Madonna
Biography
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums in which she found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became 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", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy. Her career was further enhanced by film appearances that began in 1979, despite mixed commentary. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but has received harsh feedback for other film roles. Madonna's other ventures include being a fashion designer, children's book author, film director and producer. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, and in 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million contract with Live Nation. 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. On May 4, 2024, with a free concert which was live streamed at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in front of 1.6 million people, Madonna broke the record for the most attended stand-alone concert by any artist, and the all-time highest attended concert by a female artist.
Movies (142)
Madonna: Confessions II
2026
Rebel of Pop: Madonna
2025
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio (Behind-the-scenes)
2025
Funeral Rites
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025
Becoming Madonna
2024
Avicii - I'm Tim
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
2023
Commitment to Life
2023
Madonna X Vanity Fair – The Enlightenment
2023
In France with Madonna
2022
The True Story of Madonna
2022
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
2022
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
2022
Madonna at the BBC
2021
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
Madonna: Madame X
2021
Arianne Phillips: Dressing the Part
2021
Madonna: Move to the Music
2021
The A-Z of Eurovision
2020
Beastie Boys Story
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
The BRITs at 40
2020
Rodman: For Better or Worse
2019
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
2019
Madonna: World of Madame X
2019
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God Control [Short Film]
2019
Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
2019
Madonna and the Breakfast Club
2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
2018
Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie
2018
Avicii: True Stories
2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
Madonna: Tears of a Clown
2016
Express Yourself: Die Tänzer der Queen of Pop
2016
Strike a Pose
2016
The Material Boy
2015
Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged
2014
Secret Project Revolution
2013
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
2013
Madonna: MDNA World Tour
2013
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013
The Women Concert for Change
2013
Are All Men Pedophiles?
2013
Lady Gaga: On the Edge
2012
Madonna: Live at Paris Olympia
2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Madonna: Goddess of Pop
2012
Madonna - Do You Think I'm Sexy Unauthorized
2011
Playtime Is Over
2011
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
The Undefeated
2011
La vraie histoire de Madonna
2011
Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour
2010
Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
2009
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009
Britney: For the Record
2008
I Am Because We Are
2008
The Universe of Keith Haring
2008
365 Day Project
2007
Madonna: Queen of Pop
2007
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
Madonna: The Confessions Tour
2006
Madonna: Something To Remember (The Unreleased Videos)
2006
Madonna - The Video Collection 2000-2006
2006
Live 8
2005
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
2004
Madonna: Re-Invention World Tour
2004
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol2
2004
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
Britney Spears: In the Zone
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
American Life
2003
Die Another Day
2002
Swept Away Movie Special
2002
Swept Away
2002
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001
2001
There's Only One Madonna
2001
Star
2001
Madonna: The Ultimate Collection
2000
The Next Best Thing
2000
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
Torrance Rises
1999
The Righteous Babes
1998
Kids Are Punny
1998
Junket Whore
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
Evita
1996
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
1996
Girl 6
1996
Four Rooms
1995
Blue in the Face
1995
Human Nature
1995
Madonna: The Girlie Show Live in Japan 1993
1993
Madonna: The Girlie Show - Live Down Under
1993
Dangerous Game
1993
Bad Girl
1993
Body of Evidence
1993
Madonna: The Name of the Game
1993
Sex
1992
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
1992
A League of Their Own
1992
Shadows and Fog
1991
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
Madonna - The Real Story
1991
Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour 90 from Barcelona
1990
Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live
1990
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
Madonna: Blond Ambition - Japan Tour 90
1990
Dick Tracy
1990
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
Like a Prayer
1989
Madonna: Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy
1988
Electric Blue 27
1988
Madonna: Who's That Girl - Live in Japan
1987
Who's That Girl
1987
Shanghai Surprise
1986
Who Killed Michael Stewart?
1986
Women in Rock
1986
A Certain Sacrifice
1985
Live Aid
1985
Madonna: The Virgin Tour Live
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Vision Quest
1985
Melodies and Rythms of Foreign Pop Music
1976
The Egg
1974
Warner Music Group Does DVD Volume 2
TV Shows (39)
RTL Tonight
2025
In Vogue: The 90s
2024
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
History 101
2020
The Last Dance
2020
The 90s Greatest
2018
The Nineties
2017
The True Story of...
2017
Discovering Fashion
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Fashion !
2012
Stalked: Someone's Watching
2011
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Star Academy
2001
The Saturday Show
2001
The Hire
2001
Will & Grace
1998
Elle Style Awards
1997
Leute heute
1997
Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Sacrée Soirée
1987
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Wogan
1982
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The BRIT Awards
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Top of the Pops
1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Grammys
1959
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
