What honorary title does Madonna hold?
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Queen of Pop
She is the best-selling female recording artist in history.
💡 Did you know? Her tours still break records.
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Madonna from the USA is the ‘Queen of Pop’ and the mistress of constant reinvention. In every decade since the 1980s she appeared with a new look and sound, tying her music to provocative videos and headline-grabbing fashion like Jean Paul Gaultier’s pointed ‘cone bra’ corset. She broke through in 1984 with ‘Like a Virgin’, which she sang at the MTV Awards in a wedding dress. It was followed by ‘Material Girl’, the socially critical ‘Papa Don’t Preach’, the controversial ‘Like a Prayer’, the dance hit ‘Vogue’ and, more electronic, the album ‘Ray of Light’. She was also an actress and won a Golden Globe for ‘Evita’. Above all she became a role model for countless female pop stars who adopted her art of self-staging. Good to know: She is the best-selling female recording artist in history. Her tours still break records. The song also gave her a nickname. The video references Marilyn Monroe. The song deals with an unplanned pregnancy. It sparked debate at the time. Each decade brought a new look and sound.
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Queen of Pop
She is the best-selling female recording artist in history.
💡 Did you know? Her tours still break records.
Material Girl
The song also gave her a nickname.
💡 Did you know? The video references Marilyn Monroe.
Papa Don’t Preach
The song deals with an unplanned pregnancy.
💡 Did you know? It sparked debate at the time.
constant reinvention
Each decade brought a new look and sound.
💡 Did you know? Many later artists adopted this approach.
Like a Prayer
The 1989 video caused controversy.
💡 Did you know? A gospel choir shapes the song.
USA
Born in 1958 in Michigan.
💡 Did you know? She broke through in New York.
Vogue
The song made the dance style of the same name world-famous.
💡 Did you know? It name-drops many Hollywood legends.
Like a Virgin
At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 she writhed across the stage in a wedding dress: a scandal that made her an overnight sensation.
💡 Did you know? It was one of her first big number-one hits.
Cone Bra
It became a symbol of her ‘Blond Ambition’ tour.
💡 Did you know? The design is a 1990s fashion icon.
Ray of Light
The album won her several Grammys.
💡 Did you know? She opened pop further to electronica.
role model
From Lady Gaga to Beyoncé, many cite her.
💡 Did you know? She controlled her own image and business early on.
actress
She won a Golden Globe for ‘Evita’.
💡 Did you know? She later directed films too.
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