Madonna at Wang Theatre

Known worldwide as the "Queen of Pop", Madonna is the world's best-selling female recording artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and has been  listed by the RIAA as the second highest-certified female artist in the U.S. She has also been noted by Billboard as the most successful solo artist in the history of the Hot 100 chart, and is the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time. Madonna made her debut with the 1982 single "Everybody", and the following year launched her self-titled debut album, which peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 and was certified five-time platinum, as well as reaching the Top 10 in Australia, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Throughout her career, Madonna has had 38 top ten singles, including twelve number-one songs, on the Billboard Hot 100 and eight number-one albums on the Billboard 200, as well as 46 songs topping the Dance Club Songs chart. In addition to her record-breaking success in music, she is a renowned actor (she won the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita) and is known throughout the world as a cultural, fashion and feminist icon.