Madonna

Madonna performing hosting duties at the Madonna and Gucci Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF, on February 6, 2007 in New York.

A young brunette Madonna in one of her first studio shots in New York, 1973. Madonna had just moved to the Big Apple to study dance.

Madonna lights up the stage in L.A on her ‘Blonde Ambition’ concert tour, on May 11, 1990.

Madonna attends the party for her album Bedtime Stories, on March 18, 1995. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album – an achievement to be seen many more times by Madonna.

Madonna in one of her more eclectic outfits, at the VH1 Fashion Awards at the Madison Square Gardens in New York City.

Madonna at the Givenchy Collection Haute Couture in January, 2002. She attends with Gwenyth Paltrow and Chelsea Clinton.

Proving she reigns supreme as the Queen of Pop, Madonna performs on the Cardiff leg of her world tour for her Grammy-winning album, Confessions On A Dancefloor.

Madonna has proven her versatility beyond chart-topping pop star. As well as launching a clothing line, Madonna has also authored two best-selling children’s books, The English Roses, and its sequel, Too Good To Be True.

Madonna and husband, director Guy Ritchie, take children Rocco and Lourdes (from Madonna’s previous relationship with personal trainer, Carlos Leon), to the premiere of Arthur And The Invisibles, in London, January 2007.

Guy Ritchie and Madonna attend the 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons in West Hollywood, California, on 25th February, 2007.

Madonna had met her director husband in 1999, through mutual friends Sting and Trudie Styler. The couple were married in 2000 and now reside in Wiltshire, London, with Lourdes, Rocco and adopted son, David.

In 2006, Madonna teamed with retail giant H&M to design a clothing line. Here, Madonna arrives at the launch for her line, M by Madonna, held at the Langham Hotel in London.

In a myriad of controversy and legal disputes, Madonna finally became the adoptive parent of Malawian-born David Banda in 2006.

Madonna, accompanied by daughter, Lourdes, takes David back to his old orphanage in Mchinji, one year on from his adoption. He received a huge greeting from the 200 villagers who converged upon the orphanage to welcome him home.

Madonna attends the 46th Annual Grammy Awards on the 8th February, 2004.

Showing the world she has still got it, Madonna performs at the Live Earth concert in London on 7th July, 2007.

Lourdes accompanies her mother to ‘A Night To Benefit Raising Malawi & UNICEF’, hosted by Madonna and Gucci, at The United Nations in New York City on February 6, 2008.

Madonna is supported by famous friends Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise and comedienne Rosie O’Donnell at the UNICEF benefit in New York.

Looking fabulous in their forties, Madonna poses with actress Demi Moore at the UNICEF benefit in New York.

Worthy inductee Madonna poses in the press room at the 23rd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria on March 10, 2008 in New York City.

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