Two grew to four, and eventually she was the founder of the Omaha Archdiocesan School for Exceptional Children — what’s now Madonna School. That gave Randolph — by all accounts a caring ...

It’s the school I used to go to ... The death cast a long shadow over Madonna’s life. The star has admitted it’s made her more aware of her mortality, telling Interview magazine in 2014 ...

But while critics wrote Madonna off as the “archetypal high school slut,” as Gabriel puts ... “Throughout her life, she’s fought her way out of one box after another,” Gabriel says.

From childhood to chart-topping success, Stacker compiled interviews, articles, and chart data to present the story of Madonna's life so far.