Here’s the seven inductees in the main category, ranked from least- to most-deserving of one of music’s highest honors.

Rob Taylor is a former Wall Street Journal reporter covering political and general news and the economy in Australia and the Pacific.

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel today signaled that a conclave of cardinals selected a new pope: Robert Prevost of the United States. He is the first American pope in history and will go ...