Madonna

Madonna

Madonna is 50! The pop icon was born Madonna Ciccone. She studied dance in college, dropped out and began a singing career that would turn her into a superstar. The Material Girl made several movies, including Desperately Seeking Susan, Dick Tracy, The Next Best Thing, and A League of Their Own. The soundtrack of her film Evita became a platinum seller — Madonna's twelfth — and one of the songs, "You Must Love Me," won that year's Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture. Earlier this year, Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; this was about the same time she passed Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top ten hits in the Billboard Hot 100's history.

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From our Archives: Today's Highlights, August 16, 2008