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The Story of How Madonna Became Famous Will Make You Love Her Even More

Madonna has been an icon for so long, it's easy to take her for granted. Too often, that's exactly what happens.

With 13 albums and a slew of the most famous singles and music videos of all time, she's been omnipresent in pop for over three decades. Out of the top eight best-selling musicians of all time, she's the only female. She's arguably the first female performer to ever have complete control over every aspect of her image, paving the way for every one of today's liberated female pop acts.

We should be talking about Madonna with the same reverence we discuss Elvis and the Beatles. Yet given the generally vicious response to the press push promoting her new album, it's clear many have lost sight of her legacy. Madonna fought like hell to build the career she has, scraping her way to the upper echelons from her days as a starving waitress in a closet of a New York apartment. She's earned her cultural ubiquity and deserves to be respected as the legend she is.

"Like a Virgin." Before becomin

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Madonna Louise Ciccone aka Madonna - Herman Kulkens

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“Madonna. She makes me wanna drink beer. She makes me wanna drive real fast and go bowling. She makes me wanna shop at Sears. She makes me wanna kick vegetarians. When I hear her sing, I know she's singing to me. She wants to get nasty with me. When I see her face, when I see her eyes, when I see her lips talking to me, telling me to "come on," I get to feelin' real mean. I get to feeling like I wanna do a whole lotta push-ups or go to a hardware store. And then, I have to cool down, man. I have to cool down and it's either gonna be a cold shower or a Bruce Springsteen album.”

/ Spoken word poem by Henry Rollins, 1985 /

On this day 41 years ago (27 July 1983) a brash, hungry 25-year-old Michigan-born starlet calling herself Madonna unleashed her self-titled debut album (the one featuring "Everybody", “Holiday”, “Physical Attraction", “Borderline”, “Lucky Star” and – best of all! – “Burning Up”). And the world would n

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Madonna’s Biggest Moments: A Timeline

1978

In 1978, Michigan-born Madonna Louise Ciccone dropped out of college and moved to New York City to pursue a career in dance.

1982

Madonna released “Everybody,” her debut single, on Sire on Oct. 6, 1982. The 24-year-old singer wasn’t pictured on the single artwork, reportedly because the label wanted to market the song to an African-American audience.

1983

On July 27, 1983, Madonna released her self-titled debut on Sire. It debuted at No. 190 on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 8 in 1984. She wrote five of the album’s eight tracks, including “Burning Up” and “Lucky Star.”

1983

“Borderline,” one of two Madonna tracks written by album producer Reggie Lucas, became Madonna’s first top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100. The fifth single from her first album, the track peaked at No. 10.

1984

In what many now consider a career-making performance, Madonna performed at the first-ever MTV VMAs in 1984. Singing “Like a Virgin” in