14. Pam Tillis

As with a few others on these lists, Pam Tillis already had a connection to the industry before she even started singing: Pam was the daughter of country hit-maker Mel Tillis (who himself is a 2007 inductee). From the age of 8 through all of young-adulthood, she performed shows, was in various bands, joined and left a label, and released a failed album. After all of that, she signed a record contract in her early 30’s. From there, she would have a stretch of hits throughout all of the 1990’s, and also earn 5 Grammy nominations and 13 CMA award nominations within that time. . She has also tried her hand at acting, appearing on Broadway and in a few drama series. Although her level of industry success didn’t match up with many of her contemporaries of the time, she still gathered a nice career resume and recorded some memorable/important songs that still get played today.