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- Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan.
- Madonna released her debut single “Everybody” on Sire Records, launching her music career. The song did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, performed well on dance charts and helped Madonna gain her first attention from the music press. It later appeared on her 1983 debut album Madonna.
- Madonna released her first single, “Holiday”.
- Madonna scored her first UK No. 1 hit with “Into the Groove.”
- Madonna's album True Blue reached No. 1 on the US albums chart, while the single "Papa Don't Preach" began a two-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart.
- Madonna appeared in the film "Shanghai Surprise", which flopped at the box office and was harshly rejected by critics. The film was produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films, and Harrison said of Madonna that she had no sense of humor, which was unfortunate for a comedy.
- Madonna's "True Blue," the title track of her album of the same name, reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart. It was her third UK chart-topper. The title came from a favourite expression of her then-husband, Sean Penn, and the song was dedicated to him. Madonna also topped the UK chart that year with "Papa Don't Preach."
- The film “Who's That Girl,” starring Madonna, premiered in New York.
- Madonna během koncertu v Pontiac Silverdome zastavila vystoupení, aby se omluvila 42 000 fanouškům za své předchozí označení rodného města Bay City v Michiganu za „smelly little town“.
- Madonna vyvolala kontroverzi mezi obyvateli svého rodného města Bay City v Michiganu, když jej v pořadu Today označila za „smelly little town“.
- Madonna reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with “Who's That Girl”, her sixth U.S. No. 1 single and also a No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom. It was a Spanish-English song with the refrain “¿Quién es esta niña?” and the title track of the soundtrack album to the comedy film of the same name, in which Madonna starred alongside Griffin Dunne.
- Madonna's single “Who's That Girl” reached number one on the charts.
- Madonna concluded her Blond Ambition Tour with a performance in Nice, France. The concert was broadcast on HBO with a time delay.
- Madonna's “This Used to Be My Playground” became her tenth U.S. No. 1 hit. It reached No. 3 in the UK and was from the film “A League Of Their Own”. The song also reached No. 1 in Canada, Italy, Mexico and Sweden.
- Madonna began filming the music video for “Erotica” at The Kitchen in New York City.
- Madonna filed a lawsuit against the YMCA seeking to prevent the construction of a high-rise residential building near Lincoln Center in New York City.
- Madonna released the single “Music”, the title track of her eighth studio album of the same name. Its B-side featured the song “Cyber-Raga”. The song became one of her most successful hits and reached number one on the charts in several countries.
- Madonna’s “Music” music video premiered.
- Madonna gave birth to her second child, son Rocco Ritchie, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. His father was British director Guy Ritchie.
- The single “Music” debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Madonna’s tenth UK single to reach the top of the chart. The song was taken from her album of the same name, and the music video also featured comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. Madonna thereby became the first woman to have ten albums reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.
- Madonna topped the US album chart with “Music”, her fourth album to reach No. 1 in the United States.
- Madonna's album Music reached No. 1 on the US albums chart. The album topped the charts in more than 20 countries.
- Madonna suffered three broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken arm in a fall from a horse at her country estate, Ashcombe House. The accident occurred on her 47th birthday.
- German prosecutors announced that they had decided not to open an investigation into Madonna after she performed a controversial mock crucifixion scene during a concert on August 20.
- Madonna adopted a one-year-old boy, David Banda, from Malawi. His father, Yohane Banda, told reporters that he believed the boy would do well in the United States. The child's mother had died one week after his birth.
- Madonna launched her Sticky & Sweet Tour at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, in support of the album “Hard Candy”. It was her first tour as part of her partnership with Live Nation and, after being extended into 2009, became the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist, with 85 concerts in 32 countries grossing approximately $408 million and attracting more than 3.5 million fans. The tour surpassed the previous record Madonna had set with her Confessions Tour in 2006.
- Madonna altered the lyrics of "I Love New York" during a concert at Madison Square Garden to make a confrontational reference to Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The incident received widespread media coverage, and Madonna later clarified that the wording was intended as a political metaphor rather than a literal threat.
- Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour became, according to the source, the highest-grossing worldwide tour by a solo artist, with approximately $408 million in revenue. It included performances in 32 countries.
- Madonna's album Celebration, her third greatest-hits compilation, was at No. 1 on the UK album chart on this day. The album was successful worldwide, reaching No. 1 on the charts in twelve countries and selling more than four million copies.
- Madonna launched her “Material Girl” fashion brand through Macy’s, targeting teenage girls. Her daughter Lourdes also helped with the project.
- A California court ruled that Madonna did not have a trademark on the term "Material Girl" for her clothing brand simply because she had written a song of the same name in 1985. Merely recording the famous song did not automatically give her priority rights in retail. Los Angeles retailer LA Triumph had been using the name "Material Girl" for clothing and had registered it as a trademark in 1997. The ruling allowed the trademark infringement dispute to continue.
- Madonna performed in Moscow and expressed her support for Pussy Riot, whose members had been imprisoned for their performance in a Moscow cathedral.
- Madonna was named by Forbes as the highest-earning celebrity of the previous year. It estimated that she earned $125 million from the MDNA Tour and her clothing and beauty projects.