About Madonna Louise Ciccone

Madonna stills hold her fort as the undisputed Queen of Pop and reinvention. According to a recent survey, she is still the highest-earning female singer around the globe knocking off Britney Spears who held the No.1 spot.
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Besides, she is already the most successful female chart act of all time in the US and UK, with worldwide album sales of more than 200 million since her first hit, Holiday, in January 1984.Incidentally, she has also had more UK no1 singles and albums than any other female solo artist - including Like A Virgin, Into the Groove, Papa Don't Preach, Vogue, Evita, Ray Of Light, Hung Up and so on.

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Known for her originality and the power to reinvent herself, she is the best selling female rock artist of the 20th Century. She has always made an attempt to intertwined sexual, social and religious themes in her work and continues to push the envelope since her debut in 1982.

Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. She released her self-titled debut album, Madonna in 1983. Since then, there has been no stopping. A series of hit singles from her studio albums Like a Virgin (1984) and True Blue (1986) gained her global recognition, establishing her as a pop icon for pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV.

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Claim to fame

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In 1996, Madonna played the starring role in the film, Evita, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Her single, "You Must Love Me"

Post 1998, she earned many Grammy and Billboards making her one of the most influential women in contemporary music.

Besides her music, she is also known as the “Greatest Makeover Queen”. Madonna has reinvented herself for the umpteenth time in her 27 year career. Her obsessive work-out regimes and killer diets have not only made her a sensation but an inspiration for many.

Post her break-up with writer, director husband Guy Ritchie, her personal life has been under the scanner, but sources close to her say she is busy and happy with her career and children.