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.

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.

Carter Cash and producer Tony Brown were announced Tuesday as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, due to be officially inducted in a formal ceremony in fall 2025. The new trio of inductees were revealed during a morning news conference hosted by Vince Gill,