Madonna becomes highest-selling female recording artiste

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Living up to her title, Madonna has now truly become the Queen of Pop, as she is riding atop waves of grand success. Topping music sales, the Material girl singer, who is currently on her Celebration Tour, has been re-certified by Guinness World Records as the highest-selling female recording artiste of all time.

Estimated figures indicate that Madonna has sold over 400 million records, including albums, singles, and digital media, during her 40-year music career. "Queen of Pop Madonna seems to be unreachable when it comes to music sales," a magazine wrote on its X handle (formerly called Twitter). According to Guinness World Records' social media, the singer has held the record since 2009 and is followed by Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé, as per reports.

Earlier this month, Madonna kicked off her critically lauded Celebration Tour at London's O2 Arena with a two-hour set that had an audience of 20,000 up on their feet for the duration of the concert. As of July 2022, Guinness World Records said Madonna is also the highest-grossing female touring artiste, after grossing more than $1.3 billion from her tours. But that number is likely to increase after her latest stint.

The Queen of Pop began her tour in London on October 14. She is expected to make her way to the US on December 13. Madonna's tour was initially supposed to kick off in July, though it was later postponed after she was hospitalised with a bacterial infection.

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