Madonna has made a career as well as an art out of reinventing herself—as a rock diva, stage and screen star, video vixen, fashion icon, and cultural phenomenon. Her greatest achievement, according to Stephen Erlewine, is how she manipulated the media and the public with her music, her videos, her publicity, and her sexuality.
Known as the Material Girl,
Madonna parlayed her looks, talent, and business acumen into a showbiz empire that spawned a dozen No. 1 singles, best-selling albums,...