Madonna at 60 - in pictures

Madonna performs during the MDNA tour. Photograph: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images

1984: Following the release of her eponymous first album one year earlier, Madonna introduced string vests, backcombing and two piercings in one ear to a generation of young girls Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

1985: The same year saw Madge giving Marilyn Monroe’s glamour-puss image a roughed-up 80s feel as she explained to the world that money and diamonds were pretty much the only way to her heart Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature

1986: Madonna and her then-husband Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise, a film which earned five nominations and one award at the Golden Raspberry awards. The pair split up in 1989 with Madonna admitting, “I was completely obsessed with my career and not ready to be generous in any shape or form.” Photograph: Handmade/MGM/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock

1987: A still from Who’s That Girl? Photograph: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

1989: Video for Like A Prayer, a song which propelled Madonna into new realms of the limelight Photograph: Rex Features

1990: Vogue marked another career high and the singer’s entry into a more vampish period of her career. Songs like Dear Jesse and Oh Father faded into the background as Madonna sang: “Greta Garbo and Monroe, Deitrich and DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean. On the cover of a magazine.” Strike a pose! Photograph: Rex Features

1991: Sex, sex and more sex, until finally we’re In Bed With Madonna, aka Truth or Dare, the documentary which took you beneath the sheets with the singer Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

1993: Madonna performs during her ‘Girlie Show - Live Down Under’ in Sydney, Australia Photograph: Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images

1994: Madonna with Jean-Paul Gaultier Photograph: Pierre Vauthey/Sygma via Getty Images

1996: A still from Evita, the Alan Parker film in which the singer played the former First Lady of Argentina. Her performance as Eva Peron marked an acting high for Madonna Photograph: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

1998: Madonna performs a medley of Shanti and Ray of Light at the MTV video music awards Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/AP

1999: Madonna performs Nothing Really Matters to open the Grammy awards. She arrived with little more than a bright red outfit and a Japanese dancer and she left with three Grammys for Ray of Light, including best pop vocal album Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/AP

2000: Madonna and Guy Ritchie with their four-month-old baby son Rocco who was christened at Dornoch Cathedral, the day before his parents wedding at Skibo Castle Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

2001: Madonna performs during her Drowned World tour Photograph: Markus Schreiber/MS

2002: A scene from Swept Away, starring Madonna and Adriano Giannini, directed by Guy Ritchie Photograph: Reuters

2003: The singer bins reinvention, Indian chanting and cowboys and just goes for sexy controversy. That’s Britney Spears she’s attached to Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP

2004: This is from the Re-Invention tour Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

2005: Here’s Madonna and Birhan Woldu at Live 8 in Hyde Park Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

2006: Madonna with her daughter Lourdes, son Rocco and David Banda. Madonna adoption of David caused controversy because Malawian law requires would-be parents to reside in Malawi for at least one year before adopting Photograph: Shavawn Rissman/AP/PA Photos

2007: At Live Earth with Gogol Bordello Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

2008: Being inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame is a big deal which is why Iggy Pop is taking it so seriously Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

2009: In concert at the Friuli Stadium in Udine Photograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images

2010: Directing her movie W.E. in Central Park, New York Photograph: Startraks Photo/REX/Shutterstock

2011: Sir Paul McCartney, Madonna, and Stella McCartney at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Exhibition Photograph: Billy Farrell/BFA/REX/Shutterstock

2013: Madonna and Rocco Ritchie perform during Madonna and Steven Klein secretprojectrevolution at the Gagosian Gallery Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

2012: Madonna performs on stage at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam during her MDNA world tour Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

2014: Madonna and son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie the 56th Grammy Awards Photograph: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

2015: Madonna performs during The 57th Annual Grammy Awards Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images

2016: Madonna performs a surprise concert at Washington Square Park in support of Hillary Clinton the night before the election Photograph: James Devaney/GC Images

2017: Madonna poses backstage at Brooklyn Museum after a talk about art, culture, feminism, and the state of current ffairs Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Brooklyn Museum

2018: Madonna attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Photograph: Kevin Mazur/MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue