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An American recording artist, dancer, actress and entrepreneur. Bornin Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonnamoved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. Afterperforming as member of the pop musical groups Breakfast Club andEmmy, she released her self-titled debut album in 1983, and thenproduced three consecutive number-one studio albums on the Billboard200 in the 1980s and four more since year 2000.
Madonna is known for exploring religious symbolism and sexual themesin her work. This drew criticism from the Vatican in the late 1980s.In 1992, she founded an entertainment company, Maverick, whichpublished a book of photographs (Sex). She also released a studioalbum (Erotica) and starred in a film (Body of Evidence) with eroticthemes. These works generated negative publicity and coincided with afall in commercial sales in the 1990s. Madonna's career was revived in1998, when the release of her album Ray of Light garnered criticalacclaim.
Madonna has acted in 22 films. She earned a Golden Globe Award for herrole in the 1996 film Evita.