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Madonna Leads 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

December 13, 2007 8:06 AM ET

Rolling Stone has the news first: Madonna leads the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2008 inductees (this is her first year of eligibility as her first single, "Everybody," came out twenty-five years ago, in 1982). For the full list of who got in (and some surprising word of who didn't), click here for the story.

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