Madonna (born
Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16, 1958) is an American
recording artist, actress and
entrepreneur. Born in
Bay City, Michigan and raised in
Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in
modern dance.
After performing as member of the pop musical groups
Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her
self-titled debut album in 1983, and then produced three consecutive number-one
studio albums on the
Billboard 200 in the 1980s and four more since year 2000.
Madonna is known for exploring religious symbolism and sexual themes in her work. This drew criticism from the
Vatican in the late 1980s.In 1992, she founded an entertainment company,
Maverick, which published a book of photographs (
Sex).
She also released a studio album (
Erotica) and starred in a film (
Body of Evidence) with erotic themes. These works generated negative publicity and coincided with a fall in commercial sales in the 1990s.Madonna's career was revived in 1998, when the release of her album
Ray of Light garnered critical acclaim.
Madonna has acted in 22 films. Although most failed critically and commercially,she earned a
Golden Globe Award for her role in the 1996 film
Evita. In 1996 Madonna gave birth to a daughter, Lourdes Maria (also known as Lola) by
personal trainer Carlos Leon before marrying film director
Guy Ritchie in 2000.
She and Ritchie have two sons, Rocco and David Banda, a
Malawian boy they adopted in 2006, which caused media allegations they violated that country's adoption laws.
She has been regarded as "one of the greatest pop acts of all time" and dubbed the "Queen of Pop" by various sources.She is ranked by the
Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female rock artist of the twentieth century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States with 63 million
certified albums.
Guinness World Records list her as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time and the top-earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of
US$490 million, having sold over 200 million records worldwide.
On March 1, 2008, she was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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