Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958 (age 57) at Bay City, Michigan, United States. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of
lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music
videos, which became a fixture on MTV, is an American singer, songwriter, actress,
and businesswoman.
Madonna's popularity was further enhanced by her film roles; she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for
Evita
(1996), but most of her other films have been panned by critics. Her
other ventures include fashion design, writing children's books, and
filmmaking. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, particularly
after she founded entertainment company Maverick (including the label Maverick Records) in 1992 as a joint venture with Time Warner. In 2007 she signed an unprecedented US $120 million 360 deal with Live Nation.
Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by
Guinness World Records. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed her as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second best-selling female artist in the United States, with 64.5 million certified albums. According to
Billboard, Madonna is the top touring female artist of all time, grossing over a billion dollars from her concerts. She was ranked at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the
Billboard
Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo
artist in the history of American singles chart. Madonna became one of
the five founding members of the UK Music Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility.
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