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Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16 1958) (known by her stage name Madonna) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American superstar, singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and Golden Globe-winning actress. She is known for the use of sexual, social and religious themes in her work and has been dubbed the "Material Girl" and "Queen of Pop" by the media.
Since her debut in 1982, Madonna has released many chart-topping albums and singles, and has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. According to Guinness World Records she is the "World’s most-successful female musician" and the top earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of over $400 million. The RIAA named her the "Best Selling Female Rock Artist of the Twentieth Century", the 2nd most successful top selling female artist in the U.S. and 15th biggest selling artist overall. Billboard reported that her 2006 Confessions Tour holds the record for the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist. In the United Kingdom, she is the most successful female in the album and singles chart history, having sold 3.6 million copies of her compilation The Immaculate Collection and accomplishing sixty-one top ten singles, thirteen of which were #1. In 2008, she surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist with most top ten hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, with thirty-seven top ten singles. She is also the most successful singles artist on the United World Chart with thirteen #1 and twenty-three Top 10 singles.
Madonna's studio album Like a Virgin (1984) was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. Like a Prayer (1989), Ray of Light (1998), and Music (2000) were listed by Rolling Stone magazine as three of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, coming in at #237, #363, and #452 respectively. The magazine also lists Madonna's number one hit single "Like a Virgin" as one of the The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #300, a feat for a pop singer in a 70s-rock-oriented magazine. On March 10, 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Since her debut in 1982, Madonna has released many chart-topping albums and singles, and has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. According to Guinness World Records she is the "World’s most-successful female musician" and the top earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of over $400 million. The RIAA named her the "Best Selling Female Rock Artist of the Twentieth Century", the 2nd most successful top selling female artist in the U.S. and 15th biggest selling artist overall. Billboard reported that her 2006 Confessions Tour holds the record for the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist. In the United Kingdom, she is the most successful female in the album and singles chart history, having sold 3.6 million copies of her compilation The Immaculate Collection and accomplishing sixty-one top ten singles, thirteen of which were #1. In 2008, she surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist with most top ten hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, with thirty-seven top ten singles. She is also the most successful singles artist on the United World Chart with thirteen #1 and twenty-three Top 10 singles.
Madonna's studio album Like a Virgin (1984) was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. Like a Prayer (1989), Ray of Light (1998), and Music (2000) were listed by Rolling Stone magazine as three of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, coming in at #237, #363, and #452 respectively. The magazine also lists Madonna's number one hit single "Like a Virgin" as one of the The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #300, a feat for a pop singer in a 70s-rock-oriented magazine. On March 10, 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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