On December 3 1995, Madonna attended the VH1 Fashion & Music Awards at the Lexington Avenue Armory in Manhattan, New York.
Madonna presented the Fashion’s Future Award to Gucci’s Tom Ford and received the Most Fashionable Artist Award, presented by ex-husband Sean Penn.
On December 2 2014, Billboard magazine announced that Madonna had beaten Paul McCartney to become the World’s Richest Recording Artist.
According to the article, these were the 10 Richest Recording Artists at the time (amounts are in U.S. dollars):
1) Madonna $800 million
2) Paul McCartney $660 million
3) Dr. Dre $650 million
4) Diddy $640 million
5) Celine Dion $630 million
6) Bono $590 million
7) Mariah Carey $520 million
8) Jay Z $510 million
9) Elton John $450 million
10) Beyonce $440 million
On December 1 1986, Madonna appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine, with photos by Bruce Weber. Madonna is photographed alone, as well as with her many brothers and sisters.
The headline: That Fabulous Couple: Madonna and the Camera.
Quote from Life Magazine:
“Her greatest role, is the one she was born to play: Madonna.”
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