Madonna Louise Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958. Having sold more than 300 million records worldwide, Madonna is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records. According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo act on its Hot 100 song chart and second overall behind the Beatles. Today, the Queen of Pop turns 60. TASS looks back at her 35 years in the industry.
Madonna's birthday: the Queen of Pop turns 60
Madonna Louise Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958
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Madonna poses at the MTV Video Music Awards, 1984
© AP Photo Madonna and her first husband, Sean Penn, 1986
© AP photo/Craig Mathew Madonna performing onstage during Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium,1985
© AP Photo/Amy Sancetta Madonna on stage during her concert in Rome, 1990
© AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti Madonna waves to the crowd as her second husband Guy Ritchie holds their son Rocco after his baptism at Dornoch Cathedral, Scotland, 2000
© AP Photo/Martin Cleaver Madonna performs during her concert in Lisbon, 2004
© AP Photo/Armando Franca Madonna seen with her adopted son David Banda and daughter Lourdes, 2007
© AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo Madonna performing during her concert of the "Sticky and Sweet" world tour at the LTU-Arena in Duesseldorf, 2008
© AP Photo/Rene Tillmann Madonna at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, 2008
© AP Photo/Miguel Villagran Madonna hugs her son Davidv and daughter Mercy in Malawi, 2014
© AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Madonna performing on stage during the Women's March rally in Washington, 2017
© AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Madonna at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition, 2018
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