Madonna

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone better known as simply Madonna, born August 1958 16, Bay City - American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, director and screenwriter, known to most for his videos, stage performances, as well as the use of political, sexual, and religious in their works. Madonna - the real name of artist, and "Veronica" was chosen by the singer as a child, and it is not official. Since 2001, Madonna is a citizen of the United Kingdom.
The most commercially thriving singer, who sold the most of their records of all women performers: more than 250 million albums and 100 million singles, wearing a well-deserved title of "Queen of Pop." Madonna started her musical career in 1982 as a drummer in the New York rock band of his friend Dan Gilro Breakfast Club, soon moving to guitar, singing and composing his own material. 
Over the years his musical activity Madonna dabbled in different genres anddirections, won numerous awards, including seven nominations, "Grammy" (of which three awards - in 1992, 2000 and 2008). In 1998, Madonna was included in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the winner of the longest continuous series of singles that are included in the first "top ten" (with Like a virgin (1984) for the Secret (1994)), and Madonna in 2008 surpassed Elvis Presley for the total number of hits in the first "top ten", and according to this index was the second, behind only "The Beatles". According to Madonna's record company Warner Brothers Records in 2005, worldwide sales of her albums have exceeded 250 million copies. In 2008 it was included in the "Hall of Fame rock n 'roll." 
Madonna of the English press was nicknamed "materialist" and "The Queen of Pop". It is also known as a follower and popularizer of Kabbalah, an activist of many charitable and organizations, one of which is "Rebirth of Malawi". Although Madonna's acting career has developed less well than the music (it was the record for most antipremy "Razzie for the worst part"), she starred in over twenty films and was honored for his performance in the movie musical "Evita," the prestigious Foreign Press Association Award Hollywood's "Golden Globe". Madonna also voiced Princess village in the English dub version of Luc Besson's film "Arthur and the Invisibles". 
At one point there was talk that she became acquainted with comedienne Sandra Bernhard. Madonna said: "I am not a lesbian, but I felt less self-esteem to talk about it. I thought that even if I really was a lesbian, then what? What are the problems? It's nobody's business! "Model Jenny Shimizu also claims that she had a lesbian connection with Madonna.