In 2000, "Rubber Soul" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, an award bestowed by the American Recording Academy "to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old". The album has been the subject of multi-artist tribute albums such as "This Bird Has Flown" and "Rubber Folk". Writing in December 2015, Ilan Mochari of "Inc." magazine commented on the unusual aspect of a pop album's 50th anniversary being celebrated, and added: "Over the next several years, you can bet you'll read about the 50th anniversary of many other albums – thematic volumes composed by bands or songwriters in the tradition "Rubber Soul" established. All of which is to say: "Rubber Soul", the Beatles' sixth studio album, was the record that launched a thousand ships."