Artist Spotlight

January 2009's Spotlight was on Madonna of the United States!

You can check out Madonna's Spotlight Challenge here!

About Madonna

Birth Name: Madonna Louise Ciccone
Other Names: Madonna Ciccone, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, Madonna Penn, Madonna Ritchie
Birthday: August 16, 1958
Birth Place: Bay City, Michigan, United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Chinese Sign: Dog
Ethnicity: French-Canadian, Italian

DID YOU KNOW?

♥ She is ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female rock artist of the twentieth century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States with 63 million certified albums.
♥ While performing as a dancer for the French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on his 1979 world tour, Madonna became romantically involved with the musician Dan Gilroy, with whom she later formed her first rock band, the Breakfast Club, in New York.
♥ Her Confessions Tour is the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist.
♥ In 2006 a new water bear species (Latin: Tardigrada), Echiniscus madonnae, was named after Madonna. The authors' justification for the name of the new species was: "We take great pleasure in dedicating this species to one of the most significant artists of our times, Madonna Louise Veronica Ritchie."

Mini-Gallery

Here are some of my favorite pictures of Madonna for your viewing pleasure! Your welcome to take them, as long as you save them to your own harddrive/server.


Related Videos

Interested in checking out some of Madonna's music? You can check out many of her videos on Youtube! Below I've linked pages of some of my favorite videos. Enjoy!

Music Videos
4 Minutes
American Life
Hung Up
Love Profusion

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