Madonna

Year:
2008
Inducted by:
Justin Timberlake
Category:
Performers

Introduction

The record-setting, line-crossing, sexuality-flaunting, ever-evolving Material Girl.

Madonna is an icon. With her larger than life persona and penchant for provocation, she needs no introduction.

Justin Timberlake Inducts Madonna

Justin Timberlake Inducts Madonna at the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Justin Timberlake Inducts Madonna

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Madonna Acceptance Speech

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"Burning Up"

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Hall of Fame Essay

2008

Jim Farber

Forget her role as fashion plate. And businesswoman. And dancer. And sexual contrarian. And video groundbreaker. And PR powerhouse. And shock queen. And even as icon.

Yes, all those roles play their parts in the global juggernaut, and aesthetic nexus, that is Madonna, but, collectively, they offer one big distraction from the key element that anchors them all: the music.