Madonna

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone in 1958) grew up in Michigan and moved to New York City in the late 1970s to pursue dance before breaking through as a pop artist in 1983. She has spent decades reshaping pop music, moving from danceable radio hits to techno, electronica, and dance-floor club sounds across more than a dozen albums. Her work consistently engages with social, sexual, and political themes, and she has had as much impact on music video and visual culture as on recorded music.