Madonna thanks fans for support after hospitalization
ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Health update File photo. Madonna thanked her loved ones and fans for their support, one month after she was admitted to a hospital and spent time in an intensive care unit. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Madonna went on social media Sunday to thank family and friends for the support they have shown since she was hospitalized last month.
The Material Girl continued her online updates, writing in an Instagram post that “love from family and friends is the best medicine.”
“As a Mother you can really get caught up In the needs Of your children and the seemingly endless giving,” the 64-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer wrote. “But when the chips were down my children really showed up for me. I saw a side to them I had never seen before. It made all the difference.”
Madonna’s manager, Guy Oseary, announced on June 24 in a statement that the singer was in an intensive care unit after she had been diagnosed with a “serious bacterial infection.”
At the time, Oseary said that Madonna was expected to make a full recovery, but that her Celebration World Tour would be postponed, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Madonna ended her Sunday post by thanking “all my angels who protected me and let me Stay to finish doing my work!”
Three days earlier, Madonna marked the 40th anniversary of her 1983 debut album and “Lucky Star,” the breakout hit that rocketed her to worldwide prominence. She dances on camera and pulls down her sunglasses to wink at the camera in her Instagram post. The effect is enhanced by a digital star that sparkles in her left eye, Billboard reported.
“To be able to move my body and dance just a little bit makes me feel like the Luckiest Star in the world!” Madonna wrote. “Thank you to all of my fans and friends! You must be my lucky stars too! And Happy 40th Birthday to my very. First Album.”
Madonna had hip replacement surgery in late 2020, People reported. That came 11 months after she was injured and forced to cancel several shows on the North American leg of her Madame X tour, according to the magazine.
According to Billboard, Madonna has had 12 hits reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart, with 38 songs reaching the top 10. The tour was set to net her more than $100 million, the music website reported.
According to Billboard Boxscore, Madonna has grossed a reported $1.376 billion and has sold 11.7 million tickets at 575 shows. She is the most successful female act in Boxscore history, Billboard reported.
Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Photos: Madonna through the years 1978: Singer Madonna is shown in New York City in fall 1978. (Michael McDonnell/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 1984: American singer and actress Madonna poses outside the first MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on September 14, 1984. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 1990: American singer and actress Madonna performs her song "Vogue" at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1990. (Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect via Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 1991: Madonna and Michael Jackson are shown at an after-party for the 63rd annual Academy Awards on March 25, 1991. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 1993: Madonna is shown at the Madison Square Show in New York City on Oct. 14, 1993. (Steve Eichner/WireImage via Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 1996: Madonna appears at the Los Angeles premiere of "Evita" on Dec. 14, 1996. (Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage via Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2001: Pop star Madonna performs in concert July 25, 2001, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2002: Singer and actress Madonna and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, arrive with their daughter, Lourdes, at the opening of the Mario Testino photography exhibition January 29, 2002, at the National Portrait Gallery in London. (Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2003: Singers Britney Spears (left), Madonna and Christina Aguilera perform onstage during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 28, 2003, in New York City. (Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2004: Singer/actress Madonna performs onstage during her "Re-Invention" World Tour 2004 at The Great Western Forum, May 27, 2004, in Inglewood, California. The outfit she is wearing is designed by Christian LaCroix. (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2005: Singer Madonna and her husband, director Guy Ritchie, arrive at the UK Premiere of "Revolver" at the Odeon Leicester Square on September 20, 2005, in London. (Gareth Davies/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2006: Singer Madonna performs live at the LTU Arena on August 20, 2006, in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2007: Madonna performs on stage during the Live Earth concert held at Wembley Stadium on July 7, 2007, in London. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2008: Singer Madonna, with special guest singer Britney Spears, performs during her Sticky and Sweet Tour at Dodger Stadium on November 6, 2008, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2009: Singer Madonna (left) and daughter Lourdes Leon attend the New York premiere of "NINE" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 15, 2009, in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2010: Singer Madonna and daughter Lourdes Leon attends the "Material Girl" collection launch at Macy's Herald Square on September 22, 2010, in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2011: Lourdes Leon (left) and Madonna arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower on February 27, 2011, in West Hollywood, California. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2012: Nicki Minaj, Madonna and MIA perform during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2013: Madonna attends the Costume Institute Gala for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for The Huffington Post)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2014: Singer Madonna (right) and son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie attend the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2015: Madonna performs onstage during the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2016: Madonna attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016, in New York City. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2017: Madonna attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017, in New York City. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2018: Madonna attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2019: Maluma and Madonna perform onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2021: Madonna speaks onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS)
Photos: Madonna through the years 2022: Madonna attends a celebration of the Lola bag, hosted by Burberry & Riccardo Tisci on April 20, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Images for Burberry)
