Biography

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Madonna has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. She is ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century, and the second top-selling female artist in the United States. 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 chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. (Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Crazy For You, Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach, La Isla Bonita, Who's That Girl, Like a Prayer, Vogue, Justify My Love, Holiday, Erotica, I'll Remember, Bedtime Story, Don't Cry for me Argentina, Frozen, Ray of Light, American Pie, Music, Don't Tell Me, What It Feels Like for a Girl, Die Another Day, Hollywood, Hung Up, Celebration)