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==Awards and honors== * 1984: Grammy Award nomination for Best Music Video β "Videosyncracy"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200925035847/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/todd-rungren/13822 Todd Rungren] Grammy Awards</ref> * 1995: Berkeley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Popular Culture Society at [[UC Berkeley]].<ref name="Sonoma97" /> * 2017: Honorary doctorate from [[Berklee College of Music]], where he delivered the commencement address, and an honorary doctorate from [[DePauw University]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tori Donahue |url=http://www.berklee.edu/news/honorary-doctorates-lionel-richie-lucinda-williams-todd-rundgren-neil-portnow-and-shin-joong-hyun |title=Lionel Richie, Lucinda Williams, Todd Rundgren, Neil Portnow, and Shin Joong Hyun Receive Honorary Degrees | Berklee College of Music |website=Berklee.edu |date=May 13, 2017 |access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bernsee |first=Eric |url=http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2414093.html |title=Local News: Rundgren left speechless by DePauw honorary degree (5/21/17) | Greencastle Banner-Graphic |website=Bannergraphic.com |date=May 21, 2017|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> * 2018: Nominated for the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s class of 2019.<ref name="HoF2018" /> Since becoming eligible in 1995,<ref name="HoF2018" /> he has often been asked about his absence from the Hall of Fame.<ref name="Willman18">{{cite web |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Couldn't He Just Tell-All? Todd Rundgren Reveals Enough in Candid, Funny New Memoir |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/todd-rundgren-tells-all-new-memoir-individualist-1203092813/ |website=Variety |date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> A 2018 poll conducted by the institution, which is not factored in the final vote, placed Rundgren as the third-most deserving nominee on the ballot.<ref name="janet"/>{{refn|group=nb|[[Janet Jackson]], who did make the induction, was more than 100,000 votes behind in sixth place.<ref name="janet">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2018/12/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-voters-goofed-by-leaving-todd-rundgren-out-of-the-class-of-2019-chuck-yarborough.html|title=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame voters goofed by leaving Todd Rundgren out of the Class of 2019: Chuck Yarborough|first1=Chuck|last1=Yarborough|date=December 13, 2018|website=The Plain Dealer}}</ref>}} In 2016, Rundgren told an interviewer: "It doesn't have the same cachet as a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] or some historical foundation. If I told you about how they actually determine who gets into the Hall of Fame, you'd think that I was bullshitting you, because I've been told what's involved. ... It's just as corrupt as anything else, and that's why I don't care."<ref name="Harris2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/todd-rundgren-hates-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-loves-edm-and-might-be-a-techno-psychic/Content?oid=5721015|title=Todd Rundgren hates the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, loves EDM, and might be a techno psychic|first=Vincent|last=Harris|newspaper=[[Charleston City Paper]]}}</ref> * 2021: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/class-2021-inductees|title=Class of 2021 Inductees | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|website=www.rockhall.com}}</ref>
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