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  2. Aug 16, 2018 · Power. Innovation. Identity. Madonna has blended all of these and much more into a singular career in music, fashion, movies and beyond that’s crossed boundaries and obliterated the status quo....

  3. American singer-songwriter Madonna (b. 1958) has had a social-cultural impact on the world through her recordings, attitude, clothing and lifestyle since her early career in the 1980s. Madonna has built a legacy that goes beyond music and has been studied by sociologists, historians and other social scientists.

  4. Aug 16, 2019 · Whatever the motivation, after 60 years, Madonna is the wealthiest woman in the music business and one of its most radical icons. Madonna’s journey from the American suburbs to the American...

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    • ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ Before the release of her third album, True Blue (1986), Madonna was already a popular figure known for causing controversy with her image and themes.
    • ‘Sex’ October 1992 marked a new era for Madonna. She released her fifth studio album, Erotica, and a coffee table book titled Sex. The book consisted entirely of sexually provocative and explicit images featuring her and several collaborators, photographed by Steven Meisel.
    • ‘Evita’ Madonna’s road to star in Alan Parker’s adaptation of Evita started in 1986, eight years before production started. Paramount was starting to develop the project for film when the singer visited producer Robert Stigwood, producer of the West End adaptation dressed in a gown and a 1940s hairdo, expressing her interest in portraying the historical figure.
    • ‘American Life’ and ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ Madonna started the 21st century with Music, her eight studio album in 2000, produced by electronic dance songwriter Mirwais Ahmadzaï.
  5. 2 days ago · Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur whose immense popularity in the 1980s and ’90s allowed her to achieve levels of power and control that were nearly unprecedented for a woman in the entertainment industry.

  6. Jul 27, 2023 · Her fearlessness helped open doors for individuality in pop music and beyond, becoming a star that didn't just rule the world — she changed culture. As Madonna's self-titled debut LP turns 40 on July 27, GRAMMY.com is revisiting the most groundbreaking, exhilarating, and gasp-worthy moments of her extraordinary career.

  7. Jul 31, 2018 · 1. She laid out the template for the modern female pop icon. Long before Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, Madonna was the first female pop star to project an image of control, drive and fierce independence. For all her personal suffering (her mother died when she was five), she has rarely betrayed any emotional fragility.