Madonna Louise Ciccone, was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her mother died of breast cancer at the age of 30 in 1963 when Madonna was only five. She eventually learned to take care of herself and her siblings, and she turned to her grandmother for solace and a mother-figure. She would move to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. While performing as a dancer for the French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on his 1979 world tour, Madonna became romantically involved with musician Dan Gilroy. They formed her first rock band, the Breakfast Club, where Madonna sang and played drums and guitar. In 1980 she left Breakfast Club and, with her former boyfriend Stephen Bray as drummer, formed the band Emmy. Their music impressed DJ and record producer Mark Kamins who arranged a meeting between Madonna and Sire Records founder Seymour Stein. Madonna signed a deal with Sire, a label belonging to Warner Bros. Records. Her debut single, "Everybody," was released in 1982 and became a dance hit. She started her debut album "Madonna" with Warner Bros. producer Reggie Lucas, however, she was not happy with the completed tracks and disagreed with Lucas' production techniques, so decided to ask her boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez for his help. Benitez remixed most of the tracks and produced "Holiday," which was her third single. The album peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200, and yielded the hit singles "Holiday," "Borderline," and "Lucky Star." Her mainstream music and imagery of her music videos made her a fixture on MTV. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin," "Papa Don't Preach," "Like a Prayer," "Vogue," and "Music." Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-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 only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the Billboard chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry.

Album:

• Madonna (1983)
• Like a Virgin (1984)
• True Blue (1986)
• Like a Prayer (1989)
• Erotica (1992)
• Bedtime Stories (1994)
• Ray of Light (1998)
• Music (2000)
• American Life (2003)
• Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
• Hard Candy (2008)
• MDNA (2012)

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