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Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958) is an American pop singer-songwriter. She is known for the use of sexual, social and religious themes in her work and has been nicknamed the "Material Girl" and "Queen Of Pop" by the media.
Since her debut in 1982, Madonna has released many chart-topping albums and singles, and has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. In 2002, she released the title song "Die Another Day" to the 20th James Bond film, in which she had a brief cameo role. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for both a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and a Golden Raspberry for Worst Song.
According to both the 2007 Guinness Book of Records and Forbes, she is the top earning female singer in the world. In 2001, the Guinness Book of World Records listed Madonna as the "World’s Most-successful Female Musician". In 2005, she equalled Elvis Presley's record of 36 top 10 hits, the most for any artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. RIAA named her the Best Selling Female Rock Artist of the twentieth century. On March 10, 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
