Hall of Fame uh it's an honor to stand here and represent my father he's an amazing man husband father an artist and just want to thank everybody for being here thank you you know Toby was a man of few words but when he did speak you listen and I think that is exactly how Toby would have envisioned his thanks as he was recognized for this as he was such a humble humble man and you could see that it was difficult for Steen to to get up there to to represent his father not that the representation was difficult but just the overwhelm of of emotion with his father no longer being with us but what a better way to continue his Legacy as he is a part of it all this year one of the inductees out of three alongside John Anderson and James Burton Again The Medallion ceremony will be held in October we are definitely looking forward to that as a plaque for Toby John and James will also be uh unveiled on that night a very very special night in country music and before I jump off here I just want to say again we miss you big dog and congratulations to all of the inductees that's your latest update here from country cast hit that subscribe button down below so you never miss out on any breaking updates surrounding your favorite country music artist in all the news coming right out of Nashville