American singer-songwriter, actress, author, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. In 1982, Madonna signed with Sire Records (an affiliate of Warner Bros. Records).
Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. She attained 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. Critics have praised her diverse musical productions which have also been known to induce controversy.
Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records.
Time considered her to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" for being an influential figure in contemporary music.
Madonna is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second best selling female artist in the United States, with 64.5 million certified albums. Considered by Forbes and other publications as a cultural icon,she is often referred by the international press as the "Queen of Pop".
In 2008, Billboard ranked her 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. In 2012, she was crowned the "Greatest Woman In Music" by VH1.
Forbes magazine named Madonna the fifth most powerful and the highest earning celebrity of 2013 with net earnings of $125 million between June 2012–13.
As of 2013, some sources report that Madonna's net worth has crossed over one billion dollars.
Madonna has been nominated for thirty Grammy Awards in total, 9 of which she has won.
IIn 2013, Mensa International released a list of celebrities IQ's which deemed them as "geniuoses". Madonna was included and revealed to have an IQ of 140.
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