A boot-scootin’ duo, a comedic singer and a member of Music Row royalty comprise 2019’s class of inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The Country Music Association made the announcement Monday morning in front of the 2019 class of inductees, current Country Music Hall of Fame members and other members of the music community during an event at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Brooks & Dunn will be inducted in the Modern Era Artist category. Ray Stevens will be inducted in the Veterans Era Artist category. Jerry Bradley will be inducted in the Non-performer category, which is awarded every third year in a rotation with Recording and/or Touring Musician Active Prior to 1980 and Songwriter categories. The men will raise the number of those inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame to 139.

“These visionaries have transformed the genre in obvious and intangible ways,” said the event’s host, Bill Cody. “They not only impacted the world of country music, but their work has created art that implores people to laugh, to cry and to ponder the range of emotions in between.”

Brooks & Dunn, Stevens and Bradley will formally enter into the Country Music Hall of Fame during a Medallion Ceremony at the CMA Theater later this year.

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