Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone, 16 August 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, he moved to New York in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After participating in musical groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her first album in 1983. It was followed by a series of albums in which he found great popularity with pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in popular music and imagery in his public music videos that MTV has become devices. Throughout his career, many of his songs have reached a record high in the charts, including "Like a Virgin," "Papa Do not Preach," "Like a Prayer," "Vogue," "Frozen," " music "," Hung Up "and" 4 Minutes ". Madonna has been hailed by critics for its production of a variety of music while at the same time serves as a lightning rod for religious controversy.
His career was further enhanced by the appearance of films that began in 1979, despite mixed reviews. He won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but received strong responses to other film roles. Other efforts include Madonna become a fashion designer, author of children's books, director and producer. It has been recognized as a businessman, and in 2007 he signed a unprecedented $ 120 million with Live Nation.
Madonna has sold over 300 million albums worldwide and are recognized as the best selling artist of all time in the world by Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it is the best-selling female rock artists of the 20th century and the second best selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two behind the Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, which makes the solo artist's most successful in the history of Billboard. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year. Considered one of the most influential figures in contemporary music, Madonna is known to continue to recreate the music and images, and maintain standards of independence in the music industry. He is recognized as a source of inspiration among many musical artists.
