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In September 1984, Madonna performed the single "Like a Virgin" by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg at the first MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna was dressed in a wedding dress and, breaking her heel at the beginning of the song, did not stop the number, but began to roll around the stage. This performance shocked American television audiences. The song became one of the biggest wedding hits for years. The single "Like a Virgin" remained at # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 [120] [121] for 6 weeks. The song was included in the list of "200 Iconic Songs of All Time" under the auspices of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States

In July 1983, their debut album, Madonna, was released. According to music critic O'Brien, on Madonna, her music sounded like a cross between Pat Benatar and Tina Marie. The fourth single "Lucky Star" (by Madonna) became her first hit in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 5. The success of the single helped the album reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 charts. The album took 9 months to go gold. After the recording of the album, Freddie Demann became Ciccone's manager

After the signing of the contract, Madonna Ciccone, for the sake of simplicity, began to be called simply "Madonna", since the Italian surname Ciccone [A 11] was often mispronounced in the American manner of "Sikkon" (English sick cone). In addition, the singer considered her name "rock and roll" and "well suited to the stage" (see songs "Rock and Roll Madonna" [en], "Lady Madonna" and the nickname "Madonna" by Joan Baez. The decision to use the name without a surname actually made him a mononymous stage name [112], even if it coincides with a personal name - this created difficulties in cultural perception in those countries where the word "Madonna" (Italian Ma donna - Russian my lady [A 12]) is common noun

While manager Barbon saw a new rock star in Ciccone and tried to arrange a contract with the label for a year and a half, her ward decided to try herself in a different genre. Together with drummer Stephen Bray, they composed four dance-style songs: “Everybody”, “Ain’t No Big Deal”, “Stay” and “Burning Up”. Madonna decided to secretly distribute the cassette tape from Barbon at the Danceteria in Manhattan [104]. Club DJ Mark Kamins, through his friend A & R manager [A 9] Michael Rosenblatt [A 10], arranged for Ciccone a meeting with Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records. He immediately signed a contract with Madonna to release a single [105] [106] [107]. Songs from 1979-1982 were partly owned by Barbon and were never officially released

The singer's film career was less successful, despite the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress [40]. In 2000, the Golden Raspberry Anti-Prize Committee named her the worst actress of the 20th century, but as time passed, many works in cinema were rated more highly.
In Russia, in relation to the artist's personal English-language name given at birth (baptism), the “Mandela effect” is especially widespread - at the suggestion of the local media, he was mistakenly considered a pseudonym taken with the aim of offending the feelings of believers [2] [42] [43]. Against a distorted information background in 2006, the musician's Russian opponents effectively used the method of “demonizing the enemy”. Despite the manifestations of Russophilia on the part of the Madonna, in whose family was a close descendant of the princes of Rurik, King Valdemar II the Victorious [44], her local opponents continued their successful manipulations and achieved their goal: in 2015, the singer stopped giving concerts in Russia

She had a great influence on subsequent performers [33]. Time magazine has named Madonna among the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Last Century" for her contributions to popular music. [34] Since the late 1980s, the media began to call Madonna "the queen of pop music"
Billboard magazine named her the most successful Hot 100 singles artist after the Beatles [37] [38]. Rolling Stone magazine included her in the lists of "100 Greatest Songwriters" [39] and "50 Greatest Artists" of All Time. She has won numerous awards, including seven Grammy awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

She became famous for her constant “re-imagining” (rethinking) of her music and images [30]. She became one of the first female musicians to make a successful career at a well-known recording studio without losing her creative or financial independence. [31] Has acquired a scandalous reputation thanks to the use of defiant erotic images and free treatment of religious themes [2]. The singer's clips have become an integral part of MTV history, bringing new themes of lyrics and images of video clips to the mainstream

Twenty of Madonna's works topped the main single charts in the USA or Great Britain, thirteen albums. Her work has set several world chart records [24] [25]. The Recording Industry Association of America voted her the # 1 best-selling rock singer of the 20th century and # 2 female singer in the United States.
The debut single "Everybody" was released in 1982 and became the first in a string of successes as a singer-songwriter. As a rule, Madonna's songs received positive reviews from music critics, but they often caused controversy in the media because of the sensitive social topics they touched on - racism, violence, gender, sexuality and power [2] [27] [28]. The most critically successful albums were Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions on a Dance Floor, commercially the hit collection The Immaculate Collection

Madonna Louise (a) Chiccone (English Madonna Louise Ciccone; non-pseudonym mononym - Madonna [b]; surname in the second marriage - Richie []; born August 16, 1958, Bay City, Michigan, USA) - American author- performer, pop singer, dancer, music producer, and actress, director and children's writer [9] [18]. The most commercially successful female singer in history according to the Guinness Book of Records