Madonna Key Achievements
- According to Guinness Book of World Records Madonna is the "most successful female solo artist of all time", selling 120 million albums as of November 2000
- Madonna is the richest female singer in the world, and one of the richest self-made women in the world, with an estimated net worth of over $850 million
- Maverick Records was the most successful "vanity label" in music history. While under Madonna's control it generated well over $1 billion dollars for Warner Bros. Records, more money than any other recording artist's record label
- Alvin Hall, presenter of World's Most Powerful on BBC News chose Madonna as the World's Most Powerful Celebrity, followed by Oprah Winfrey
- According to Billboard Magazine, Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour was the most successful concert tour for a female artist in history. The magazine also declared Madonna to be the Top Female Act of the 1980s, as well as the Second Top Act of the 1980s, behind Michael Jackson
- In 1997, Madonna won a Golden Globe award as the “Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical” in Evita