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- 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.
- Madonna’s “Music” music video premiered.
- 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 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 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 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 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.