Madonna

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Also known as: M. Ciccone, Madonna Ciccone-Ritchie, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, マドンナ, 麥當娜

Few artists have reshaped pop music as thoroughly as Madonna, whose career spans over four decades of deliberate reinvention. Starting out as a drummer and vocalist in New York bands like Breakfast Club, she built her way to global dominance with her 1983 debut album, eventually racking up eighteen multi platinum records. Classics like Like a Virgin, True Blue, and Confessions on a Dance Floor sit alongside critical darlings like Like a Prayer and Ray of Light, which both landed on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest albums ever made. Her catalog reads like a map of pop's possibilities, moving through dance pop, synth pop, electronic, and well beyond, with singles like Vogue, Hung Up, and La Isla Bonita becoming genuine cultural touchstones. On screen she won a Golden Globe for Evita. She also became the first female performer to hit a billion dollars from concert revenue alone, and holds records on the Billboard charts that no other solo act has matched. On top of all that, she built Maverick Records into one of the most successful artist run labels in the business.