Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone was born, August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and businesswoman. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and grew up in Rochester Hills, Mich., she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. Once you as a member of pop band Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her own debut album, Madonna titled, in 1983 on Sire Records.

A series of hit singles from their next studio album, Like a Virgin (1984) and True Blue (1986), won her worldwide acclaim. They founded it as a pop icon for printing the limits of the lyrical content in mainstream popular music and images in their music videos, was a fixture on MTV. Their recognition was through the movie Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) was the widely extended as a Madonna vehicle, although they are not the lead. Extending the use of religious images with Like a Prayer (1989), Madonna received a positive critical reception for their diverse musical productions, while at the same time by religious conservatives and the Vatican has been criticized. 1992 Madonna founded Maverick Corporation, a joint venture between itself and Time Warner. That same year, she expanded the use of pornographic material in their work, beginning with the release of studio album Erotica, followed by the publication of the photo book Sex, and starred in the erotic thriller Body of Evidence, which all have a negative reaction of the conservatives and liberals alike.

In 1996, Madonna starred in the film Evita, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Madonna seventh studio album, Ray of Light (1998), was one of her celebrated and recognized for his lyrical depth. During the 2000s, Madonna released four studio albums – namely, Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005) and Hard Candy (2008) – all debut at number one on Billboard-200. Based on Warner Bros. Records, Madonna signed an unprecedented $ 120 million-dollar contract with Live Nation in 2008.

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Madonna has more than 200 million albums sold worldwide. [1] She is of the Recording Industry Association of America as a place of best-selling female rock artist of the 20th Century, and the second certified top-selling artist in the United States with 64 million albums. [2] [3] Guinness World Records listed it as the world’s most successful recording artists of all time. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only the Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists “, made it the most successful solo artists in the history of the chart. She was also incorporated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year. As one of the most influential women in contemporary music, Madonna has been constantly re-invent for both her music and image known, and for maintaining a standard of autonomy within the music industry. It is recognized as an influence on various musical artists