Were talking superstar here, well actually mega-superstar. Whod have thought the young devout Catholic who idolised nuns - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone - would later have a video condemned by the Vatican (Like A Prayer), write a coffee table book about sex in which she posed naked (and which was a best seller) and snog girls on TV (Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera) while singing a song called Like a Virgin.
Ask your Mums about what they were wearing in the 80s and we can guarantee they will have gone through a fishnet tights/hair bleaching phase courtesy of Madge. The Queen of reinvention is now one of the most commercially successful artists ever with around 20 albums, over seven worldwide tours and more gongs than she can possibly remember under her belt phew.
Maddy has even turned her talents to acting and scooped a coveted Golden Globe Award for her role in Evita. However, not so impressive, are her Razzie Awards over the years (probably gathering dust somewhere), shes received awards for Worst Actress (several times), Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Screen Couple and was honoured in 2000 with the Worst Actress of the Century award.
The Queen of Pop has walked down the aisle twice, to Hollywood wild boy Sean Penn in 1985 and to British film director Guy Ritchie in 2000 and the Material Girl has become the Maternal Girl as mother to Lourdes, Rocco and adopted (controversially from Malawi) children David and Mercy.
In 2009 the Madonna machine is still going strong, following on from the success of her album Hard Candy and her slick chart-topping compilation with Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes, her Sticky and Sweet tour with its stunning costumes and amazing choreography confirms her position as a female music icon.