瑪丹娜·路易絲·西科尼，是一名美國歌手、詞曲作家、演員和企業家。出生於美國密西根州貝城，她跳脫主流流行音樂歌詞內容和音樂錄影帶視覺成像的傳統框架，公然挑戰世俗禁忌議題，在全球獲得極大的名聲，她憑藉著一支支膾炙人口的經典MV引爆話題，是利用影音影像手法達到宣傳自我最徹底的藝人。

麦当娜（Madonna Louise Ciccone）是一位音乐艺术家、女演员和企业家。她出生于密歇根州贝城，1977年移居纽约市，从事现代舞事业。在音乐团体 Breakfast Club 和 Emmy 演出后，她于 1983 年发行了她的首张专辑。随后，她发行了一系列专辑，在这些专辑中，她通过突破主流流行音乐中的抒情内容和音乐视频中的图像的界限而广受欢迎，这成为 MTV 的固定节目。在她的整个职业生涯中，她的许多歌曲都在唱片排行榜上排名第一，包括“Like a Virgin”、“Papa Don't Preach”、“Like a Prayer”、“Vogue”、“Frozen”、“Music”、“Hung Up”和“4 Minutes”。评论家称赞麦当娜多样化的音乐作品，同时也是宗教争议的避雷针。

1979年开始的电影演出进一步提升了她的职业生涯，尽管评论褒贬不一。她因在《艾薇塔》（1996 年）中的角色而获得评论界的赞誉和金球奖电影音乐剧或喜剧类最佳女主角奖，但其他电影角色却收到了严厉的反馈。麦当娜的其他事业包括时装设计师、儿童读物作家、电影导演和制片人。她以女商人的身份广受赞誉，2007年，她与Live Nation签订了史无前例的1.2亿美元合同。

麦当娜在全球已售出超过 3 亿张唱片，并被吉尼斯世界纪录评为有史以来最畅销的女唱片艺术家。根据美国唱片业协会 （RIAA） 的数据，她是 20 世纪最畅销的女摇滚艺术家，也是美国第二畅销的女艺人，仅次于芭芭拉·史翠珊，拥有 6400 万张认证专辑。2008 年，Billboard 杂志将麦当娜排在 Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists 的第二名，仅次于披头士乐队，使她成为 Billboard 排行榜历史上最成功的独唱艺术家。同年，她还入选了摇滚名人堂。麦当娜被《时代周刊》评为“上个世纪最有影响力的 25 位女性”之一，她是当代音乐界的有影响力的人物，她以不断重塑自己的音乐和形象而闻名，并在唱片业中保持了自主权的标准。

2024 年 5 月 4 日，麦当娜在巴西里约热内卢的科帕卡巴纳海滩举办了一场免费音乐会，在 160 万人面前进行了现场直播，打破了所有艺术家参加人数最多的独立演唱会的记录，也是有史以来出席人数最多的女艺人演唱会。

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone) is a recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums in which she found 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. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy.

Her career was further enhanced by film appearances that began in 1979, despite mixed commentary. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but has received harsh feedback for other film roles. Madonna's other ventures include being a fashion designer, children's book author, film director and producer. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, and in 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million contract with Live Nation.

Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna 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 Billboard chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry.

On May 4, 2024, with a free concert which was live streamed at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in front of 1.6 million people, Madonna broke the record for the most attended stand-alone concert by any artist, and the all-time highest attended concert by a female artist.

Madonna, de son vrai nom Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone est une chanteuse, actrice, productrice, mannequin aux multiples talents notamment la danse et la gestion de son image. Madonna est née Louise Ciccone Fortin le 16 août 1958 à Bay City aux USA. La carrière et le succès mondial de Madonna sont marqués par de multiples controverses, suscitées volontairement pour que le monde entier parle d'elle. Grâce à ses provocations sexuelles et à une musique toujours revisitée, la Madone a su traverser les modes en jouant avec les codes. Madonna est aujourd'hui surnommée « the Queen of Pop ». En mai 2011, Madonna présente son premier film « Obscénité et Vertu » au Festival de Cannes. Sa carrière musicale débute en juillet 1983 lorsque Madonna sort son premier album intitulé « Madonna » rassemblant 8 chansons dance produites par Reggie Lucas. L'album s'est vendu à plus de 10 millions d'exemplaires. Son deuxième album « Like a Virgin » sort en 1984 et comprend les titres « Like a Virgin » et « Material girl ». Cet album va avoir un succès fulgurant puisqu'il va se vendre a 21 millions d'exemplaires à travers le monde. La madone continue son ascension avec « True Blue » en 1986 et « Like a prayer » en 1989. En 2010, Madonna décide de faire une pause avec la musique. Elle lance une ligne de vêtement avec sa fille Lourdes « material girl » ainsi qu'une chaine de salles de sport « Hard candy ». Elle monte actuellement son deuxième film « W.E ». Le Guiness des records 2011 affirme que Madonna détient le record absolu de ventes d'albums pour une artiste féminine: soit environ 275 millions d'albums vendus à travers le monde. En 2012, Madonna assure une tournée mondiale, M.D.N.A Tour, la star assure un concert au Stade de France le 14 juillet 2012.

A világ egyike legsikeresebb énekesnőinek egyike, már több mint 100 millió példányban keltek el a lemezei. A "Ray of Light" című albumát eddig hat Grammy-díjra jelölték, amelyből négyet meg is kapott. Két másik Grammy-jelölést is magáénak mondhat, méghozzá a "Beautiful Stranger" című daláért. Videoklipjeivel egyike lett a műfaj nagy megújítóinak.

Színésznőként a legjobb színésznőnek járó Arany Glóbusz Díjat vehette át az Evita címszerepéért. Első játékfilmje a Kétségbeesve keresem Susant (Desperately Seeking Susan) volt, majd láthattuk a Dick Tracyben, a Micsoda csapatban (A League of Their Own) és A tanú testében (Body of Evidence).

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (Bay City, 16 de agosto de 1958) é uma cantora, compositora, produtora musical, atriz, escritora, dançarina e empresária americana. Ela é considerada uma das figuras de maior impacto na cultura popular e tem sido muitas vezes referida como a "Rainha do Pop". Madonna é conhecida por sua contínua reinvenção e versatilidade na produção musical, composição e apresentação visual de sua obra. A versatilidade artística de Madonna aumentou ainda mais por sua atuação em filmes como Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Dick Tracy (1990), A League of Their Own (1992) e Evita (1996).