In September 1994, while walking in Central Park, Madonna met Cuban fitness trainer Carlos Leon; he later became her personal trainer and lover. On October 14, 1996, Madonna gave birth to the couple's child, a daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, called Lola.
Madonna gave birth to a son Rocco John Ritchie on August 11, 2000. On December 22, 2000, Madonna married the boy's father, British director Guy Ritchie, whom she had met in 1999 through mutual friends Sting and his wife Trudie Styler. As of October 2006, she resides in Wiltshire, England with Ritchie and her children.
On October 10, 2006, Madonna filed adoption papers for a Malawian baby boy named David Banda (renamed David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie, born September 24, 2005, during her trip to an orphanage in Malawi.
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958), better known worldwide as simply Madonna, is an iconic American pop singer, songwriter, musician, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and a fashion icon whose level of fame and success has earned her superstar status for more than two decades. She is usually noted for her innovative music videos, elaborately mounted stage performances, and use of political, sexual, and religious themes and imagery in her work. She is commonly referred to as the "Queen of Pop".
In 2000, Guinness World Records credited Madonna as the most successful female recording artist of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of 120 million albums. Her record label, Warner Bros. Records, claimed in 2005 that she had achieved international sales in excess of 200 million albums. Madonna is the highest earning female singer of all time, according to the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, and, according to Billboard Magazine, Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour was the most successful concert tour of a female artist in history.
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