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\n\tIn 2013, after years of eligibility, but no prior nominations, Rush was finally nominated for and inducted into<\/a> the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Fans had been clamoring<\/a> for their inclusion in the institution for decades, and it was fitting that the band earned the honor the same year the Rock Hall implemented the \u201cfan vote.\u201d<\/a> Rush carried that inaugural poll by an impressive margin, winning nearly 25 percent of the vote, well ahead runners up Deep Purple (about 16 percent) and Heart (about 12 percent).\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tRush\u2019s dominance in the fan vote, however, was more correlation to their Rock Hall induction than causation. Over the years, the winner of the fan vote has frequently earned a spot in the Hall, but not always, including this year. New Edition<\/a>, the trailblazing Boston<\/a> R&B and pop group<\/a> behind hits like \u201cCandy Girl,\u201d \u201cCool It Now,\u201d and \u201cCan You Stand the Rain,\u201d dominated the fan ballot this year<\/a>, earning more than one million votes, but failed to make the final cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe reason for this is simple: The online fan vote only counts as one ballot. New Edition<\/a> can run away with the fan vote with over 1 million votes, but that\u2019s cumulatively equivalent to each individual ballot submitted by more than 1,200 people in the Rock Hall voting body. (This is the second year in a row that the winner of the fan vote hasn\u2019t been inducted, following Phish in 2025, and just the third time ever.)\u00a0<\/p>\n