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Madonna's album Music reached No. 1 on the US albums chart. The album topped the charts in more than 20 countries.
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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 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'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.